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