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Friday, October 21, 2011

Game Day: ES predicts Wisconsin at MSU

Wisconsin Badgers (6-0/2-0) at Michigan State Spartans (5-1/2-0)

ESPN GAME DAY
East Lansing, MI. 8:00 pm.

Rankings:  MSU #13 (USA Today), #15 (AP), #16 (BCS), #22 (Sagarin).  Wisky #4 (USA Today), #4 (AP), #6 (BCS), #4 (Sagarin)

TV:  ESPN
Weather: 47 degrees, clear skies, moony.
Line:  Wisky favored  by 9.

Picks: Phil Steele: MSU 24-20,  USA Today: Wisky 26-21, ESPN/Mark May: Wisky, ESPN/Holtz: Wisky, ESPN/Bennett: Wisky 31-21, ESPN/Rittenberg: Wisky 30-24, NBCSports.com: Wisky 45-17, CFN/Scout: Wisky 30-23, DetNews/Wojo: Wisky 31-20, MLive.com/Johnson: MSU 34-31, ReadingEagle.com: MSU 24-21, Rivals.com: Wisky 28-21.

ES pick:  MSU 26, Wisconsin 24.
Stat of the week:  Again, defense wins championships. Spartans get three take-aways and hold Wisconsin to under 150 rushing yards to key the victory.... and, Sparty blocks a kick!