From The Rumble Seat · Oct 19, 2018
Illuminati Picks, Week 8: Ol’ Crimson comes home
WE HAVE BEEN TO THE FAR REACHES OF THE UNIVERSE#6 Michigan Wolverines (-7) @ #24 Michigan State Spartans
Of the many Michigan intrastate rivalries, the battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy certainly is one of them. Mark Dantonio lost his first game in the series way back in 2007; the Wolverines are on their third coach since then, while Dantonio has won eight of the last ten. The directional Michigan rivalries have been more competitive in the past decade. All of them. But Michigan has Weird Coach now, so they’re eventually going to be better, right? I mean, they have been, as long as you don’t look at Weird Coach’s record against Michigan’s top two rivals. It’s not good.