This week, we face a QB who won’t miss those throws. However, if we go back to the start of B1G play, we see that Nebraska has played a slew of poor offenses and still managed to give up quite a few passing yards.
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The Spartans have been good this season, averaging 33.4 points to rank second in the Big Ten. Michigan State took a 24-point lead into the fourth quarter last season only to watch Nebraska score the final 19 points and threaten for the go-ahead score before Trae Waynes intercepted a pass with 30 seconds remaining.
A top-10 team coming to Lincoln for a prime-time game. Fighting for bowl eligibility is something Nebraska isn’t used to but that’s the boat they find themselves sinking in this season and injuries aren’t going to make things any easier on Saturday as wide receiver De’Mornay Pierson-El is out for the season with a leg injury, wide receiver Brandon Reilly is questionable with turf toe, coverman Daniel Davie is questionable with a dislocated finger and top running back Terrell Newby is questionable with an ankle injury. He has 26 tackles with five for losses.
The challenge this week is winning at packed Memorial Stadium, where Michigan State earned its first win in eight tries in the series two years ago.
Eron Harris and Tom Izzo had a couple talks Wednesday night during the 94-52 exhibition win over Northern Michigan, on the bench, in front of thousands at Breslin Center.
“There is conviction here, but there’s going to be a buzz because we’ve been off and we’re looking forward”, Dantonio said. “We don’t have to look behind right now because there’s nothing back there that we have to regret, so we can just look forward, and I think that’s positive”. I project MSU to easily outpace that and, as a result, I think the Spartans keep their College Football Playoff hopes alive for another week. It’s obviously good, but to be more exact, is it really national title good?
“They kicked the scout team’s butt”, Cook said after Tuesday’s practice, the first involving all five offensive line starters in almost two months. Michigan State has won two straight over Nebraska, but the Spartans are just 1-6 against the spread in their last seven meetings with the Cornhuskers.
Kieler has been back for the past three games after missing four.
Harris admittedly was over-eager and played out of control at times early – Izzo joked that MSU football coach Mark Dantonio “would have loved to have him as a fullback” – but his second half included a pair of slick passes for Gavin Schilling layups.
It’s the first time in school history that the Cornhuskers have lost six games before November.
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“It’s like the elephant in the room, right?” “Nothing about this surprises me”.
