FootballSaturday, November 15, 2019
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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.
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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

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Taking to the film to examine what trick 
plays Dantonio might have up his sleeve.

