FootballSaturday, October 10, 2015
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STAFF PICKS

The Daily football writers pick 
against the spread to predict 
scores for the top 25 and Big Ten 
in the 2015 football season.

Max

Bultman

Max
Cohen

Jake

Lourim

Zach
Shaw

Maryland (+33) at No. 1 Ohio State
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland

No. 2 TCU (-9) at Kansas State
TCU
TCU
TCU
TCU
Kansas State

No. 3 Baylor (-44) at Kansas
Baylor
Baylor
Baylor
Baylor
Baylor

No. 4 Michigan State (-14) at Rutgers
Michigan State
Michigan State
Michigan State
Michigan State
Rutgers

No. 23 California (+7) at No. 5 Utah
Utah
Utah
Utah
Utah
Utah

Georgia Tech (+7) at No. 6 Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Georgia Tech

South Carolina (+18.5) at No. 7 LSU
LSU
South Carolina
South Carolina
LSU
South Carolina

Arkansas (+16.5) at No. 8 Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama

No. 10 Oklahoma (-17) at Texas
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas
Oklahoma
“Never been to either”

No. 11 Florida (-5) at Missouri
Missouri
Florida
Florida
Florida
Missouri

Miami (FL) (+9) at No. 12 Florida State
Miami
Florida State
Miami
Florida State
Florida State

No. 13 N’Western (+7.5) at No. 18 Michigan
Northwestern
Michigan
Northwestern
Michigan
Michigan

New Mexico State (+43.5) at No. 14 Ole Miss
New Mexico State
Ole Miss
Ole Miss
Ole Miss
Ole Miss

Navy (+14.5) at No.15 Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Navy
Notre Dame
Notre Dame

Washington (+16.5) at No. 17 USC
USC
USC
USC
USC
USC

No. 19 Georgia (-3) at Tennessee
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Tennessee
Georgia

No. 21 Oklahoma State (+7) at West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia

Illinois (+11) at No. 22 Iowa
Iowa
Iowa
Iowa
Iowa
Illinois

Kent State (+15) at No. 24 Toledo
Toledo
Toledo
Toledo
Toledo
Toledo

No. 25 Boise State (-16) at Colorado State
Colorado State
Colorado State
Colorado State
Colorado State
Boise State

Indiana (+6.5) at Penn State
Indiana
Penn State
Penn State
Indiana
Indiana

Wisconsin (+1.5) at Nebraska
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin

Minnesota (-3) at Purdue
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota

Central Michigan (-7.5) at Western Michigan
Western Michigan
Central Michigan
Western Michigan
Western Michigan
Central Michigan

N.C. State (-1.5) at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
N.C. State
Virginia Tech
N.C. State

Colorado (+15) at Arizona State
Arizona State
Arizona State
Arizona State
Colorado
Arizona State

Last week
7-13
10-10
8-12
9-11
N/A

Overall
52-51-3
50-53-3
55-48-3
49-54-3
N/A

Cover photo by Allison Farrand

Jim Harbaugh has said that to win on the road, you’d better pack 
your defense. This Saturday at Michigan Stadium, both teams 
will pack their defenses. The top two units in the country in 
points allowed match up on Homecoming at the Big House. The 
Wolverines will face their highest-ranked opponent of the season 
before a home tilt against Michigan State next weekend.

Max Cohen, Jake Lourim, Max Bultman and Zach Shaw

2015 Schedule

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Saturday brings a matchup of like vs. like: 
two blue-collar, physical, defensive-minded 
teams.

NFL schemes and tendencies have made 
a noticeable impact on a reinvigorated 
Michigan team in 2015.

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Expect a low-scoring affair between two 
elite defenses.

Utah (Sept. 3): Well, at least the mountains 
were cool?

Oregon State (Sept. 12): Imagine how Jim 
Harbaugh would have freaked out if Michigan 
lost.

Michigan State (Oct. 17): These teams play a 
week earlier than last year, which Mark Danto-
nio will take as a sign of blatant disrespect.

Minnesota (Oct. 31): Plot twist: Michigan plays 
Minnesota for the Little Orange Pumpkin.

Rutgers (Nov. 7): Will Michigan fans storm the 
field if the Wolverines avenge last year’s loss in 
Piscataway? We hope not.

UNLV (Sept. 19): More like Loss Vegas.

Indiana (Nov. 14): Boring state. Hopefully not a 
boring game.

BYU (Sept. 26): The Mormons left Ann Arbor 
with more wives than points.

Maryland (Oct. 3): The Terrapins turtled at 
Michigan’s stingy defense.

Northwestern (Oct. 10): Are you ready for 
M00N pt. 2: N00M?

Ohio State (Nov. 28): We wanted to make a 
joke, but the only one we could think of was, 
“Haha, your backup QB might win the Heisman.”

Penn State (Nov. 21): Christian Hackenberg 
could be a first-round pi — aaand, he just got 
sacked again.

Zach Shaw’s 

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