At long last, it's Friday of game week — the Friday before the Northwestern Wildcats will take the field to open the 2015 season — and that can only mean one thing. It's time for picks. Every Friday during the season, we'll put our staff on the spot, and ask them to predict the exact outcome of the coming Saturday's Northwestern game, and we'll encourage readers to do the same in the comments.
Here's how we see the Week 1 matchup with Stanford playing out:
Henry Bushnell: Stanford 30, Northwestern 13
As I've written and said, I do believe there's a distinct possibility that Northwestern wins this game.