Week 9 Race for the Case: Can Michigan State hang with Michigan & will Penn State fare better against Ohio State?

Dan Wetzel, SI’s Pat Forde, & SI’s Ross Dellenger are back to pick the biggest week 9 college football games against the spread. Before the picks we get a College Football Playoff committee update from Ross, George Kliavkoff's statements about the Pac-12's future without UCLA and USC & new developments from the Kirk Ferentz vs. Doug Lesmerises saga. The guys break down the Illinois Illini heading to a reinvigorated Nebraska team as well as a game that could get out of control quickly in Texas A&M vs Ole Miss and there is a mandatory edition of People’s Court on the passing of the dirtiest man alive. After, the guys pick the #2 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at the #13 ranked Penn State Nittany Lions, the #9 ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys at the #22 ranked Kansas State Wildcats, the #19 ranked Kentucky Wildcats at the #3 ranked Tennessee Volunteers, the Michigan State Spartans at the #4 ranked Michigan Wolverines & the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at the #16 ranked Syracuse Orange. 1:30 The show tests out a new Texas Longhorns fight song 4:10 The CFP expansion committee has three major factors to work through before solidifying a start date. 17:30 PAC Twelve Commissioner George Kliavkoff spoke on the departure of the USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins 24:22 The Kirk Ferentz vs Doug Lesmerises saga continues 29:30 The Illinois Illini head to Lincoln, Nebraska to face a reinvigorated Cornhuskers team 37:50 The Texas A&M faithful are getting impatient with the team & could turn toxic during their bout with Ole Miss 42:43 The People’s Court 50:00 #2 Ohio State @ #13 Penn State 54:23 #9 Oklahoma State @ #22 Kansas State 56:54 #19 Kentucky @ #3 Tennessee 59:30 Notre Dame @ #16 Syracuse 1:04:15 Michigan State @ #4 Michigan 1:07:55 Lock of the week Stay up to date with the latest college football news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsCFB . Follow Dan @DanWetzel Follow Pat @ByPatForde Follow Ross @RossDellenger Check out all the episodes of the College Football Enquirer and the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family at https://apple.co/3zEuTQj or at Yahoo Sports Podcasts Subscribe to the College Football Enquirer on your favorite podcast app: 🎧 Apple Podcasts 🎧 Spotify 🖥️ YouTube 📢 Check out the Yahoo Sports podcast network or yahoosports.tv