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The undefeated Iowa Hawkeyes and the one-loss Michigan State Spartans will square off Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, with the victor nearly guaranteed a spot in the upcoming College Football Playoff. 4, 5 and 6 this week by The Associated Press and the College Football Playoff committee and their resumes might not make it any easier. Cook has thrown 24 touchdowns and just 4 interceptions this season and threw for 248 yards and three scores in a resounding win over Penn State last week.

Michigan State trailed 6-3 at the half anyway, but turned the game around in the third quarter by holding the Iowa offense to just three yards in seven offensive snaps.

The East Division champion Michigan State Spartans come in having won three straight games to close out the regular season, including an eventual division tiebreaker game on the road in Columbus against the defending champion Buckeyes.

Iowa enters the game at 12-0, while the only blemish on Michigan State’s 11-1 resume is a 39-38 loss at Nebraska on November 7.

Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio billed this season “Reach Higher” this offseason, but the message aimed a little lower this time. The action is in the first quarter. If UNC finished in the top four of the final CFP rankings, it would make the playoff and go to the Orange Bowl to face what would probably be No. 1-seeded Alabama.

Cook, who played with a sore shoulder and appeared to get hurt a couple of times during the game, seemed a bit off until the end. They have the opportunity tonight to change that against Michigan State.

DB Desmond King, Iowa and DL Shilique Calhoun, Michigan State have been named to the Defense.

Both teams were playing for a spot in the College Football Playoff and the second half proved that they were hungry for it, but only one team could be fighting for a national title in early January. “But no matter what happens, it won’t diminish what both teams have accomplished”. The team is set to play Michigan State for the Big 10 Championship.

One other national commentator, Paul Finebaum, said of the Big Ten title game: “Iowa has no chance to win this game”. Iowa limits big plays, but the Hawkeyes don’t get much pressure on the quarterback. The Spartan drive started at the Spartan 15. “I really think there’s a lot of parity in college football and it’s across the country, not just in a conference”. In that same time, MSU had four penalties for 45 yards. Michigan State’s senior class has won 42 games and can break a tie to become winningest class in school history Saturday….

Michigan State was a 2.5-point favorite going into this one and the over/under was 51 points.