Week 8: Michigan State def. Northwestern, 35-27

• Leonardo

  

  MSU actually converts a 3rd down
  
  MSU with 1st and 10 at own 43 with 5:00 left in the 4th quarter
• Leonardo

  

  Kirk Cousins with another HUGE pass for a 19 yards
  
  1st and 10 at NW 39; 4:35 left
• osu45804

  

  Northwestern giving up way to many big plays
  
  TD Sparty with 2:00 left
• mhs95_06

  4 downs for MSU to take the lead!
• Leonardo

  

  MSU just picking up yards in chunks now
  
  1st and goal at the NW 9-yard line with 2:05 left
• Leonardo

  

  Pass deflected by B.J. Cunningham catches it for a touchdown!!
  
  Play will be reviewed but it's definitely a touchdown.
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Nice catch by Sparty with 2 minutes to go.
  Sparty ahead 28-27.
  
  I can see a NW drive here to win.
• Leonardo

  

  Michigan State's drive was 11 plays, 88 yards, and took 5:18 off the clock.
  
  Northwestern will have all three timeouts and need just a field goal.
• Leonardo

  

  Northwestern will start with 1st and 10 at their own 33 with 1:55 left in the 4th quarter.
  
  Northwestern needs about 40 yards here to get into field goal range.
• Leonardo

  

  15-yard personal foul against an offensive linemen from Northwestern; it was a face mask while blocking
  
  Offsides on MSU
  
  1st and 20 at own 23 for NW
• Leonardo

  

  Northwestern with 3rd and 13 from their own 30-yard line with 1:36 left; Timeout NW
• Leonardo

  

  NW turns it over on downs and it looks like Michigan State will survive.
• osu45804

  

  Northwestern blew that one
• mhs95_06

  Allowing the fake punt first down was the major mistake by NW! Defense just let up a little to allow it, when they were in a good spot - leading by 10 in the 4th and due to get the ball, they thought!
• WebFire

  Who needs to watch the game? We have play-by-play on OC!
• ptown_trojans_1

  

  Damn. Thought the Cats would pull it off.
  Hopefully, Iowa can beat Sparty next week.
• mhs95_06

  MSU falls for the let-em-score strategy!
• slingshot4ever

  Bad decision to score a TD, should have gone down after getting 1st down....now NW gets a minute to score TD with 2 pt conversion
• Leonardo

  

  Northwestern will get ball back, down eight points with 1:07 left and no timeouts.
• mallymal614

  Good move Northwestern letting MSU score.
• slingshot4ever

  God damn you Sparty....
• mhs95_06

  mallymal614;529825 wrote:Good move Northwestern letting MSU score.

  
  But they couldn't pull off the longshot!
• tk421

  

  Wow, didn't catch this game but thank you Mich. St. for coming back, really saved my Vcash.
• athlete37

  

  wow, that let them score strategy is the difference between me being 30 dollars in the hole and 26 dollars richer after betting Sparty -5.5
• karen lotz

  

  I forgot to bet it. I thought all along how glad I was that I didn't. Then of course the Fightin Dantonios cover.