Free Press sports writers share their predictions for the Michigan Wolverines' game against the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday in Iowa City (noon, Fox):
Michael Cohen
There’s a good chance Iowa’s defense can frustrate the Wolverines for portions of Saturday’s game as J.J. McCarthy makes his first start away from Michigan Stadium. But it’s hard to see the Hawkeyes’ anemic offense scoring enough to spring another upset against a top-five team. U-M should grind out a win. The pick: Michigan 23, Iowa 10.
Carlos Monarrez
Jim Harbaugh can play up the “where top-five teams go to die” atmosphere of Kinnick Stadium, but these two teams are on different planets, if not in different universes.