Straight to it, our area college football picks — apologies in advance — for Week 10:
1. Northern Illinois (6-2, 4-0 MAC) at Toledo (7-1, 4-0), 6 p.m., Thursday, ESPNU, Line: Toledo by 9: Same old Rockets? Or can they finally win the November games that matter? We’ll find out Thursday, because it doesn’t get much bigger than a showdown between the last teams standing with unstained MAC records. On a night that will produce euphoria or heartbreak — there is no middle ground for this championship-chasing Toledo team — the Rockets will either gain the clear inside track to their first MAC title game since 2004 or all but clinch another seat on the couch.