Sparty On

The #24 Michigan State Spartans took down the #11 Wisconsin Badgers today beating them 34-24 in East Lansing. It was a hard fought game for both sides but in the end the Spartans had just a little more fire power to earn a victory. With about 10 minutes left in the 4th quarter Wisconsin kicked a field goal to bring the game within 3 points at 27-24. The Spartans would get the ball back and marched the field going 84 yards to the Badger 2 yard line where they faced a 4th and 2 situation with about 2:45 left in the game. Rumor has it that fill in coach Don Treadwell and the rest of the coaching staff had a little help on deciding to go for it, after the game there were reports that coach Dantonio had been calling and texting the coaches throughout the game from his bed in an East Lansing hospital. The call on 4th down was a play action pass to a wide open BJ Cunningham in the back of the endzone putting Sparty up 34-24. Wisconsin would make a few good plays to move the ball down the field at the end of the game but needing a touchdown and an onside kick recovery they went for it on 4th and long thats when Eric Gordon made a game winning tackle stopping them short of the first down marker and turning the ball over on downs. It was an all around great performance for the Michigan State program today with the offense amassing nearly 450 yards of offense and 34 points on a stout Big Ten defense in Wisconsin. QB Kirk Cousins was very good when he had to going 20-29 269 yards and 3TD to 2INT, the double B's Baker and Bell combined for 175 rushing yards and kept the Badger defense off balance all day which helped to set up what would end up being the game winning touchdown pass and Keshawn Martin added a momentum swing in favor of the Spartans on a huge punt return for a touchdown. This was the high profile win that the Spartans would always come close to getting but never could find away to finish off like the lose to Iowa last year that took them out of the race for at least a share of the Big Ten title. But this year there seems to be a different feel to this Michigan State team a determination a never say die attitude a swagger even, and i for one think it comes directly from their head coach Mark Dantonio and they proved that today beating a very good Wisconsin Badger team with their coach still not on the sideline. This of course sets up a huge battle of the unbeatens in Ann Arbor between Michigan State and Michigan, i for one think this will be the first game that Denard Robinson will be slowed down and expose what the Michigan team is, a high octane one man show on offense and a defense that cant stop the run. GO GREEN!!!!! Go WHITE!!!!!! WE ARE COMING RICHROD AND ALL THOSE WANGS ON YOUR HEMITS WONT DO YOU A DAMN BIT OF GOOD WHEN WE GET THERE.