In 2009, Central Michigan upset the Spartans in stunning fashion, scoring a touchdown and a field goal in the final 32 seconds to win 29-27.
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“I don’t know what they’re dealing with injury-wise or anything”, Dantonio said. “We brought it up”. “We kind of go as he goes”. Lexy Warner’s initial shot was stopped by U-M goalkeeper Megan Hinz, but Michaela Kovacs was there to clean up the rebound to give Michigan State the 1-0 lead early.
Central Michigan enters Saturday at 1-2 under new head coach John Bonamego, but those two losses are by 11 points to No. 24 Oklahoma State and by three in overtime to Syracuse. One of the keys to the game will be whether the Spartans can take advantage of the turnover-prone Boilermakers, who rank 111th in the nation in turnovers with 2.5 per game.
This game will play out a lot like the Western Michigan game.
“The ball just seems to find him”, co-defensive coordinator Harlon Barnett said last Saturday.
“We we’re all really excited to play this football game”. Michigan State was 106 in the country in passing defense coming into the game and that number will only get worse after allowing 285 yards to CMU.
All of the above is out of Michigan State’s control, and ultimately moot, if the Spartans just win out.
The Spartans have begun the season 3-0 straight up, but have not fared well for their backers as they are 0-3 against the spread. Now comes an even tougher test against the Spartans. “That’s something that, whatever scheme we are playing, we have to take that physicalness, that preparation, fits, and I thought we tackled pretty well”.
Klatt appeared as a guest on The Herd Thursday and told listeners why he believes the Spartans deserve the No. 1 ranking in the country right now.
Central Michigan is hardly a pushover and the Chippewas happened to be the fourth non-conference team the Spartans have faced this year that had made a bowl appearance a season ago.
True freshman Seth Collins is the starting quarterback now after Marcus McMaryion got opportunities in OSU’s first two games.
Michigan State WR Aaron Burbridge against Central Michigan’s secondary. DeAngelo Yancey and Cameron Posey have combined for 386 receiving yards and three touchdowns while Danny Anthrop has 16 receptions.
Altogether, the Chippewas were able to outgain the Spartans in total yards, 340 to 324.
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– Star tight end Josiah Price left the game and was on crutches, and offensive tackle Jack Conklin left the game with what looked like a knee injury.
