The Michigan State Spartans are taking on the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in a game starting up at 3:30 pm and the Big Ten matchup will be on ABC and puts together two teams near the top of the Legends division, as MSU is in first place ahead of the Huskers and they will put that to the test this weekend.
Michigan State is coming off of a dominating win over the Michigan Wolverines and the team now plays Nebraska before hitting the road to take on the Northwestern Wildcats and that should be a good matchup as well and MSU has been doing it through defense this season. The team comes in after allowing just six points last game against Michigan and they are ranked third in the nation in scoring on defense with just 12 points allowed per game and the offense is scoring nearly 30 and that's what they put up against the Wolverines. The team is ranked 100th in passing yards per game and 44th in rushing yards and the team comes in on a five game winning streak since losing to Notre Dame, taking down Michigan and the team now has two road games before playing against Minnesota in the final matchup of the season and now these teams are trying to matchup against Ohio State in the Big Ten conference championship.
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MSU has won games against Iowa, Indiana, Purdue and Illinois before beating Michigan and before that the team won three games heading into the Irish matchup and now they are looking to hold tight against the Huskers. Nebraska comes in on a two game winning streak and they also are coming in after a victory against Michigan and after playing against the Spartans, the team is playing on the road against Penn State and then they finish the season with a home matchup against Iowa. The team is gaining over 400 yards per game and are ranked in the top 35 in scoring on offense and defense and they are one of the top ranked rushing teams in the nation with over 240 rushing yards per contest, while the offense is scoring 35 points per game, while the team is allowing 22 points against, including just 13 last week.
The two teams will match up at Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon at 3:30 pm on ABC and the game has the Michigan State Spartans playing the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Big Ten matchup is huge in the division.