MSU Becomes Bowl Eligible! UofM/OSU Game…..Could Have Been Nice!!!

Michigan State became bowl eligible this past weekend with a defeat of the Purdue Boilermakers, 48-31 in West Lafayette. Brian Hoyer arguably put together his best performance as an MSU starter going 22-31 for 266 yards. Hoyer made good decisions all game & offensive coordinator Don Treadwell called a great game. MSU was able to control most of the game by holding the ball for more than 38 minutes. It was nice to see MSU put together a full game.

What’s next for MSU? A 2007 regular season finale with defensive juggernaut Penn St awaits. The early line on the game is Penn St. by 3 points. This should be a fantastic game considering the matchup. MSU’s offense is clicking on all cylinders right now & Penn St. has one of the best defenses in the Big Ten behind Ohio St. The key to this game will be the MSU defense. They have been up and down this year but they will face an inconsistent Penn St. offense this weekend which should help them out. I expect a great game & based on MSU’s performance this year, I’m going to predict a Spartan 7th win & bowl game.

Prediction: Penn St. – 21 MSU – 24

Ohio St. @ University of Michigan

Wow!!!! This game really took a blow over this past weekend with the loss of Ohio St. at the hands of Illinois & UofM’s loss to Wisky. The meaning of this game to a substantial hit with each team losing to inferior opponents & now becomes the Rose Bowl play-in game. Michigan will come to the Big House hobbling with injuries to Chad Henne & Mike Hart. Ohio State will be in good condition across the board. A lot of this game will depend on whether or not Henne & Hart can play at a high level. There’s no doubt in my mind that both will play, but that could hurt the team in the long run.

Michigan will put up a good fight either way in this game because they always do in this annual battle, however, I don’t think they’ll have the defensive prowess to match the Ohio St. offense. Also, with Henne & Hart hurt, they will not be able to put as many points on the board as they’ll need to to keep up with Ohio St.

Prediction: Ohio St. – 28 UofM – 17

(Prediction in honor of my brother-in-law – Eric – Longtime UofM fan)