FootballSaturday, September 10, 2016
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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 2016 football season.
Max
Bultman
Jacob
Gase
Kelly
Hall
Jake
Lourim
UCF (+35.5) at No. 5 Michigan
Michigan
Michigan
Michigan
Michigan
Michigan
Western Kentucky (+28.5) at No. 1 Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Troy (+35.5) at No. 2 Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Charleston Southern at No. 3 Florida State
Florida State
Florida State
Florida State
Florida State
Florida State
Tulsa (+29) at No. 4 Ohio State
Ohio State
Ohio State
Ohio State
Ohio State
Ohio State
Lamar at No. 6 Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
Idaho (+37.5) at No. 8 Washington
Idaho
Idaho
Washington
Washington
Washington
Nicholls State at No. 9 Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Akron (+24) at No. 10 Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
UTEP (+28.5) at No. 11 Texas
UTEP
UTEP
UTEP
Texas
Texas
No. 13 Louisville (-14.5) at Syracuse
Louisville
Louisville
Louisville
Louisville
Louisville
Louisiana Monroe (+46) at No. 14 Oklahoma
Oklahoma
UL-Monroe
Oklahoma
UL-Monroe
Oklahoma
Arkansas (+7.5) at No. 15 TCU
TCU
TCU
TCU
TCU
Arkansas
Iowa State (+15) at No. 16 Iowa
Iowa State
Iowa
Iowa State
Iowa
Iowa
Virginia Tech (+11.5) at No. 17 Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Nevada (+28) at No. 18 Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Wofford at No. 19 Ole Miss
Ole Miss
Ole Miss
Ole Miss
Ole Miss
Ole Miss
Prairie View A&M at No. 20 Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Jacksonville State at No. 21 LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
C. Michigan (+20.5) at No. 22 Oklahoma St.
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
SMU (+31.5) at No. 23 Baylor
Baylor
Baylor
Baylor
Baylor
Baylor
Virginia (+24.5) at No. 24 Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Florida Atlantic (+24) at No. 25 Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Maryland (-10) at Florida International
Maryland
Maryland
Florida International
Maryland
Florida International
Penn State (+5) at Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Penn State
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Overall
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
Cover illustration by Miranda Riggs
The Michigan football team’s season opener lived up to the
enormous hype, as the Wolverines trounced Hawaii, 63-3. Next
up is a Central Florida team that finished 0-12 last year and has
already snapped that skid. The Knights will be another tune-up
for a Michigan team facing several injury questions. It would take
a few more to put these teams on a level field.
Max Bultman, Jacob Gase, Kelly Hall and Jake Lourim
2016 Schedule
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Central Florida pays its first visit to the Big
House to face a top-five Michigan team.
Jourdan Lewis only has so many spare
weekends, but in late April, he spent one in
a place he won’t soon forget.
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UCF’s new up-tempo offense will have its
hands full with the Wolverines’ defense.
Hawaii (Sept. 3): Alohahahahaha.
Central
Florida
(Sept.
10):
Future
Big
12-rejectees can take a big step toward justifying
their destiny.
Illinois (Oct. 22): No matter what happens
on the field, both teams will (hopefully) take
Champaign showers.
Michigan State (Oct. 29): It’s setting up to be
the most exciting Michigan-Michigan State
game in years.
Maryland (Nov. 5): Congratulations, DJ Khaled
Durkin, you played yourself.
Colorado (Sept. 17): The Buffs will come in
riding a high, no matter what happens the week
before.
Iowa (Nov. 12): With a win, Kirk Ferentz receives
ANOTHER contract extension with a special
clause that names him lifetime governor of Iowa.
Penn State (Sept. 24): Statues are foreve--oh.
Wisconsin (Oct. 1): We were going to try and be
funny, but the dumplings in Madison are no joke.
Rutgers (Oct. 8): The Ahmir Mitchell Bowl.
Ohio State (Nov. 26): Who schedules a game
two days after Thanksgiving? No one’s gonna go
to that.
Indiana (Nov. 19): We’re here for the chaos.
We’re always there for the chaos.
Shoham
Geva,
Editor in Chief