FootballSaturday, September 12, 2018 2B 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 Missouri at No. 1 Alabama (-28) Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Missouri No. 2 Georgia (-7.5) at No. 13 LSU LSU Georgia LSU LSU Georgia Minnesota at No. 3 Ohio State (-29.5) Ohio State Ohio State Minnesota Ohio State Minnesota Pittsburgh at No. 5 Notre Dame (-21) Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Pittsburgh No. 7 Washington (-3.5) at No. 17 Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Washington Oregon Michigan State at No. 8 Penn State (-13.5) Penn State Penn State Penn State Penn State Michigan State Baylor at No. 9 Texas (-14) Texas Texas Texas Texas Baylor No. 10 UCF (-4.5) at Memphis UCF UCF UCF UCF UCF No. 15 Wisconsin at No. 12 Michigan (-9.5) Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Michigan Michigan No. 14 Florida (-7) at Vanderbilt Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida No. 19 Colorado at USC (-7) Colorado USC Colorado Colorado Colorado Tennessee at No. 21 Auburn (-15.5) Auburn Auburn Tennessee Auburn Auburn No. 22 Texas A&M (-2.5) at South Carolina Texas A&M Texas A&M South Carolina Texas A&M South Carolina No. 23 South Florida (-7) at Tulsa South Florida South Florida South Florida South Florida Tulsa Rutgers at Maryland (-24.5) Rutgers Maryland Maryland Maryland Rutgers Iowa (-5) at Indiana Indiana Indiana Indiana Iowa Iowa Nebraska at Northwestern (-4.5) Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Nebraska Purdue (-10.5) at Illinois Purdue Purdue Illinois Purdue Illinois Texas Tech at TCU (-7.5) Texas Tech TCU TCU TCU Texas Tech Oklahoma State (-7) at Kansas State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Kansas State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Toledo (-2.5) at Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan Toledo Eastern Michigan Toledo Toledo Western Michigan (-14.5) at Bowling Green Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan Louisville at Boston College (-13.5) Boston College Boston College Boston College Boston College Louisville Temple (-7.5) at Navy Navy Navy Navy Temple Temple UCLA at California (-7) California UCLA California UCLA UCLA Overall 49-51 56-44 58-42 57-43 N/A The Michigan football team is currently on a five-game win streak after dropping its season-opener to Notre Dame, 24-17. With wins over Southern Methodist, Western Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern and Maryland, the Wolverines will continue Big Ten conference play against No. 15 Wisconsin on Saturday. This week’s matchup will feature a 7:30 pm start time at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor before the Wolverines travel to East Lansing next week to face in-state rival Michigan State. 2018 Schedule TABLE OF CONTENTS Jonah Malkin, a broadcaster for WSUM 91.7 FM Madison, gives his take. In the midst of the 3-9, 2008 season, Michigan had one highlight — the largest comeback in Michigan Stadium history. 3 4 6 The Daily breaks down how the Wolverines will fare against No. 15 Wisconsin. Notre Dame (Sept. 1): Touchdown Jesus? Where is Touchdown Moses? Western Michigan (Sept. 8): Row the NOPE! (please don’t sue us PJ) 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): More like Methodisn’t 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): Leave it to a coach with the last name CANADA to lead a team that is *kind of* good but mostly irrelevant. Ohio State (Nov. 24): Brett XcXurphy Indiana (Nov. 17): We spent 5 minutes debat- ing who their coach was. Sophie, Managing News Editor 8 The Daily presents storylines that you should watch for in Michigan’s home opener.