FootballSaturday, September 17, 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

No. 1 Alabama (-10.5) at No. 19 Ole Miss
Alabama
Alabama
Ole Miss
Alabama
Alabama

No. 2 Florida State (-1.5) at No. 10 Louisville
Louisville
Florida State
Florida State
Florida State
Florida State

No. 3 Ohio State (-1.5) at No. 14 Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Ohio State
Ohio State
Oklahoma

Colorado (+19.5) at No. 4 Michigan
Michigan
Michigan
Michigan
Michigan
Michigan

South Carolina State at No. 5 Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson

No. 6 Houston (-7) at Cincinnati
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston

USC (+8.5) at No. 7 Stanford
Stanford
Stanford
Stanford
Stanford
Stanford

Portland State at No. 8 Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington

Georgia State (+35) at No. 9 Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin

No. 11 Texas (-7) at California
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas

No. 12 Michigan St. (+8) at No. 18 Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Michigan State
Michigan State

North Dakota State at No. 13 Iowa
Iowa
Iowa
Iowa
Iowa
Iowa

Ohio (+27.5) at No. 15 Tennessee
Ohio
Ohio
Ohio
Ohio
Ohio

No. 16 Georgia (-6.5) at Missouri
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia

No. 17 Texas A&M (+3.5) at Auburn
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M
Texas A&M

Mississippi State (+14) at No. 20 LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
Mississippi State
LSU

No. 21 Baylor (-30.5) at Rice
Baylor
Baylor
Baylor
Baylor
Baylor

No. 22 Oregon (+3) at Nebraska
Nebraska
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon

North Texas (+36.5) at No. 23 Florida
North Texas
North Texas
North Texas
Florida
Florida

Texas State (+31) at No. 24 Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas

No. 25 Miami (-3.5) at Appalachian State
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami

New Mexico (+5.5) at Rutgers
Rutgers
Rutgers
Rutgers
Rutgers
Rutgers

Temple (+9) at Penn State
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State

Western Michigan (-3) at Illinois
Western Michigan
Western Michigan
Western Michigan
Illinois
Illinois

Maryland (-8.5) at UCF
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland

Duke (+3.5) at Northwestern
Duke
Duke
Northwestern
Northwestern
Northwestern

Overall
19-13
21-11
20-12
23-9
N/A

Cover photo by Doug Kanter, The Michigan Daily, Sept. 26, 1994

What Michigan and Colorado lack in years of memories on the 
football field, they make up for in drama. The two met for one of 
the wildest finishes in college football history when the Buffaloes 
stunned Michigan on a last-second Hail Mary in 1994. This time 
around, Colorado has struggled as a program but appears to be 
on the upswing. We’ll see how far they’ve come on Saturday.

Max Bultman, Jacob Gase, Kelly Hall and Jake Lourim

2016 Schedule

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Michigan could get a tougher test in its 
non-conference finale.

“It’s disbelief, it’s shock, it’s all those things 
rolled into one.” The Miracle at Michigan, 
22 years later.

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Colorado has some weapons, but the 
Wolverines still have the advantage.

Hawaii (Sept. 3): Alohahahahaha.

Central Florida (Sept. 10): Is that what it looks 
like to get outhit?

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): Buffaloes? Plurals are 
hard.

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): Michigan deserves a real 
opponent — Pittsburgh.

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.

Laura 

Schinagle,

Managing Editor

