Five Reasons The Huskers Defeat Michigan State

He’s 31-3 in his career, including 20-1 against Big Ten opponents.

Michigan State is 5-3 coming off open dates under Dantonio…. However, they have a chance. Here is how the Huskers can take down Sparty.

Harris admittedly was over-eager and played out of control at times early – Izzo joked that MSU football coach Mark Dantonio “would have loved to have him as a fullback” – but his second half included a pair of slick passes for Gavin Schilling layups.

Yep, the Spartans have given up their share in the air, too – 241 yards per game. Realistically, Nebraska is only about a half-dozen plays from being 6-3 or even 7-2. Yet, the junior quarterback, who has passed for over 256 yards a game, is expected to play against Michigan State after missing the Purdue game. “Not enough good defense in the fourth quarter to win games”. The Spartans are 59th in total offense, 43rd in scoring offense, 40th in pass offense and 88th in run offense. As bad as it sounds, Nebraska is looking to play spoiler the remainder of the season.

Meyer said he’d speak with his team Wednesday about wherever they stand in the first rankings. There’s a few 1-loss teams ranked ahead of them…

-WR Aaron Burbridge continues to lead the Big Ten in receiving (52 catches, 830 yards) and has had more than 100 yards receiving in six games this season, including the last three.

And Cook said, in all seriousness, of a new look that’s quite familiar: “To see Jack Allen out there, my fellow roommate, to see Kodi Kieler back out there and Jack Conklin, all those other guys out there having fun again, it just feels like the old days”.

We talked about the MSU passing defense, and while Ryker Fyfe put up big numbers against Purdue, I think we can all agree Armstrong is on a different level. Nebraska has a slew of issues, but effort hasn’t been a problem, especially from the passing game, and especially from …

The Huskers lost to BYU on a Hail Mary at the buzzer, in overtime at Miami, on a touchdown with 10 seconds left against Illinois and on a field goal with five seconds left against Wisconsin.

As for what happened in Cook’s performances – 15-of-31, 193 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT in 2013 and 11-of-29, 234 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT last season – Cook has no problems explaining the shortcomings. Nebraska turned the ball over four times inside their 25-yard line.

Nebraska’s inability to have any semblance of a rushing attack against Purdue last weekend can be traced directly to an ineffective offensive line. But going to Nebraska might be hard enough, considering how flaky MSU has been throughout the year and with a playoff-type of atmosphere in Lincoln.

Another fairly obvious one.

Third down offense: Michigan State ranks top in the Big Ten and fifth nationally, converting 50 percent of the time. Look at Nebraska’s previous two games and you will see that Nebraska has struggled to stop its opponents inside the redzone. Northwestern didn’t score on its final drive of the game when they ran out the clock.