MI State charges through power rankings

If they win, they will share the East Division championship with either MI or Ohio State – ironic, yes, since they beat both of those teams this year.

O’Connor found out Friday night that he would be the starter. “It is very disappointing”.

Following Ohio State’s demoralizing loss against MI State, head coach Urban Meyer was understandably disappointed.

That’s right – whoever wins between the Buckeyes and the Wolverines will be champions of the East. The question then becomes if the Spartans will join them as co-champions or not. He said after the game that the coaching staff “didn’t put us in position to win” by not calling his number more often and that “there’s no way I’m coming back next year”. But I don’t really like to talk about injuries, but obviously, he didn’t play this last week; we held him out. “I’m disappointed in the situations that we were put in, and I wish it all played out differently”, said Elliott.

He also revealed that he was hospitalized Monday through Wednesday with an infection in his left shin while battling a 103-degree fever.

Harbaugh thinks his team has improved throughout the season, but would not look ahead to Saturday.

That brings me to Ezekiel Elliott, who in a rare moment of athlete realism, threw his coaching staff under the bus. With the passing game also struggling – due to a few combination of the rainy weather and the Spartans’ thunderous pass rush – one might expect the star running back to get more carries. Early last week on Monday and Tuesday, I didn’t think I was going to play. “I don’t know what was going on”, he said. It didn’t work out. Kickoff, 15:00. Before the game even began, the biggest story was a lack of Connor Cook on the field.MI State is 6-1 in its last seven games against top-10 teams.Yet like the Spartans would later, they immediately answered.

It was not the way he wanted to go out. There was just no where to go but Ohio State kept pounding away with little success.

In essence, it gave him a practice kick.

“We played very, very well”, Dantonio said. “It happens. I’m not saying it’s not true, but that’s not the place for it”.

The game was one of comebacks for the Spartans. So it was OK for MI State to pass in the rain, with a backup quarterback, no less, but not for the Buckeyes? Neither player ran effectively.

Is anyone buying Ohio State heading into a decisive rivalry game against MI?

3 – Purdue’s field goal with 25 seconds left of the second quarter of its 40-20 loss at Iowa were the first points the Hawkeyes have allowed this season in the last two minutes of the first half.

MI State’s defensive line dominated OSU’s offensive line.