Spartans beat Nittany Lions

The Nittany Lions moved the ball well for a while, but they unraveled in the second half as the Spartans wrapped up a spot in the Big Ten championship game.

“He’s always locked in, and he always wants to be ideal”, Allen said of Cook. The Spartans do have an outstanding quarterback in Cook, but despite his pro potential and Michigan State’s fine season, he doesn’t appear to have gotten much traction in the Heisman Trophy race.

“They were able to dictate the game to us, especially with their offense”, Penn State coach James Franklin said. “So, there’s added risk to all of this for us”. He went 19 of 26 for 248 yards and three touchdowns. During a teleconference Monday, Cook said he was impressed with Iowa’s toughness. “I’ve been very fortunate to play in a lot of games and not have to sit out”.

“We’re not going to make any excuses”, Harbaugh said. The Spartans beat the Wolverines when MI botched a punt on the final play, and they edged the Buckeyes on a last-second field goal. Jabrill Peppers had 29 yards rushing on seven carries, and No. 1 running back De’Veon Smith had 10 carries for just 23 yards. Junior safety Demetrious Cox returned a fumble 77 yards for a touchdown and sophomore nose tackle Malik McDowell scored on a 13-yard interception return.

Elliott rushed for 214 yards in a 42-13 win at MI, tying Eddie George for most 200-plus games in OSU history. Let us know your thoughts as the game progresses here in our GameThread, as we are all learning about and getting a feel for this year’s team.

“Absolutely, we will”, Dantonio said. Then came the blowout of Penn State on Senior Day to set up the meeting with unbeaten Iowa in Indianapolis on Saturday.

Michigan State rose to No. 2 in the national polls after beating OR 31-28 in their week two showdown. “It didn’t seem like he missed a pass in that ball game, and he hasn’t looked back since that time”.

In a game where the Spartans put up the most points they have all season, two defensive players and a lineman made it into the end zone.

Cole Fisher, an Iowa outside linebacker, realizes the Hawkeyes will have to rely more on their solid defense to limit Michigan State’s offense than wait for Cook to make a mistake. “We’ve got guys who were redshirted in 2011 who were at the Wisconsin game, and they were playing in the game in 2013”. “But when you take your starting defensive ends off your unit, it’s going to have an effect”.

Penn State has its own health issues.

No. 1 CLEMSON 37, SC 32 (at Columbia, S.C.) – Deshaun Watson ran for three touchdowns and passed for a fourth as Clemson capped an undefeated regular season.

NOTES: Spartans senior WR Aaron Burbridge surpassed the career 2,000-yard receiving milestone with his first reception.

The Buckeyes also continued to neutralize UM’s running game, which struggled to find its footing in the second half of the season, rushing for no more than 150 yards a game. He entered the game tied with Matt McGloin, who had 46….

Ohio State (11-1, 7-1 Big Ten, No. 8 CFP) needs to root for some major upsets, and even then, would have to hope that the committee is feeling generous.

Both coaches say the match-up between Iowa, which dropped one spot to fourth in this week’s Associated Press poll, and fifth-ranked Michigan State will likely hold true to form in a series marked by a fine line between winning and losing in recent seasons.