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Michigan State football winners & losers: Run game favors Spartans on both sides of ball
MSU football: Video analysis of the Spartans’ 24-17 loss at Michigan
Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press MSU beat writer Chris Solari break down the Spartans’ 24-17 loss at Michigan.
Free PRess sports writer Chris Solari reviews the Michigan State football players who helped or hurt their stock in the Spartans’ 24-17 loss Saturday night at Michigan.
Winners
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RB Nate Carter
For a kid who grew up in upstate New York dreaming of playing for U-M, Carter ran with a personal and punishing mission statement against the Wolverines. The junior, in his second season after transferring from Connecticut, posted his MSU-best 118 rushing yards and a touchdown on 19 carries while establishing a new personal high with 56 receiving yards on two catches. It was Carter’s first time back in Michigan Stadium since 2022 with the Huskies, when he suffered a season-ending shoulder injury after running six times for 21 yards.
RG Brandon Baldwin
After playing exclusively at left tackle for two seasons at MSU, two injuries in the first three weeks necessitated the fifth-year senior’s move to the interior. Considering how entirely lost he looked in his baptism at Boston College, Saturday’s road-grading performance against U-M was an entirely different beast. Carter followed his big blocker for his 2-yard touchdown in the first quarter, and Baldwin and center Tanner Miller helped create creases off the right side for the Spartans to outrush the Wolverines, 163-119.
Run defense
For the second straight game, following the containment of Iowa star Kaleb Johnson last week, MSU’s front seven squelched its opponent’s rushing attack. The Spartans held U-M’s top rusher, Kalel Mullings, to just 18 yards on 13 carries and stuffed Donovan Edwards for 24 yards on nine attempts. MSU, however, found minimal success in stopping quarterback Alex Orji, who led the Wolverines with 64 yards and a touchdown on just six carries. The Spartans now rank 45th in the nation at 129.6 yards allowed on the ground per game.
Losers
Pass rush
While the front seven neutered the U-M running backs all night, the Spartans continued to struggle with getting to opposing quarterbacks. MSU failed to get a sack for the fourth straight game against Big Ten competition after opening the season with 15 sacks in the first four games. Some of that came from Wolverines quarterback Davis Warren throwing just 19 times, but the Spartans have not had a sack in more than a month, a stretch of 257 minutes and 53 seconds of game play. Their last came when defensive end Anthony Jones dropped Boston College QB Thomas Castellanos with 2:53 left in the third quarter on Sept. 21.
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Special teams
The Spartans struggled in all three phases against U-M, but they also had issues among multiple special teams units. It started with Jonathan Kim missing a chip-shot field-goal attempt that cost MSU points on the first drive of the game. It continued with a botched fair catch call by upback Sam Edwards with Alante Brown snagging a kickoff early in the second half, pinning the Spartans at their 5-yard line. Then after a Kim field goal, the kickoff unit gave a slight tell that an onside kick was coming to tip off the Wolverines to recover (and MSU also was offsides on the dribbler). Losing long snapper Kaden Schickel to an apparently significant left leg injury could eventually become problematic, as the James Madison transfer had been spectacularly steady through the first eight games.
LB Jordan Turner
The between-periods review of Turner’s hit on an Orji run on the final play of the third quarter cost the Spartans one of their best defenders and captains. Turner’s loss was felt quickly later in that drive as the Wolverines exploited safety Malik Spencer’s aggressiveness trying to help the linebackers against the run, with Edwards delivering a halfback pass for a touchdown to Colston Loveland that ultimately proved to be the winning score. Equally as costly for MSU is losing Turner for the first half of next week’s game against No. 13 Indiana due to NCAA targeting rules.
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Michigan State beats Purdue 3-1 in final game of regular season for women's soccer team
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – Spartans beat Boilermakers 3-1 in East Lansing for the final game of the regular season.
Mackenzie Anthony got things started for the Spartans with a nice goal early in the game. However, Gracie Dunaway was able to tie things up for the Boilermakers.
The tie would be broken with a goal from the boot of Kaleigh Mcpherson. Michigan State would put the game away after a nice pass from Mackenzie Anthony found Meg Hughes to give the Spartans a 3-1 lead.
