The Wolverine makes their score predictions for Michigan vs. Fresno State & week 1 games I #GoBlue

let's get to our predictions here for Michigan against Fresno State let's start with who's going to be the best Michigan offensive player on Saturday night Anthony I'm gonna go with Kell mullings I think that Donovan Edwards has a chance to obviously show that he could be a lead back but I think this is a welcome to uh welcome to or am America's introduction I should say to what Kell mullings can be as a player national game I assume you're going to have a few more eyeballs on it than you normally would in a match up like this Kel mullings is gonna be my pig for player of the game on offense I kind of want to change mine because we both have the same pick um I'm excited to see what Donovan Edwards does I just have a feeling too that kle mullings has been wa waiting for this moment as well he only has 50 career carries as much as he's been talked about and anticipated you know people have anticipated what he's going to do this season he has pretty little game experience in terms of playing running back so I think it's gonna be kle I'm gonna stick with my pick but there is going to be a a lot of there are going to be a lot of guys to watch on Saturday night I think for this Michigan offense against Fresno State uh best defensive player I'll go first on this one I I'm just gonna take Jan bam I feel like it would be stupid not to heading into this game given the way everyone's talking about him but certainly so much talent you could go any which way with this thing Zeke Barry we've had an offseason full of Zeke Barry hype um I am writing this riding the zek berry F uh fery I don't know freight train I guess is what I meant to say um little two different things yeah yeah well they move at very different speeds but uh the fair is easier to jump on and it will be easier to jump on after he has the first of his team leading interceptions this year which I predicted in Scott Bell's uh rundown that he did this week shout out to Scott so Zeke Barry my player of the game what about the Freshman that's going to flash on Saturday night oh I think we're getting a Jordan Marshall moment okay that's that's the one for me it's coming game one I think so it's freshman running back Jordan Marshall so we'll see you got you have a couple running backs that you expect to play well I I I certainly think that could happen as well I think that in a portion of this game that is still in doubt whether that's first quarter first half third you know first three quarters I think Channing Goodwin freshman wide receiver is going to have a catcher too not nothing crazy I think he's going to be a guy that plays in the rotation early on here they like to mix it up it seems like early on in the season before they find their wide receiver rotation I think Channing Goodwin could get uh or reap the benefits of that a little bit I'm gonna say he gets a catch or two he sounds like he's picked things up really quickly since joining the team in the summer his dad played here we're talking to Tyler Morris about that the other night how the guys whose dads played here or Kendrick Bell whose older brother played here there's something just a little bit different about them understanding the expectations of playing at Michigan and from all accounts chanon Goodwin has had an outstanding uh Camp so I'm gonna go with the white out there interesting love for Cole Sullivan I just don't know that he's gonna get in right away you know that much I think this game for three quarters might be like you know two three score game where you still have the starters in uh but I do think coin's gonna play don't don't make me don't don't make me uh go back on any Cole Sullivan you know anything things I've said about him uh let's get to our final score predictions now our staff picks article is out over at thewolverine.com so check that out we got picks from Chris Ballas Anthony broom myself Doug sken and John Borton Anthony I'll let you start and we will read Chris as well since he was not able to hop back in due to technical difficulties yeah for me I can see this being a game where it's heading into the fourth quarter 2410 2413 or something like that Michigan scores late to let everyone kind of exhale and then you start sort of mentally preparing uh for what this Texas game might look like next week so uh I have Michigan winning 31 13 I like the little paland Drome uh pick to start the year again I I don't know if we'll get the answers we're seeking with the offense but I do think that they'll be able to do enough to where we're just gonna be intrigued as hell at what this next week of game prep looks like I I think I'm very similar here with 30 to1 Michigan comes out with the win I think it could be close for a while as well and then Michigan just kind of breaks a run or two maybe hits on a long pass like kind of gets that big play they need and then Fresno Gets behind the defense kind of uh you know just kind of one of those Avalanche you know type of type of phenomenons where it's just going to be too much for Fresno State to overcome and try to come back once Michigan has that big lead uh Chris Ballas picks Michigan 27 Fresno State 10 he says it's a solid test for this Michigan