On The Line – Week 13
The Daily Iowan football staff goes head-to-head in the most competitive prediction contest journalism has to offer.
November 21, 2018
Nebraska at Iowa
Adam Hensley (Pregame Editor, 32-23): Iowa – Jalen Foster said he can’t wait to beat Iowa. File that under “things that won’t happen.”
Pete Ruden (Sports Editor, 35-20): Iowa – Lol are there people who are actually picking Nebraska?
Anna Kayser (Assistant Sports Editor, 36-19): Iowa – Nebraska beating Iowa this year would be like a National Championship for its fans.
Jordan Zuniga (football reporter, 37-18): Iowa – If Iowa can’t win the West, the least it could do is beat Nebraska.
Lucy Rohden (Co-DITV Sports Director, 37-18): Iowa – Forecast doesn’t call for any Frost.
Beau Bowman (Co-DITV Sports Director, 41-14): Iowa – Nebraska: running the read option on AND off the field since 1869.
Jason Brummond (Publisher, 38-17): Iowa – Remember when Nebraska started 0-6? That was awesome.
Oklahoma at West Virginia
Hensley: Oklahoma – Kyler Murray is a cheat code.
Ruden: Oklahoma – Last week, this would’ve been a game between No. 6 and No. 9. Nice.
Kayser: Oklahoma – OK? OK.
Zuniga: West Virginia – The Sooner Oklahoma gets a defense, the Sooner it’ll be in the playoffs.
Rohden: Oklahoma – Country roads won’t be taking me home.
Bowman: Oklahoma – Cue Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Brummond: Oklahoma – Bring on the Oklahoma-Texas rematch.
Washington at Washington State
Hensley: Washington State – Mike Leach looks and sounds like a wilderness tour guide.
Ruden: Washington State – I would love to talk to Mike Leach about air raid offenses and literally everything else.
Kayser: Washington State – Washington State won 69-28 last week. Nice.
Zuniga: Washington State – This game is for the Apple Cup, and the trophy is not of an apple. What a disappointment.
Rohden: Washington State – Mike Leach is my president
Bowman: Washington State – The only thing that gets Mike Leach more fired up than this game is sovereign immunity.
Brummond: Washington State – A Mike Leach tweet cost school $1.6 million, and that’s not in the top 10 strangest Mike Leach things.
Michigan at Ohio State
Hensley: Michigan – I will wear khakis and a crew neck for this one.
Ruden: Michigan – I disagree with Michigan’s choice to ever accept Tom Brady’s application.
Kayser: Michigan – Nothing better than a good pair of khakis.
Zuniga: Michigan – This will be a nice preview of the team who will pulverize Northwestern next week.
Rohden: Michigan – Please don’t mess this one up, Jimbo.
Bowman: Michigan – Game of the year? Game of the year.
Brummond: Michigan – Fortunately, Urban Meyer should have no problem forgetting this game.
Auburn at Alabama
Hensley: Alabama – Thank you, next.
Ruden: Alabama – War Tide. Roll Eagle.
Kayser: Alabama – Can we start a petition to move Alabama to the NFL? This isn’t fun anymore.
Zuniga: Alabama – ‘Bama is a carbon copy of my old NCAA teams I used to make to dominate college football.
Rohden: Alabama – The skies are so blue.
Bowman: Alabama – I don’t see how ‘Bama doesn’t win the natty.
Brummond: Alabama – Auburn could return five missed FGs for TDs and it wouldn’t be enough.