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For weeks my Michigan friends have been trying to make me believe the football gods will shine upon me this Saturday in the form of Northwestern routing the Wolverines in Ann Arbor. I officially maintained that the game would be close, even as I secretly—and giddily—imagined watching our guys run up and down the field in a three-touchdown win over an unusually bad MaizenBlue.
After all, Michigan was busy losing to, well, lots of teams, including Toledo, who’s lousy, and Purdue, who’s dispirited. The Wildcats, meanwhile, were mostly beating the lousy and dispirited teams on their schedule. When several key starters were injured, they even rallied behind a backup QB and captured a last-minute road victory at Minnesota, which was impressive, seeing that the Gophers had earned a top 25 ranking after whipping their own succession of underwhelming opponents.
· The Wolverines nip the Wildcats.
· The Irish sink the Midshipmen.
