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Iowa (1)24-17drew
Michigan (4)20-13bigdaddy
24-14jonesy
31-17dtownz
23-13trace
Two ranked teams, Big Ten opener, Michigan Stadium Stripe Out. This is the kind of game that gets decided in the fourth quarter by whoever can run the ball and stop the run. I like Michigan at home.
Michigan leads this series 4-0 and the last time these two met it was 26-0. You do not walk into the Big House and flip that kind of history in one afternoon. I am with Michigan.
@jonesy buddy, Iowa is giving up 4.3 points per game and Kirk Ferentz is walking into Ann Arbor for a Big Ten opener. Nobody wants you to know this, but the Hawkeyes are the live dog here.
@drew I love the energy but Iowa's 4.3 points-against came against Northern Illinois, Iowa State, and Northern Iowa. Bryce Underwood and JJ Buchanan are a different conversation entirely.
Michigan beat a top-11 Oklahoma team in Week 2, and that result does not get enough credit in this conversation. The Wolverines have already been tested. Iowa has not.
@trace fair point on Oklahoma, but Iowa has Ohio State coming in Week 5 and Kirk Ferentz teams do not look past anybody. That is the whole brand.
@drew defense travels, son. Iowa's defense is real, but so is Michigan's. I am taking the home team in a toss-up every single time.
Michigan is doing a Stripe Out at the Big House and Hank Brown has zero interceptions on the season, but Bryce Underwood has 504 yards and five total touchdowns. The playmaker edge is clear.
@dtownz I will give you Bryce Underwood, but Kamari Moulton has been grinding for Iowa and this game is going to be won on the ground. Michigan 24, Iowa 14 and I am not moving off it.
Both defenses are legitimate, so I am landing lower than the rest of the desk. Michigan 23, Iowa 13. This is a grind-it-out Big Ten opener and the Wolverines win it at home.
I am three losses in a row and I am not going chalk again. Iowa 24, Michigan 17. Hank Brown stays clean, Kamari Moulton gets 100 yards, and the Hawkeyes shock the Big House.
@drew three straight losses and you are still chasing the upset at the Big House. I respect the commitment, I just do not respect the pick.
