Instead, punter Blake O’Neill bobbled the snap, dropped it and chased it forward. He muffed the punt and Jalen Watts-Jackson scooped it up and got in the end zone.
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Making things even crazier? The Spartans may or may not have to load the box to stop UM from running but either way, you know they’ll want to force Rudock to make a few plays before they’ll give UM better looks to run against.
Harbaugh has thrown himself into the task of rebuilding the proud program where he starred as a quarterback under Bo Schembechler, and he is doing it mostly with players he didn’t recruit.
The Spartans have not been convincing this season. They beat lowly Purdue by three. All-American caliber left tackle, Jack Conklin, didn’t play a week ago against Rutgers and his (eventual) replacement, All-American caliber center, Jack Allen, left the game late after getting rolled up on, twice, by Rutgers defensive linemen on back-to-back plays.
During the last eight years with Mark Dantonio as the head coach of the Michigan State Spartans, times have been good in East Lansing.
Michigan slipped to 5-2 and 2-1 in conference play. “They were the same, or they had gotten worse, by the end of the season”. This past week, he rushed for 42 yards and two touchdowns during a 31-24 win over Rutgers.
The Michigan Wolverines (5-1) are coming from a 38-0 win over the Northwestern Wildcats last week. In receiving, Aaron Burbridge had 146 yards in nine catches while MacGarrett Kings added 58 yards and one touchdown in four receptions. We were going to have to play through things mentally, get over humps and weather the storm.
Michigan plays Michigan State this weekend in a matchup between two ranked college football teams.
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David Terrell tried to jam the big MSU wide receiver and it ended up being one of the most memorable blocks in Spartan history.
“You try not to get too distracted by it”, Rudock said of preparing during a rivalry week.
It won’t be easy for Michigan State, especially with an offensive line that’s being pieced together week to week because of injuries.
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To be fair, the Wolverines definitely have room for growth on the offensive side of the ball, but will we ever see it? That was not the case on Saturday. That doesn’t provide much solace, but at least Michigan knows that it has a team capable of competing with anyone again, and that brighter days are surely ahead.
