With the brutal schedule ahead and injuries that are piling up, Smith gave his thoughts on Boston College and what must be better as the season goes on.

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It is always an interesting process for me to come up with the theme for each piece that I write. As I note in the open, I was inspired this week by Charles Brantley's 100-yard pick six. After watching that play in the press box, I turned to my man @Brendanmoore101 and said, "That was fun." Later during the post game press conference, Coach Smith described the play is almost exactly the same terms. Sometime on Sunday morning, it hit me. Yes! Spartan football IS fun again.

It is also fun for me to run these numbers each week. I find that the cold, unbiased numbers can often tell us things that we either don't yet realize or don't realize at all. One really interesting part of this week's analysis is what the numbers are saying out the Wolverines.

It is not pretty for our friends in Maize and Blue.

I predict that they are not going to be happy with my analysis, as it shows that MSU (for now) is likely to win more games than Michigan and is more likely to simply quality for a bowl game. My projected point spread for the game in Ann Arbor is down to just 5.5 points. Now this analysis may turn out to be nonsense in 3-4 weeks. Afterall, my computer told me that Purdue was going to beat Notre Dame and Oregon State would upset Oregon (oops). But the fact is that my algorithm also nailed the opening point spread for the MSU/BC game and the Michigan/USC game to within a point tell me that the experts in Vegas has Michigan and MSU evaluated very similarly to where I have them. Those folks tend to know what they are doing.

Anyway, please enjoy this week's edition of Against All Odds. We decided to make this one free this week, so please feel free to share this one with some of your friend if they are the type to enjoy this kind of a mathematical deep dive into sports.

There are 6 of us. My wife and I (both alum), my daughter who lives in Boston (alum) and her husband and 2 kids , 6 and 4. Go Green!

No. 3 Ohio State at Michigan State is officially set for a 7 p.m. start time and will be broadcast exclusively on Peacock.

More on the game via @Kevin Knight

Luke Wafle is one of the top recruits in the 2026 class, ranking as the No. 72 overall prospect in the Rivals250. The four-star edge out The Hun School of Princeton also ranks as the No. 1 player in the state of New Jersey and the No. 3 weakside defensive end.

With more than 20 total scholarship offers in his recruitment thus far, and counting, Wafle most recently received an offer from Michigan State.

Wafle was offered by MSU's recruiting staff and defensive line coach Legi Suiaunoa on Sunday. He is intrigued by the Spartans and is looking to learning more about the program led by Jonathan Smith, who is in his first year at the helm.

"I feel great and honored," Wafle said about the Michigan State offer. "MSU has a legendary football program. I know they have some new coaches, so I’m hoping to get to know them more."

More from Wafle on his thoughts about MSU, his upcoming visits and more:

My Take: Orji has thrown a couple of red zone touchdowns, but passing between the 20s is a whole new ball game.