MSU favored by 3-1/2 vs Michigan; Daily Illini on Spartans: "let all the ugliness out" The Enlightened Spartan: MSU favored by 3-1/2 vs Michigan; Daily Illini on Spartans: "let all the ugliness out"

Sunday, October 27, 2013

MSU favored by 3-1/2 vs Michigan; Daily Illini on Spartans: "let all the ugliness out"


Notably, #24 Michigan State is a very early 3-1/2 point favorite over the #23 Wolverines next week in the game of the year in EL.  Indiana is favored by 7 at home over Minnesota. Nebraska is favored by 7 at home over Northwestern. #22 Wisconsin is favored by 7 at Iowa. Penn State is favored by 10 at home over Illinois.  And, #4 Ohio State is favored by, gulp, 31 at Purdue.

As for yesterday... Wow.  The ES heard a bit of the game on the radio, but looking at the statistics from the Spartans' 42-3 punishment of Illinois was impressive.  At a place that claims itself as the originator of the first collegiate homecoming, the Illini faithful likely should have waltzed passed Memorial Stadium, as it was the sight of an embarrassing whipping courtesy of Michigan State.  As written by the Daily Illini, "It was a few plays here and there that slowly peeled the lid off this game and let all the ugliness out."  An ugly homecoming at Illinois.  Beautiful.
 
The Spartans finishing their last six possessions with TDs?  Wow. A goal-line defensive stand turning into a 99-yard TD drive?  Well, golly! Cook 15-of 16 for 208 yards with 3 TDs.  Langford with 104 of Michigan State's Pound-Green-Pound 269-25 rushing yardage advantage.  The vastly-underrated but oft-important statistic of domination -- third down conversion -- was, 14-of-16???  Is that a typo?  And, nearly double the possession time (39 to 21 minutes).  My God.  Wow.  And, the defensive stats are even more impressive.  Giving up just 128 total yards (25 on rushing).  Total of 477-128 total  yards.  Ouch.  This is a defining performance that should finally vault MSU into the top 25 (posting update: MSU is in the AP Poll at #24, see bottom of this post).  Stats are below.


MSUILL
1st Downs298
Total Yards477128
Passing208103
Rushing26925
Penalties5-347-66
3rd Down Conversions14-163-10
4th Down Conversions0-00-1
Turnovers12
Possession39:0620:54

Associated Press Top 25 - week of Oct 27, 2013
RKTEAMRECORDPTS
1Alabama (55)8-01495
2Oregon (3)8-01432
3Florida State (2)7-01390
4Ohio State8-01317
5Baylor7-01223
6Stanford7-11189
7Miami (FL)7-01149
8Auburn7-11022
9Clemson7-11007
10Missouri7-1873
11LSU7-2818
12Texas A&M6-2811
13Oklahoma7-1791
14South Carolina6-2701
15Texas Tech7-1579
16Fresno State7-0510
17UCLA5-2489
18Oklahoma State6-1483
19UCF6-1464
20Louisville7-1417
21Northern Illinois8-0290
22Wisconsin5-2262
23Michigan6-1199
24Michigan State7-1166
25Arizona State5-2133
  • Dropped from rankings: Virginia Tech 16, Nebraska 25
  • Others receiving votes: Notre Dame 132, Georgia 24, Brigham Young 22, Texas 22, Ole Miss 21, Virginia Tech 20, Oregon State 17, Florida 14, Washington 6, Minnesota 4, Ball State 4, Arizona 2, Duke 2

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