Up next the girls will play Rutgers in their first game of the Big Ten Tournament. That game will take place on Sat, Nov. 2.
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National media react to Michigan football’s big win over Michigan State
Michigan took down its rival Michigan State on Saturday night for the third year in a row. After a 24-17 win, the Wolverines showed they still reign supreme over their rival. Despite a 4-3 start to the season, switching quarterbacks four times this season, and showing plenty of holes in the armor, Michigan still showed up when it needed to in primetime.
For the first time all year, the Wolverines played turnover-free football and had zero penalties as a team. Michigan forced Aidan Chiles to turnover the ball over which he’s been prone to do all season. Although Michigan had just 15 yards as a team in the first quarter, the team had fight and got a gritty win.
On Sunday morning, we took a look at the national columns to see what people are saying about Michigan football.
Stuart Mandel (The Athletic) ‘Mandel’s Final Thoughts: After backup QBs bail out Penn State, Texas A&M, will they stick?’
“With last week’s starting quarterback Jack Tuttle injured, Michigan coach Sherrone Moore turned back to Week 1 starter Davis Warren for the Wolverines’ rivalry game against Michigan State — and it actually worked. Warren (13 of 19 for 123 yards, one touchdown, no interceptions) was no Tom Brady, but he did turn in the most efficient passing performance of Michigan’s season in a 24-17 win over the hated Spartans (4-4, 2-3).
“Michigan State won 10 of 14 meetings with the Wolverines from 2008 to ’21, but Michigan (5-3, 3-2 Big Ten) has now won three straight and five of the past seven.”
Austin Meek (The Athletic) ‘Michigan gets it right at QB, shows it hasn’t quit on season in win over Michigan State’
“Last we saw of Warren, he was on the bench after throwing three interceptions against Arkansas State. Alex Orji started the next three games but was benched for Jack Tuttle, who started in last week’s loss at Illinois.”
“Michigan went back to square one this week and opened the quarterback competition. Tuttle was out with an injury, which opened the door for Warren to reclaim the starting job. He played the cleanest game of any Michigan quarterback so far this season, completing 13 of 19 passes for 123 yards with a touchdown and no turnovers.
David Hale (ESPN) ‘College football Week 9 highlights: Top plays, games, takeaways’
‘It was a battle to see who was the most middling team in Michigan (apologies to Central Michigan, who remains, geographically, the most middling), and while the early results amounted to little more than two toddlers fighting over a popsicle, Michigan actually emerged with its first vestiges of an offensive identity this year.
“Davis Warren got the start at QB, and he looked solid, completing 13 of 19 passes for 123 yards and a touchdown. Alex Orji proved a valuable weapon in the run game, carrying six times for 64 yards and a score. And Colston Loveland was the best player on the field for much of the game, hauling in two touchdown grabs — the first game in which Michigan had multiple receiving TDs as a team since the opener against Fresno State.”
FOX Sports ‘Colston Loveland’s 2 TD catches help Michigan beat Michigan State 24-17’
“Michigan: The defending national champions improved their chances of earning a bowl bid, needing to beat Northwestern at home later in the season to pick up a sixth win that might be elusive with top-ranked Oregon, No. 13 Indiana and No. 4 Ohio State left to play.”
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Punches thrown as Michigan beats Michigan St.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan tight end Colston Loveland and Michigan State defensive end Anthony Jones pushed, shoved and butted helmets, triggering a skirmish with the rivals throwing punches as the final seconds ticked off the clock Saturday night.
“It was heat-of-the-moment type stuff,” Loveland said after the Wolverines won 24-17.
Quarterback Davis Warren took a knee to let the remaining time run out as Loveland and Jones got tangled up.
Michigan players left the nearby sideline to join the scrum, and Michigan State players rushed over to join the fray.
“I told the team that was unacceptable,” Michigan coach Sherrone Moore said.
The last time the teams met at the Big House two years ago, a melee broke out in the tunnel, with Spartans hitting, kicking and using a helmet to hit Michigan players.
Seven Michigan State players were later charged with crimes, and the Big Ten fined the school $100,000. Michigan was reprimanded for failing to provide adequate protection for personnel of both home and visiting teams when entering and leaving the venue.
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