Ohio State vs. MI 2015

The Big Ten later changed its rules in 1975 and allowed schools to play in the postseason in games other than the Rose Bowl. Additionally, the victory would crown the Spartans as the East Division champion for 2015.

“There’s nothing that tells me anybody has selfish motives”, senior linebacker Joshua Perry said. Both teams rank in the top 10 and hold outside shots at making the Big 10 Championship game and even the College Football Playoff, so the implications are huge.

Additionally, the game will feature two of the Big Ten’s best quarterbacks in Christian Hackenberg and Michigan State’s Connor Cook. With much of America expecting the eighth-ranked Buckeyes’ slide to continue Saturday at No. 12 MI, a team favored by double digits in every game this season and that opened the year as a 16-point favorite over the Wolverines has tumbled all the way to a 1-point underdog. Don’t waste your time during such a great weekend of games. “One of the most selfless players I’ve ever coached and been around”.

MSU gave the Wolverines a blueprint on how to rattle the Buckeyes up front.

Harbaugh’s Wolverines have lost just two games this season (Sept. 4th at Utah and October 18th vs. Michigan State) after going 5-7 in 2014 under Brady Hoke.

“Our goal is to win the East”, coach Mark Dantonio said. He played the first defensive series against MI but was shut down when it was clear he wasnt healthy. The defense, in particular, could be without as many as four opening-day starters, including national defensive-player-of-the-year candidate Carl Nassib. Overall, Saturday is a tiebreaker – the Spartans are 14-14-1 against the Nittany Lions all-time.

Penn State (7-4, 4-3) at Michigan State (10-1, 6-1, No. 5 CFP).

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Sophomore effort: James Franklin took over a long-successful program that has been hurt by NCAA sanctions stemming from the Jerry Sandusky scandal, though those sanctions have been reduced. The Nittany Lions are doing well, by all accounts, on the recruiting trail. Bosa and three other players had already been suspended for the season’s first game for unspecified violations of team policy, which gave the team a snake-bitten feel that was validated amid Saturday’s downpour. More so actually, because as the season progressed, the defense did more than just keep the Wolverines in games, it often looked dominant. “I think the public is going to be on MI”.

Speaking at halftime of an Ohio State men’s basketball game at the Value City Arena, he said, “I’m so proud, so excited and so humble to be your football coach at Ohio State”.

Desmond Howard, in one of the most memorable plays in college football history, returned a punt 93 yards for a touchdown and struck a Heisman Trophy-like pose in the end zone just after TV broadcaster Keith Jackson had shouted “Hello, Heisman!” Freshman running back Saquon Barkley is a big-play guy with a bright future. His top receiver is Chris Godwin, who is averaging 78.1 yards a game on his 52 catches, while DaeSean Hamilton has five TD catches and 32 grabs as Hackenberg’s secondary target. Yet this team is last in the Big Ten in total offense (320.4 yards per game) and rushing offense (129.5). The Buckeyes aren’t a bad team.

Now comes Michigan State, in some ways much like those Wolverines. Can Penn State spoil the party? The Spartans have figured out some things on that side of the ball and should match up well. If he cant play, backups Tyler OConnor and Damion Terry will have to fill in like they did against the Buckeyes. Look for a competitive contest that the Spartans won’t clinch until a high-pressure fourth quarter. Big Ten Championships, as well as national championship ambitions, were put on the line.

Check out more staff predictions here. Ohio State fans grumbled that besides not getting enough wins he didn’t get the importance of The Game.