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Holmes’ tribute to his grandmother was unflinching.
Reschke (hand) did not dress in MSU’s opener against Furman, a 28-13 victory on September 2.
With the stability at quarterback, Heavy likes Notre Dame to win the game, but the Michigan State defense will keep them in the contest.
“I think everyone’s ready to go”, Dantonio said on his pregame radio show on WJR 760-AM. Getting points early was exactly what Notre Dame needed in a game like this.
As surely as the Spartans built a 29-point lead, they stopped doing most everything that got them there.
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said too many mistakes cost his team.
Irish quarterback Terry Hanratty, who would go on to back up Terry Bradshaw in Pittsburgh and play in Super Bowl X, was knocked out of the game in the first quarter by Michigan State’s Bubba Smith.
In 1966, college football teams kicked off after Labor Day and ended before Thanksgiving. “So to be able to go down there and get a win against them in that environment, it means so much to the team”. “When you get yourself in that kind of hole, it’s hard to dig out against a really good team”.
After the Irish cut the deficit to eight and Michigan State couldn’t generate a scoring drive on offense on the proceeding possession, the Spartans’ defense came up big to prevent the Irish from using the momentum to score. Just three short plays later, MSU hit paydirt once again with a 9-yard touchdown run by sophomore HB L.J. Scott to increase the lead to three touchdowns.
SET TWO: Irish coach Jim McLaughlin called an early time out as his team fell behind 4-1 early, but Notre Dame battled back to tie it at 6-6. After falling behind 36-7, ND scored a pair of touchdowns to close to 36-21 with 11:45 left in regulation. Then Kizer bulled his way in from 3 yards out. Defensive tackle Phillip Pea, defensive end Corey Malone-Hatcher and linebacker Josh Ross have all committed to the Wolverines over offers from the Irish and Spartans. Perhaps missing three of his most important offensive players was just too much for the coach to take the risk. That was the worst streak by an Irish team in a game since both MI and USC administered 38-0 beatings on them during the 3-9 season in 2007. “It’s tough to stop. They’re not going to be the reason why they lose”.
“Those are the guys we have”, Kelly said of his defenders with a raised voice.
Equanimeous St. Brown’s 15-yard touchdown catch late in the third quarter. Notre Dame is 39-5 since the start of the 2002 season when it runs for at least 200 yards. Facing a fourth-and-7 from their own 32, Kelly made a decision to punt it away to the Spartans, but Notre Dame’s two timeouts weren’t enough to gain one last possession once Corley found an opening in the secondary. However, a holding penalty would bring the play back. O’Connor lofted a 38-yard pass down the left sideline to wide receiver Donnie Corley, who ripped the ball from Notre Dame cornerback Cole Luke for a touchdown. Michigan State, give them great credit they came up with more plays today than we did, and obviously from the start of the game we have a kickoff return called back, and then we muff a punting situation. On the defense, Michigan State allows 139.0 yards in passing and 87.0 yards in rushing against their opponents. They have to prepare for a home game against the 1-2 Duke Blue Devils next Saturday.
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“We had a couple turnovers in the second quarter”, Kizer said.
