Welcome to the Big Ten season!
Michigan and Michigan State both open conference play Saturday with games they're favored to win: the Wolverines at Maryland (noon, BTN) and the Spartans hosting Purdue (noon, ESPN2). The U-M game, of course, has moved up eight hours because of the threat of Hurricane Joaquin.
So will the games follow the cakewalk script? Our experts weigh in:
Michigan vs. Maryland
Mark Snyder
Michigan 35, Maryland 10: No one expects Michigan, with all of its momentum, to be slowed by Maryland, the Big Ten's worst team right now.