MSU QB hails from state of Ohio. “They’re a really good football team”. I don’t know. Just ask Baylor, how destroying people to the point where the game is over by halftime worked out for them.
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“We’ve got to play our best football game this Saturday if we are going to be successful; I truly believe that”. It all starts with Joey Bosa, the Buckeyes’ star defensive end – any time the Buckeyes generated a pass rush, (which was often) Lunt was forced to scramble and usually threw the ball away. That’s just not that bad. They saw what’s needed now. At the moment, there isn’t one of the eight wins so far against a team assured of going bowling.
Stanford (8-2) had been rolling since losing its opener against Northwestern, but now the Cardinal have likely been relegated to spoilers.
Ohio State OL Pat Elflein before Michigan State On last year’s Michigan State win.
“It’s a blessing to be compared to the former greats at Ohio State but I just want to give thanks to the offensive line”. It came up with takeaways against Maryland – but who doesn’t? “But these are the big ones, what we’ve been waiting for”. They can play loose as the true underdog opening up as a +13. But his performance this weekend against a feisty IN team was the highest of highs.
Meyer said that he and his assistants have spent an “inordinate” amount of time this season sorting out the quarterback situation.
IL stayed closed to No. 2 Ohio State for nearly an entire half.
Michigan State defensive tackle Joel Heath will be back in the lineup at Ohio State, a lift for a Spartans’ defensive front that looks to slow the Big Ten’s leading rushing attack.
Until he steps on the field and proves that, there will be some anxious fans in East Lansing. Against Wisconsin up next, it’s all about taking advantage of every opportunity and forcing several takeaways. The Tide was also coming off a showdown victory against LSU.
He went on to say, “Michigan State, that’s the top of our conference” in terms of Big Ten elite the past several years. No controversial non-call? No drama whatsoever? “They played Maryland, and it was 80 snaps, 65 or 70 blitzes, so it was really aggressive, and they’re not normally that aggressive, so that’s kind of putting us on our toes”. The Hawkeyes face Purdue on Saturday, while the Badgers host the Wildcats. They had MI dead, until they didn’t. “We have two games to get it right”. Now that there’s some stability with Tracy Claeys the head coach, a win has to come. Its current winning streak is 23 games.
The game was Illinois’ last home this season.
IL (5-5, 2-4 Big Ten) lost two fumbles and was 5 for 17 on third down.
Michigan State would need an absolute miracle to make the playoff thanks to that loss against Nebraska, but knocking off Ohio State and then the Penn State Nittany Lions to close out the regular season would at least get the committee’s attention.
Any college football player or coach will tell you the cliche “all wins count the same”, or “style points don’t matter”.
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Part of OSU’s practice routine this week has been watching films of last year’s game at Michigan State, which wasn’t ideal but was very, very good. That’s nothing new for a team averaging a ridiculous 3.5 turnovers a game.
