Hlastradamus calls for glorious football Saturday in Iowa

Hlastradamus is calling for his athletic director to lay into ... well, somebody.

The prophet had Rutgers and gave three points against Michigan last week. Rutgers won by 2. It missed an extra-point kick.

Who can foresee that sort of thing? So he's blaming the officials. Or the media. Or the neighbors.

So, it was a 1-3-1 week for a dismal season record of 12-15-3. Luckily, the crystal ball was clear enough this week to see a blood moon and more. So here are this week's winners, with the lines courtesy of Wynn Las Vegas, which has yet to offer Hlastradamus any sort of comps for the free plug:

Iowa -3.5

vs. Indiana. Where are all the preseason false prophets who said Iowa would go 10-2, even 11-1? Well, the Hawkeyes still can. If, that is, they win this game against a team that got thumped at home by Maryland and lost at Bowling Green.

Should the Hawkeyes lose, no one in Iowa will remember the seer misjudging this game. They'll be too busy wallowing in gloom and doom. It's been Hlastradamus' experience over the centuries that gloom and doom is temporary, seldom lasting more than 70 or 80 years.

Iowa State -2.5

vs. Toledo. Here comes Iowa State's so-called break from its Murderers' Row of a schedule.

Alas, the Rockets have won three in a row, and will be like most good Mid-American Conference teams when they get the chance to beat a Power 5 conference team. Which is to say, motivated.

But the Cyclones, starved to have another taste of success, will have their wagons circled.

Michigan -1.5

vs. Penn State. Hlastradamus laughs at those who says all is lost for Michigan's football team. What, did the Wolverines lose their uniforms, their helmets, their stadium?

Words have meaning, people!

Anyway, this is Big Ten football, where anyone is capable of coming to your stadium and playing down to your level. Penn State, which got whomped 29-6 at home to Northwestern in its most-recent game, is proof positive of that.

Hail to the Victors, and the victors will be Michigan.

Baylor -8

vs. TCU. The heady waves of national praise lead Hlastradamus to this pick and his next one. National praise for TCU and Ole Miss, not Hlastradamus.

TCU rode so high after it beat Oklahoma at home. But now it's going to Waco, and those Baylor Bears play rough.

Texas A&M -2.5

vs. Mississippi. If any team in America has a hangover this week, it's Ole Miss.

The Aggies at home will remind the Rebels that it's one thing to win a big game. It's quite another to turn around the following week and do it in someone else's big, loud yard.