I am siding with Rutgers in this one. Rutgers is playing with a ton of confidence and has won seven out of their last eight games overall. They beat a ranked Seton Hall and Penn State team in that span. The Scarlet Knights are one of the best defensive teams in all of DI and have they allowed 61 or fewer points in three straight games. Furthermore, Minnesota is a much different team on the road where they stand at 0-5 on the season. They have scored 69 or fewer points in four out of their five road games, and they are going to have trouble solving Rutgers’ stifling defense. I'm playing RUTGERS here at home.

While weather is such an important issue and things can change in 7 days the early forecast is very good for an Over with mid 30’s and light winds. The Chiefs put up 51 after one of the worst first quarters in play-off history. While Houston was the #29 team in pass D the Titans are not much better at #24. The Titans also don’t get enough credit for the offensive turnaround as they finished #1 in 8.0 yards per pass with KC #4. Overall on offense, we have the #2 and #4 teams in yards/play. Tennessee fished the season with 9 of their last 12 games going Over and that includes both Play-off games failing to go over BUT versus the NFL’s #1 and #3 defenses. PLAY THE OVER!

The 49ers showed in their win over the Vikings that the defense is back in top form, and that's bad news for a Packers offense that couldn't muster 200 yards in the regular-season meeting between the two teams. GB played a soft schedule and I think the offensive line is going to have problems here. Points should be hard to come by for Aaron Rodgers and Co., but I do think the 49ers can score enough to cover this number. Green Bay's weakness on defense is defending the run, and Kyle Shanahan's team ran more than it threw during the regular season before dominating the Vikings last week. SFran should have no trouble winning by double digits here at home on Sunday evening.

South Dakota St may have a new head coach (Otzelberger went to UNLV) but they hired from within and still have that championship mentality that comes from 5 straight Summit League titles. They played a tougher conf schedule than their in-state rival but have the leagues #1 efficiency rank in both offense and defense. The Jackrabbits are 8-1 ATS their last 9 lined games and the only loss was at Omaha when they allowed 52% shooting (only time above 44.4% in conf). Take the road dog with SD State here on Sunday afternoon.