Here’s The Incredible Touchdown Run That Won Michigan State The Big Ten

With the Big Ten title and a spot in the College Football Playoff up for grabs, No. 4 Iowa meets No. 5 Michigan State on Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

The receiving corps is headed by senior Aaron Burbridge, who leads the conference in yards (1,158), has seven touchdowns and seven games with over 100 yards receiving.

“He runs like a monster man”, tight end Josiah Price said.

“I tried to duck up inside, but at the same time it was my mistake by turning my back into him, ” Scott said. The pairings will be announced about 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

Greg Ward Jr. ran for 148 yards and two touchdowns as the Cougars completed a 12-1 regular season and earned a trip to either the Peach Bowl or Fiesta Bowl. Regardless, Michigan State will get its shot, pursuing its first national championship since the 1960s as Mark Dantonio continues his phenomenal run in East Lansing. The Rose Bowl rep in charge of that pick reiterated to me this week that the Rose will pick the highest-ranked Big Ten team in the selection committee rankings barring an extreme circumstance. They’ll talk about it in Iowa City, too, and everywhere else in Big Ten country. But when he took over on the final drive, there was no stopping him. “Same option play. We repped it a ton of times in practice so I had full confidence in myself I was going to go out there and get the first down”. A touchdown from freshman running back L.J. Scott from 1-yard out with 27 seconds remaining clinched the victory. Temple had a chance to get within a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, but Jeremy Winchester knocked down a pass in the end zone and the Owls settled for a field goal that made it 24-13.

Scott carried the ball for five yards, bringing the ball to the 5-yard line, and Iowa called its first timeout as MSU faced a third-and-two.

“It was a tough decision for me, ” Allen said. “It shows he is a true leader”. He still became the first player chosen the title game MVP twice — largely because of the poise he demonstrated on a methodical 82-yard drive that consumed 9 minutes, 4 seconds and essentially sealed Iowa’s fate. “They had it when they needed it. We couldn’t quite get off the field”.

“Obviously I wasn’t 100 percent”, Cook admitted after the game. Starting drives will be a big factor in helping Beathard and the offense. “But no matter what happens, it won’t diminish what both teams have accomplished”. The Spartans and their coach clearly never count themselves out though. “We were going to go out there and give it our all”.

His thoughts on his old college football team the Iowa Hawkeyes facing Michigan State for the Big 10 championship: “I don’t think a lot of people really predicted it to be a 12-0-type season but it’s very cool to see”.

Michigan State was the next team to make a mistake as Cook threw an interception while under pressure. Iowa’s defense stiffened inside the 10 and held the Spartans to a field goal attempt.

On just the third play of the game, Henry Krieger-Coble fumbled – which was determined after a review – to give the ball over to the Spartans at the Hawkeyes’ 27-yard line.

This is how Michigan State wins big games. With the Hawkeyes out of timeouts, Michigan State didn’t have to rush into the end zone. Finally, after getting bottled up by three defenders on third-and-goal from 1, Scott broke free just long enough to get the ball across the goal line for Michigan State’s only TD.

“We were confident up the last play we would make a stop”, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said. “Our opponent tonight was an outstanding football team”. The score marked the longest reception of Smith’s career and the longest play from scrimmage for Iowa this season. But they’re still here, still on the verge of playing for a national championship by doing the simple things.

“We’re in the playoffs”, Shelton said.