#Ryan Zuke

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Michigan closed as a 7 ½-point underdog in last year's loss to Georgia in the College Football Playoff Orange Bowl semifinal. The second-ranked Wolverines (13-0) currently are a 7 ½-point favorite for their Fiesta Bowl semifinal matchup this year against No. 3 TCU (12-1). Michigan players say this year's CFP appearance is more…

Hopefully everyone's been too caught up in the Michigan-Michigan State game fallout to tally up how the last week of games went for MLive's college sports pickers. But we have to come clean: we had a dreadful week. As a group, we went 3-17 in Week 9 Big Ten games. That includes an 0-5 performance from yours truly. Our overall records took a hit as…

In Week 4, there was bad, and there was worse. All five of our pickers were below.500 in the nine games we selected last week. Aaron McMann and Andrew Kahn were the best at 4-5. Our Michigan State beat, meanwhile, both went 2-7 (yours truly picked two lone wolves in Maryland and Iowa…and went 0-5 in the other five games). Visit MLive's Betting…