FootballSaturday, October 17, 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

Penn State (+19) at No. 1 Ohio State
Penn State
Ohio State
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State

West Virginia (+21.5) at No. 2 Baylor
Baylor
Baylor
Baylor
Baylor
Baylor

No. 3 TCU (-20.5) at Iowa State
Iowa State
TCU
TCU
Iowa State
TCU

Arizona State (+6.5) at No. 4 Utah
Utah
Utah
Utah
Utah
Arizona State

Boston College (+15.5) at No. 5 Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Boston College

No. 8 Florida (+7.5) at No. 6 LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU

No. 7 Michigan St. (+7.5) at No. 12 Michigan
Michigan
Michigan
Michigan State
Michigan
Michigan State

No. 10 Alabama (-4) at No. 9 Texas A&M
Alabama
Alabama
Texas A&M
Alabama
Texas A&M

Louisville (+7.5) at No. 11 Florida State
Florida State
Florida State
Florida State
Florida State
Florida State

No. 13 Ole Miss (-10.5) at Memphis
Ole Miss
Ole Miss
Ole Miss
Memphis
Ole Miss

USC (+7) at No. 14 Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
USC

No. 18 UCLA (+6.5) at No. 15 Stanford
Stanford
UCLA
UCLA
UCLA
Stanford

No. 17 Iowa (-2) at No. 20 Northwestern
Northwestern
Northwestern
Northwestern
Iowa
Iowa

No. 19 Oklahoma (-4) at Kansas State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Kansas State

No. 21 Boise State (-9.5) at Utah State
Boise State
Boise State
Boise State
Boise State
Boise State

Eastern Michigan (+28.5) at No. 22 Toledo
Toledo
Toledo
Toledo
Eastern Michigan
Eastern Michigan

No. 24 Houston (-19.5) at Tulane
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
Tulane

Purdue (+23.5) at Wisconsin
Purdue
Purdue
Purdue
Purdue
Purdue

Rutgers (+6.5) at Indiana
Indiana
Indiana
Indiana
Indiana
Rutgers

Nebraska (+2) at Minnesota
Nebraska
Nebraska
Minnesota
Nebraska
Nebraska

Oregon (+3) at Washington
Washington
Oregon
Oregon
Washington
Oregon

Pittsburgh (+3.5) at Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh

Virginia Tech (+4) at Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Virginia Tech

State News at The Michigan Daily
The Michigan Daily
The Michigan Daily
The Michigan Daily
The Michigan Daily
State News

Last week
14-12
16-10
15-11
14-12
N/A

Overall
66-63-3
66-63-3
70-59-3
63-66-3
N/A

Cover illustration by Levi Kipke

Rivalry week is back, and at this point of the season, it couldn’t
be bigger. College GameDay comes to town for Saturday’s
matchup between No. 12 Michigan and No. 7 Michigan State.
The Spartans have dominated the past two matchups, but the
Wolverines are rolling into this year’s battle for the Paul Bunyan
Trophy. Winner gets the inside track to the Big Ten East title.

Max Cohen, Jake Lourim, Max Bultman and Zach Shaw

2015 Schedule

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A breakdown of this year’s showdown
between in-state rivals.

Inside the hallowed radio booth where Jim
Brandstatter and Dan Dierdorf carry on a
tradition calling Michigan football games.

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Michigan can take another big step by
winning back the rivalry series.

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): M380N.
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.

Coin
Flip