Michigan State Can Wrap Up Division With Win Over Penn State

Franklin said he thinks Penn State will see starting quarterback Connor Cook (recovering from injury himself) when the team travels to East Lansing, Mi., to take on No. 6 Michigan State this weekend. The boy named after a pope was delivered by a devout Catholic who cheered for Notre Dame but raised a family of Ohio State fans.

Meyer and Harbaugh will match wits against each other for the first time. There’ll be no trophy at stake when the Buckeyes visit the Big House on Saturday.

The Harbaugh clan, Jack and his wife, Jackie, arrived first in 1962. They’ll play for an obscure piece of hardware called the Land Grant Trophy.

“Oh, we’re hungry”, he said.

So what do you do when that happens right before the most important game of the year?

Jack instead landed at Perrysburg High, where he spent two seasons as a football assistant under the late Jerry Nowak. This year, on a week-to-week basis, hasn’t been almost as impressive. I could have told you a month ago that that was going to be my last game in the Shoe, as you can see I was very emotional before the game. Bolden, an OH native, is the Wolverines’ top tackler at linebacker. “I’m personally not going to let anyone slack off, back off. This game means the world to us and everyone in Ohio”. Defensive end Joey Bosa, defensive tackle Adolphus Washington, and strong safety Vonn Bell are all expected to be drafted in the first three rounds of the 2015 National Football League draft from the Buckeye defence. In fact, their top win this year might have come against San Diego State.

But it’s third-ranked Iowa (11-0, 7-0 Big Ten), maybe college football’s biggest surprise, that will command the nation’s attention this week when it tries to close out a flawless regular season on the road against improving Nebraska (5-6, 3-4).

“It’s really about this one day that determines the 365 days of the year”.

“Michigan has momentum, defense and Harbaugh”, Marshall said. Will Allen picked off John Navarre’s pass with zeroes on the clock, avoiding the heartache of letting a rival ruin an undefeated season as MI had done as recently as 1995 and 1996.

Oklahoma can win the Big 12 by beating the Cowboys, but that will be a tough task in one of the biggest Bedlam games in years. “[But] my father certainly would have enjoyed this”. “Not college football, all of sport”.

The apology was in response to Elliott’s comments on Saturday, when he said, “Honestly, this is my last game in the Shoe”. “I know I’m probably going to get another 64 questions on it, but it’s done”.

Notre Dame’s sloppy play the past two weeks has caught up to the Irish. But over time, the family’s allegiances have grown more divided.

Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio joins the show to talk about the Spartans. Harbaugh and Meyer were molded by that history.

For Meyer, it is Ashtabula, where Bud moved the family later in 1964. Their defense has been superb for much of the season and has been the key in a potential 10-win season in Ann Arbor.

When Ohio State (10-1) travels to MI (9-2) on Saturday, those two coaches will launch the next chapter in a rivalry that dates back to 1897 but is still best-remembered for that decade-long run from 1969-78: “The 10-Year War”. “Hopefully they’ll be back”, he said. “That’s where my grandparents lived, and uncles and aunts”. You guys saw that on that drive. But we can’t rule them out at this point. He’s an ultimate teammate in terms of attitude and demeanor, and I think more than anything it killed him to be on the sideline in a big game for us at home, his last game at home, and a closely-contested game where he could’ve been the difference.