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Utah at Iowa State

Morehouse - My bye week began with a trip to the dentist. The dentist won, 530-something dollars to zero. Utah 38, Iowa State 28

Hlas - So Utah, you think you can come into our state and do what you want? Guess again, tough guys. Iowa State 38, Utah 35

Pugliese - As the judge asked in “My Cousin Vinny,” what's a Ute? Good enough to avoid an upset in Ames. Utah 24, Iowa State 17

Campbell - Why does everyone (including No. 10 Utah) get the week off before playing the 'Clones? Why does ISU continue to play during the dinner hour? So many questions. So few answers. Utah 18, Iowa State 14

Malicki - Today I'm hosting 10 six- and seven-year-olds for my son's birthday party. Please pray for me. Utah 35, Iowa State 27

Brooks - Congrats to Iowa State on win over Texas Tech and to Arnaud for his best performance at QB. But now the Cyclones step up to a top-10 team and they're a 7-point underdog. I hope the Cyclones can keep it that close. Utah 28, Iowa State 14

UNI at Southern Illinois

Morehouse - On the bye week, I'm going to Louis C.K. at Riverside. Here's a snippet: “Nobody ever wins an argument. Nobody ever goes, ‘Oh, I'm wrong.' Somebody eventually just goes, ‘Shut up. We gotta eat, so let's shut up for a minute.' Given that, here's your decidedly less funny UNI score. UNI 28, Southern Illinois 24

Hlas - There's a town in southern Illinois called Metropolis. It's the self-declared hometown of Superman. There's a 15-foot Superman statue and a Superman museum. The whole thing sounds a little out of whack. Southern Illinois 24, UNI 23

Pugliese - My childhood basketball hero, Walt “Clyde” Frazier, played at SIU. Not that it matters today. UNI 28, Southern Illinois 20

Campbell - It's a Willie Nelson week (“On the Road Again”) for UNI. The Panthers play five of last seven away from the Dome. Must play better than they did in Ames. UNI 31, Southern Illinois 28

Malicki - The only thing my birthday boy wanted for his party were these highly detailed Yoda Star Wars cookies. Only one bakery in the US offers them. I spent $137.77 for a dozen cookies to be shipped from Philadelphia. UNI 24, Southern Illinois 21

Brooks - Always a tough road trip but if the Panthers are for real they'll have to show it here. It looks like the Panthers have it together. Saturday can prove it. UNI 24, Southern Illinois 21

Michigan State at Michigan

Morehouse - Michigan's Denard Robinson on fame: “I wouldn't say I'm famous yet. A lot of people know me around town. That's about it.” That was not material from a comedian. Michigan St. 31, Michigan 27

Hlas - Pick 'Ems is the longest-running Gazette feature other than Dave Rasdal. Or Beetle Bailey. I always get those two mixed up. Michigan 42, Michigan St. 41

Pugliese - Today's the day you tug on Superman's cape and get away with it. Michigan St. 21, Michigan 14

Campbell - Something tells me Michigan State has been focusing on a guy named Denard Robinson this week. It won't make any difference. Michigan 35, Michigan St. 21

Malicki - I should have asked the gubernatorial candidates their feelings on these games during the debate Thursday. Instead I stole questions from Bruce Aune and Lyle Muller and passed the ideas off as my own. Michigan St. 28, Michigan 24

Brooks - Michigan has half a football team. Great offense, no defense. Spartans will make it three in a row against the Wolverines. Michigan St. 38, Michigan 35

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