FootballSaturday, September 21, 2018
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STAFF PICKS

The Daily football writers 
pick against the spread for 
top-25 and Big Ten teams.
Mark 
Calcagno
Max
Marcovitch
Mike 
Persak
Ethan
Wolfe

No. 22 Texas A&M at No. 1 Alabama (-26)
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama

No. 2 Georgia (-14.5) at Missouri
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia

No. 3 Clemson (-15.5) at Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Georgia Tech

Tulane at No. 4 Ohio State (-37)
Ohio State
Ohio State
Ohio State
Ohio State
Ohio State

Army at No. 5 Oklahoma (-31)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Army
Oklahoma
Oklahoma

Louisiana Tech at No. 6 LSU (-20.5)
LSU
Louisiana Tech
LSU
LSU
LSU

No. 7 Stanford (-2.5) at No. 20 Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Stanford
Stanford
Oregon

No. 8 Notre Dame (-7) at Wake Forest
Wake Forest
Notre Dame
Wake Forest
Notre Dame
Wake Forest

Arkansas at No. 9 Auburn (-29)
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn
Auburn

Arizona State at No. 10 Washington (-17.5)
Arizona State 
Washington
Washington
Washington
Arizona State

No. 10 Penn State (-28) at Illinois 
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State
Penn State

Kansas State at No. 12 West Virginia (-16)
West Virgnia
West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia

Old Dominion at No. 13 Virginia Tech 
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech

No. 14 Mississippi State (-9) at Kentucky
Mississippi State
Kentucky
Kentucky
Mississippi State
Mississippi State

Texas Tech at No. 15 Oklahoma State (-14)
Oklahoma State
Texas Tech
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State

Florida Atlantic at No. 16 UCF (-13.5)
UCF
UCF
Florida Atlantic
UCF
UCF

No. 17 TCU (-3) at Texas
TCU
Texas
TCU
TCU 
TCU

No. 18 Wisconsin (-3) at Iowa
Wisconsin
Iowa
Iowa
Wisconsin
Iowa

Nebraska at No. 19 Michigan (-18)
Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska
Michigan
Michigan

Florida Intl at No. 21 Miami (-26.5)
FIU
Miami
Miami
Miami
FIU

No. 23 Boston College (-7) at Purdue 
Boston College
Boston College
Boston College
Boston College
Boston College

No. 24 Michigan State (-5) at Indiana 
Michigan State
Indiana
Michigan State
Michigan State
Michigan State

McNeese at No. 25 BYU (No line)
BYU
BYU
BYU
BYU
BYU

Minnesota at Maryland (-1)
Minnesota
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Minnesota

Buffalo (3.5) at Rutgers 
Buffalo
Buffalo 
Buffalo
Buffalo
Rutgers

Overall
24-26
27-23
29-21
26-24
N/A

The Michigan football team dropped its season opener to Notre 
Dame, falling to the No. 12 Fighting Irish, 24-17. The following two 
weeks featured dominating performances by the Wolverines, who 
notched wins over Western Michigan (49-3) and SMU (45-20). This 
week, an 0-2 Nebraska team travels to Ann Arbor in search of its first 
win of the season in the Big Ten opener. The matchup will end the 
three-game home stretch at Michigan Stadium, as the Wovlerines 
travel to Maryland next Saturday.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Jacob Bova, a reporter for The Daily 
Nebraskan, gives his take. 

Don Collins knew his son, Nico, was des-
tined for big things this season when he 
called Don to tell him he was “ballin’.”
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The Daily breaks down how the 
Wolverines will fare against Nebraska.

Notre Dame (Sept. 1): Touchdown Jesus? 
Where is Touchdown Moses?

Western Michigan (Sept. 8): Tim LESS-ter.

Wisconsin (Oct. 13): There’s no “I” in Chryst.

Michigan State (Oct. 20): The Michigan Daily 
has beaten the State News 13 years in a row.

Penn State (Nov. 3): The App State game gave 
us flashbacks even without the 7,000 replays 
on BTN.

SMU (Sept. 15): Sonny Yikes!

Rutgers (Nov. 10): Seriously, someone needs 
to drain the hot tub.
Nebraska (Sept. 22): Nebraska is undeniably 
the worst state to drive through. 

Northwestern (Sept. 29): No. No one cares 
that you went to Medill. Crawl back in your hole. 

Maryland (Oct. 6): They need more swing sets 
in College Park.

Ohio State (Nov. 24): Brett XcXurphy

Indiana (Nov. 17): We spent 5 minutes debat-
ing who their coach was.

Bob, 
Managing 
Web Editor

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The Daily presents storylines to watch out 
for in Michigan’s Big Ten opener.