Well, it’s finally here. The 2021 college football season has arrived, with Northwestern taking on Michigan State at 8 p.m. Central Daylight Time at Ryan Field. Like many others, our staff has patiently waited for this day, and now, with just hours before kickoff, they’ve made their predictions for the season opener:Mac Stone: Northwestern 23, Michigan State 16I’m expecting a good amount of field goals in this one, and I’m honestly hoping the score is 9-9 at half so we can tweet something funny about Big Ten West football. In all seriousness though, both offenses are going to come out slow. It’ll be a defensive game in the first half before the ‘Cats “explode” for two touchdowns in the third quarter, only for MSU to get back one of their own in the fourth. In the end, Northwestern by a touchdown, vengeance is theirs. Only betting advice I can give is to hammer the under. Daniel Olinger: Northwestern 20, Michigan State 17Both offenses come out cold and trade punts as pundits race to get the best “Haha classic Big Ten football!” joke off on Twitter. Hunter Johnson throws one pick and one touchdown. Michigan State gets two annoyingly long touchdown drives powered by their run game, but a touchdown early in fourth quarter as NU trails by four gives the ‘Cats the lead. They then force an MSU turnover and run out the clock from there. Everyone then has a late post-game meal, takes a shower and goes to bed feeling slightly above average. Go sports. Ben Chasen: Northwestern 17, Michigan State 13If you find good ol’ fashioned Big Ten football — ya know, the type of football where teams take repeating turns punching each other in the mouth without really advancing their own respective chances — amusing, you’re going to love this game. I expect there to be a stretch of at least 20 consecutive minutes without a score in this game, and I’m gonna love every second of it. But really, I expect Hunter Johnson to come out like a man with something to prove, which, I believe, will push him to match his career touchdown total of one with a big pass to Stephon Robinson Jr. I’ve got no other particular predictions, other than a Northwestern win and the score being low. Didi Jin: Northwestern 38, Michigan State 31If you include his time in the NFL with the Buccanneers, Mike Bajakian is 5-0 in his last five season openers. Knowing this statistic and remembering how well Northwestern’s offense performed in last season’s home opener, I’m very confident that the ‘Cats will have no trouble putting points on the board despite all of the first-time starters. However, similar to last year’s game at Sparty, I think the defense will struggle to stop the pass in a contest that surprises everyone and becomes a shootout. In Hunter Johnson I trust, though, as he will shock the world by throwing for 300 yards and three touchdowns, one of which will be to his former high school teammate Bryce Kirtz. Jacob Brown: Michigan State 10, Northwestern 6This game is going to be hideous. Gross.
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