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Teddy Greenstein's Big Ten picks: Ohio State's spread over TCU seems a bit steep

Can someone give me a hand on Ohio State-TCU? I'm torn.

Before the season, I figured the spread would be around a tuddy. Seven points seemed right considering: 1) It's a quasi-home game for TCU at the Cowboys' AT&T Stadium; 2) Gary Patterson's crew has finished with a top-10 ranking three of the last four seasons; 3) The awkward Urban Meyer/Ryan Day "Who's the Boss?" dynamic.

The line is 12{. Too high? Maybe not, considering Ohio State's obliterations of Oregon State and Rutgers, two teams rumored to be in the Power Five.

Picks are against the spread (from VegasInsider.com consensus at 3 p.m. CDT Thursday):

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