FootballSaturday, November 15, 2019 2B STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread for the weekend’s best games. Theo Mackie Max Marcovitch Ethan Sears Aria Gerson No. 1 LSU (-21) at Ole Miss LSU LSU LSU LSU LSU No. 2 Ohio State (-52) at Rutgers Ohio State Rutgers Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Wake Forest at No. 3 Clemson (-34) Wake Forest Clemson Wake Forest Wake Forest Clemson No. 4 Georgia (-2.5) at No. 12 Auburn Auburn Georgia Auburn Georgia Auburn No. 5 Alabama (-18) at Mississippi State Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Arizona at No. 6 Oregon (-27.5) Oregon Arizona Oregon Arizona Arizona UCLA at No. 7 Utah (-21.5) UCLA UCLA UCLA Utah Utah No. 8 Minnesota at No. 20 Iowa (-3) Iowa Iowa Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Indiana at No. 9 Penn State (-14.5) Indiana Indiana Penn State Indiana Penn State No. 10 Oklahoma (-11) at No. 13 Baylor Baylor Baylor Baylor Baylor Oklahoma No. 11 Florida (-6.5) at Missouri Florida Florida Missouri Florida Florida No. 14 Wisconsin (-14) at Nebraska Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin Michigan State at No. 15 Michigan (-13.5) Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan No. 23 Navy at No. 16 Notre Dame (-7.5) Navy Notre Dame Navy Navy Notre Dame No. 17 Cincinnati (-14) at South Florida South Florida South Florida South Florida Cincinnati Cincinnati No. 18 Memphis (-10.5) at Houston Houston Houston Houston Memphis Houston No. 19 Texas at Iowa State (-7) Texas Iowa State Texas Texas Texas New Mexico at No. 21 Boise State (-28) Boise Boise State Boise State New Mexico New Mexico Kansas at No. 22 Oklahoma State (-17.5) Kansas Kansas Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State West Virginia at No. 24 Kansas State (-14.5) Kansas State West Virginia West Virginia Kansas State West Virginia No. 25 App State (-16.5) at Georgia State App State App State App State Georgia State App State UMass at Northwestern (-41) UMass Northwestern UMass UMass UMass TCU (-3) at Texas Tech Texas Tech Texas Tech Texas Tech TCU TCU Tulane (-5) at Temple Tulane Tulane Tulane Temple Temple Stanford at Washington State (-10.5) Stanford Stanford Stanford Washington State Washington State Overall 39-55-3 48-46-3 55-39-3 44-50-3 N/A A reeling Michigan State team comes in ready to play its ostensible Super Bowl against the No. 15 Michigan football team, with the trajectory of its program in peril. Still, the Spartans have won eight of the previous 12 matchups between the in-state rivals, and come into this one presumably eager to do anything to keep it competitive. 2019 Schedule TABLE OF CONTENTS Our football beat writers offer their score predictions for the game. Four years later, long snapper Scott Sypniewski wants to get past his moment. 3 4 6 What to watch for when Michigan takes the field on Saturday against MSU. Middle Tennessee State (Aug. 31): Look man, the middle of Tennessee is decidedly not a state. Army (Sept. 7): Y’all remember when Army almost beat Michigan? Wild stuff. Penn State (Oct. 19): Look, you don’t just go into the hallowed grounds of *checks notes* TCF Bank Stadium and emerge victorious. Notre Dame (Oct. 26): Organized religion is a sham. Eat at Arby’s. Maryland (Nov. 2): Maybe Mike Locksley and Josh Gattis shouldn’t have been so quick to fight over credit for their offense after all. Wisconsin (Sept. 21): Sure, your town is sick and your beer is elite and Jump Around is cool and your campus is on multiple lakes and ... Michigan State (Nov. 16): The Michigan Daily has beaten The State News 14 years in a row. Rutgers (Sept. 28): My grandma’s New Jersey retirement home mahjong group could beat Rut- gers in football ... basketball would be close, too. Iowa (Oct. 5): The year is 2080. Aliens have taken over. Iowa capped off a 7-5 season with a five-year extension for Kirk Ferentz. All is well. Illinois (Oct. 12): It turns out Lovie Smith does still have a pulse! Ohio State (Nov. 30): I’m sure Chase Young learned his lesson. Indiana (Nov. 23): Let’s all take a moment to eulogize the Penix puns we could have made. Gone but not forgotten. Maya Goldman Editor-in-chief 7 Taking to the film to examine what trick plays Dantonio might have up his sleeve.