Can’t wait for Saturday | And the winner is… Class of ’62 grad Art Hasse | Newsletter

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Greetings from “Can’t Wait For Saturday,” your morning slice of college football, courtesy of longtime Illini beat writer, AP Top 25 voter and Heisman state Rep. Bob Asmussen. He gives you his opinion every day about the game he loves

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Congratulations to Art Hasse of Grand Rapids, Michigan, for winning this week’s prediction contest. The 1962 UI graduate who grew up in Staunton, Art’s guess of 24-21 was just five points shy of the actual score of 25-17. Excellent work from the Varsity I member and supporter of the I-FUND and ICONN.

Not only did Art graduate, but so did his daughter and grandson. Family ties are cool.

So as you know there is no game in Illinois this week. But I would still like to have a competition. My first thought would be to pick the Michigan State game because the Spartans are next up for Illinois. Unfortunately, Michigan State is also off this weekend.

After careful consideration — okay, about two seconds — I’ve decided to ask you to pick a game involving a team I know Illinois fans love to hate. Let’s try Michigan in Indiana.

All you have to do is email your score predictions to [email protected]. Please include your name, where you live, and let me know if you graduated from Illinois. This week I also ask you to tell me what you think of UM in general. Remember, it is a family newspaper. I’ll take some of your comments into account.

Kick-off is Saturday at 2:30 PM, so you still have some time. If you want to make my life easier, put your score prediction in the subject line.

If someone hits the money score, you’ll get a $50 gift card from Papa Del’s. I was there for lunch today.

Have a nice rest of the week and have fun picking.

Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or [email protected].