The Wolverine offense continues to misfire, with touted frosh QB Bryce Underwood undergoing a slow learning curve. The only Michigan spread covers in six games are vs. a lowly MAC entry (CMU) and a very overrated Nebraska, which was unmasked again last night by Minnesota. In six games, just 5 TD passes for Underwood, as the Wolverines find it easier to simply lean on Bama transfer Justice Haynes (705 YR) and the ground game for the time being. The fact is that Huskies dual-threat QB Demond Williams, Jr (10 TDP, just 1 pick) is playing at a higher level than Underwood, and the Huskies can lean on their ground game, too, with Jonah Coleman en route to another 1000-yard rushing season. Play Washington

Want to be clear. Hate, hate Michigan. Remember WarGames? Global Thermonuclear War? My first two targets if also playing as the Soviet Union as Matthew Broderick did: Ann Arbor and Columbus. But I'm not obtuse; insert maybe the best-ever Family Guy flash with Peter Griffin in Shawshank. Money trumps personal feelings usually. I already played Under, but I'll be pretty shocked -- yet delighted -- if the Huskies can win a 9 a.m. Pacific kick in the Big House. I think U-M should be about a TD favorite but none of the models agree with me. Yes, this makes me want to throw up in my mouth a little doubling up on a Michigan game. But unless I am completely reading this wrong ...

Bo Schembechler will be turning in his grave for this one (unless cremated?). First of all, that UDub and U-M are not playing in the Rose Bowl but in some meh mid-October Big Ten game. And second, that the total is 51.5. He'd want in the 30s. Washington has been great offensively for the most part, but the one time it left the West Coast scored 24 at Maryland. Michigan's defense is light years better than the Turtles'. And while the Wolverines claim they want to go up-tempo, they usually go back conservative behind freshman QB Bryce Underwood, who could be the top pick in the 2028 NFL Draft. Also may rain in Ann Arbor, a top-five college town but no East Lansing.