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No. 12 Michigan State hangs on to defeat No. 18 Notre Dame
After a two-year hiatus in a rivalry that began in 1897, Notre Dame and Michigan State square off at Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday night. But the Irish offense stalled, and facing a fourth-and-seven from their own 32, Kelly elected to punt it back to the Spartans.
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From there, they went on to make it 36 unanswered points that may take Notre Dame’s ultimate goal off the table.
Big games are where Dantonio has best proved his impact, turning Michigan State from a run-of-the-mill Big Ten program to one of the conference’s best, one of the country’s best. So he interfered with the pass to try to prevent a touchdown. In between, the Spartans dominated the game, wearing out the Notre Dame defense. More of that base look is likely to remain Saturday night against MSU, and what Kelly describes as a “methodical” Michigan State offense. “This is everywhere, and this is on me. We’re just not going to force it to him”, he said. We’re sloppy as a football team. Another Spartan touchdown by R.J. Shelton, on a shovel pass made it 15-7 at the half.
Michigan State wasn’t off last week because the Spartans wanted extra time to prepare for Notre Dame. That means Michigan State will want to be physical up front and establish the run. Kizer did throw for 344 passing yards and two passing touchdowns. “You gotta do your job and at the end that’s what we did and that’s why we came up with the win”.
“They’re just physical”, Irish safety Drue Tranquill said earlier in the week, when asked what he admires about Michigan State’s defense. “We didn’t play for a tie”. He also repeatedly referenced the need for improvement from his coaching staff, too, without mentioning anyone specifically. He’s an accurate passer who makes good decisions for a young quarterback, and can turn broken plays into big gains with his legs. In 1966, Notre Dame and Michigan State played the most monumental and controversial game in college football history.
“I can’t think of anything better”.
“We carry that blue-collar, chip-on-the-shoulder mentality”.
After the two teams exchanged punts on their opening drives of the second half, Michigan State seemed to pull away with two quick scores.
Notre Dame took an early lead on a touchdown rush by QB DeShone Kizer at 4:24 of the first quarter.
With 2:40 left to play in the third, Kizer found Equanimeous St. I think he’ll do fine. Michigan State has now ended its three-game losing streak to Notre Dame. Sophomore running back Josh Adams had just 29 yards on 12 carries, while senior running back Tarean Folston had 14 yards on four carries. Facing a fourth-and-7 from their own 32, Kelly chose 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. “We had gotten a couple of stops defensively”. The Irish would have to go 9-0 the rest of the way, but October 15th sees the powerful, #7 ranked Stanford Cardinal visit South Bend, and they have to close the season on the west coast against USC.
MSU’s first two drives stalled in Notre Dame territory. A Kizer interception was turned into Spartans points on the ensuing drive.
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According to College Football Study Hall, the S&P+ computers are also projecting a narrow Notre Dame victory of less than 5 points. “When you get into that kind of hole it’s hard to dig out of”, he said.