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No. 3 Michigan State Dumps Eastern Michigan

They knew they needed to do something different, and did.

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“I would say we’re about on schedule, to be honest with you”, he said.

This is a quicker way, Franklin admitted. “Everyone is talking about Arizona, but weve got to get past Boston College, ” Bess said. Penn State QB Christian Hackenberg has the talent to throw effectively against the Spartans, but he’s also been sacked 36 times this season. “There needs to be a little bit of patience”. It would be James Franklin’s first win over a ranked opponent at Penn State. But Franklin’s world, he insisted, isn’t a negative place. Now, pillar DTs Anthony Zettel and Austin Johnson might be without DE Carl Nassib for the second week in a row due to injury. The Spartans are trying for their third straight win over Penn State, which hasn’t happened since they won five in a row in the series from 1949-66. I’m able to make comments to them.

Dantonio said the change in the offensive approach wasn’t because of who was at quarterback. Except for certain Saturday nights. “It really is. Because it hinges on very small things, I think”. “When they get Raven lee back, thats going to be a pretty good basketball team, ” Izzo said. Michigan State is #3 in the latest Associated Press poll.

Further, Michigan State (10-1, 6-1) is playing for about everything a college team can. The injury kept him out of Michigan State’s gritty road win over Ohio State, even though he expressed confidence his shoulder’s health.

The updated version of the real College Football Playoff rankings – the only ones that matter – don’t come out until tonight (7, ESPN).

If he can’t play or is limited, suddenly every game looks dicey.

O’Connor and Terry both played ample snaps in the win over Ohio State, but they weren’t asked to do too much when it came to throwing the football.

This loss puts Eastern Michigan at 2-2 on the year.

“I would assume that things are moving forward”. He made good moves to get a clean shot off, but he just wasn’t making much of anything.

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Game notes: No. 3 Michigan State will spend its Thanksgiving holiday in California, as coach Tom Izzo goes for his 500th career victory tonight against the Eagles…. “No, it’s not”, Franklin said. “More so this week than in the year-and-a-half that we’ve been here”. The status of defensive end Carl Nassib, who was apparently injured near the end of the Northwestern game two weeks back and played only two snaps against MI, is unknown.

By Andrew Mascharka			 The Eastern Echo