team we're just excited as the last three years to see what the young guys waiting in the wings can do the first two games will set the tone for the season if they avoid turnovers they should be fine he PR a 17 point Michigan Victory the Wolverines are 21 Point favorites in this game as well do you have the over under Anthony do you know what that is last I checked it was 45 and a half okay so 45 and a half the over under on Michigan and fr go ahead so it looks like all of us went under I think I got the closest to it with uh 44 total points so I don't know a total of 45 just seems a little high for both of these teams so that scares me though all of us are on one side um okay let's move on to our final segment no man NOS the future we're gonna pick four games this week really good opening college football weekend I know we had week zero last week but week one is pretty loaded three games on Saturday that we're going to pick and then one game on Sunday we'll start with Clemson against Georgia in Atlanta Georgia is a 13 and a half Point favorite over under 8 and a half this game noon Eastern on ABC beautiful graphic we got down there I'm GNA take Georgia I don't I don't like where Clemson is at right now I I'm not crazy about their trajectory under Davos swiny and I wouldn't be surprised if they got spanked in this game 13 and a half might be a little too low so I'm going Georgia Clemson the only team in the country I think that didn't take a transfer other than at least one of the service and for those you need like a letter of wreck from a congressman so dbo Sweeney definitely rolling the dice with his guys I I'm with you this just feels like the game that Georgia opens up with it used to be Alabama and for unfortunately Michigan was on the losing end of that in 2012 but they open up with a pretty Marquee matchup and just steamroll them it's similar to Georgia Oregon a couple years ago I'm gonna go with Georgia to cover that uh Penn State at West Virginia they're going to Morgantown Penn State 8 Point favorites over under 51 and a half this game also at noon on Fox I have West Virginia in this game um maybe not to win outright but I I I don't trust Drew Aller I don't trust what they have from a skill position standpoint um again Penn State it's always kind of you know they have a path to now that they you know you're not playing divisions you have a path to you know you avoid Michigan you might have a path to the college football playoff I wouldn't be surprised if they straight up lost this game but I do think that West Virginia is is going to give them a game and we'll cover that eight points 14 of 15 ESPN writers picked Penn State in their playoff it would be so funny if West Virginia and again now with the 12 team you can still get in but if West Virginia knock them off set them back here in week one it would be quite hilarious I'm GNA go with Penn State though I think what we're going to get I can just picture Penn State winning somewhat convincingly and everybody that did pick Penn State to make the playoff say see this is the year you know that they're going to get in the 12 team the 12 team playoff was made for programs like Penn State who couldn't quite get over the hump in those big games I think they're gonna they're gonna stay in the mix a little bit longer here win that game this game going on during Michigan but Notre Dame at Texas A&M A&M a three-point favorite over under 46 and a half this line has moved all over the place so maybe it moved since yesterday when I wrote this down but uh this is where I have it locked in at 7:30 Eastern on ABC I guess I'll go first on this one I got Notre Dame going down there and winning I don't know why I think it's a tossup game I think it's two similar programs where they get hyped up all the time and then you know they don't meet expectations but Notre Dame has been pretty good um and I do think Riley Leonard an experienced quarterback is going to be able to go in now that he's healthy after being banged up last year go in win on the road I think I agree with you as much as it pains me too uh I'm not a big Marcus Freeman guy I think that just the drop off from Brian Kelly to Marcus Freeman has been pretty notable um but I will go with the Fighting Irish to uh to cover that number in what uh arpel EJ Holland has dubbed the weirdo Bowl USC versus LSU in Las Vegas it's a big 10 team taken on an secd team can you believe it in Vegas LSU 4. favorite over under 64 and a half that means we're in for some fun on Sunday night 7:30 Eastern on ABC as the weekend rolls on with Labor Day weekend I have no clue what to expect give me LSU I don't know I don't know why it's gonna be I think I think LC is gonna spank him I really do I think that it's I could see like a 45 27 type of game but I just UFC is not about that life and I think that they're in for a bit of a rude awakening coming into the Big 10 this year especially a couple weeks from now when they make their way to Ann Arbor um for their first spanking as a big 10 opponent so give me LSU rolling in this one it just means more the SEC not as much in the Big 10 which it's crazy to say USC's in the league now but like you said we'll see them in a couple weeks here at the big house we'll see hopefully a lot of you on Saturday