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Nickname Spartans Eagles Golden Bears Owls Friggin Irish Hoosiers Hawkeyes Wildcats Buckeyes Yellow Bellies Badgers Boilermakers JoePas
Location E. Lansing, MI E. Lansing, MI Berkeley, CA E. Lansing, MI E. Lansing, MI Bloomington, IN E. Lansing, MI Chicago, IL E. Lansing, MI Ann Arbor, MI E. Lansing, MI E. Lansing, MI State College, PA
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Date, Time/EST - Sep 6. Noon. Aug 30. 8:00.. Sep 13. Noon. Sep 20. 3:30. Sep 27. Oct 4. Noon. Oct 11. Oct 18. Oct 25. Nov 1. Nov 8. Nov 22.
TV - BTN ABC ESPN ABC - ESPN - - - - - -
'08 W-L 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 1-0
Series vs MSU - MSU, 7-0 MSU, 2-1 - ND, 44-26-1 MSU, 40-14-2 Iowa, 20-17-2 MSU, 33-15 OSU, 26-12 scUM, 66-28-5 MSU, 26-20 MSU, 30-27-3 tie, 12-12-1
Rankings 38 (Sagarin)
30 (pre-CFN)		 131 (Sagarin)
115 (pre-CFN)		 19 (Sagarin)
20 (pre-CFN),
28 (AP)
27 (USA)		 113 (Sagarin)
83 (pre-CFN) 		45 (Sagarin)
62 (pre-CFN)
43 (AP)
41(USA)		 75 (Sagarin)
61 (pre-CFN)		 34 (Sagarin)
48 (pre-CFN) 		64 (Sagarin)
51 (pre-CFN) 		4 (Sagarin)
1 (pre-CFN)
3 (AP)
3 (USA)		 17 (Sagarin)
25 (pre-CFN)
28 (Sagarin)
10 (pre-CFN)
11 (AP)
11 (USA)		 40 (Sagarin)
41 (pre-CFN) 		26 (Sagarin)
17 (pre-CFN)
19 (AP)
19 (USA)
Coach,
Record/years		 Mark Dantonio,
7-7/1 yr.		 Jeff Genyk,
14-33/5 yrs.		 Jeff Tedford,
51-26/7 yrs.		 Howard Schnellenberger, 33-38/8 yrs. Charlie Weis,
22-15/4 yrs.		 Bill Lynch,
8-6/2 yrs.		 Kirk Ferentz,
62-49/10 yrs.		 Pat Fitzgerald,
11-14/3 yrs.		 Jim Tressel,
74-16/8 yrs.		 Rich Rodriguez,
0-1/1 yr.
(60-26 @ WVa)		 Bret Bielema,
22-5/3 yrs.		 Joe Tiller,
83-54/12 yrs.		 JoePa,
373-125-3/43 yr.
Blogs SpartyMSU - Bears Necessity
Cal Golden Blog Dr. Bob 		- Blue-Gray Sky
House Rk Built
Rakes o Mallow		 CannotFalter
Hoosier Report 		BHGP
Hawkeye State
Meet @ Kinnick		 Lake the Posts Around Oval
Buckey Comnt
11 Warriors
Buckeye Btl Cry
Scarlet & Gray		 MGoBlog
Maize & Brew
Straight Bangin		 Badger Sports
Ciskie Blog		 Boiled Sports
Off The Tracks		 50 Yard Lion
Black Shoes
Nittany Line
Run Up Score
CFN Preview MSU Preview EMU Preview Cal Preview FAU Preview ND Preview IU Preview Iowa Preview NU Preview OSU Preview scUM Preview Wisc Preview Purdue Preview JoePa Preview
ES SEZ
MSU
EMU
Cal
FAU
Notre Dame
Indiana
Iowa
Northwestern
Ohio St
scUM
Wisconsin
Purdue
Penn St
Preseason
Picks
MSU 9-3/5-3
W, 48-20
W, 24-21
W, 28-21
W, 21-17
W, 31-20
L, 24-28
W, 38-31
L, 14-21
W, 26-20
W, 35-34
W, 33-20
L, 20-26

Chance
to Win?

(out of 5)

 Three surprises: MSU loss Iowa, MSU win scUM, MSU win Wisky.
2008 SKED
MSU
EMU
Cal
FAU
Notre Dame
Indiana
Iowa
Northwestern
Ohio St
scUM
Wisconsin
Purdue
Penn St
Aug 30 @ Cal
L, 31-38		 INDIANA ST.
W, 52-0 		MICH ST.
W, 38-31 		@ Texas
L, 10-52 		- W. KENTUCKY
W, 31-13		 MAINE
W, 46-3		 SYRACUSE
W, 30-10		 YOUNGSTN ST.
W, 43-0		 UTAH
L, 23-25		 AKRON
W, 38-17		 - COASTAL CAR.
W, 66-10
Sep 6 E. MICHIGAN @ Michigan St. @ Wash. St. UAB SAN DIEGO ST. MURRAY ST. FLA. INT'L @ Duke OHIO MIAMI-OH

MARSHALL

 N. COLORADO OREGON ST.
Sep 13 FLORIDA ATL. TOLEDO @ Maryland @ Michigan St. MICHIGAN - IOWA ST. S. ILLINOIS @ USC @ Notre Dame @ Fresno St.

OREGON

 @ Syracuse
Sep 20 NOTRE DAME @ Maryland - @ Minnesota @ Michigan St. BALL ST. @ Pittsburgh OHIO TROY - - C. MICHIGAN TEMPLE
Sep 27 @ Indiana N. ILLINOIS COLO.ST @ MTSU (9/30) PURDUE MICH. ST. N'WESTERN @ Iowa MINNESOTA WISCONSIN @ Michigan @ Notre Dame ILLINOIS
Oct 4 IOWA @ Bowling Grn ARIZONA ST TROY STANFORD @ Minnesota @ Michigan St. - @ Wisconsin ILLINOIS OHIO ST. PENN ST. @ Purdue
Oct 11 @ Nwestern @ Army - - @ N. Carolina IOWA @ Indiana MICH. ST. PURDUE

TOLEDO

 PENN ST. @ Ohio St.

@ Wisconsin
Oct 18 OHIO ST AKRON @ Arizona @ W. Kentucky - @ Illinois WISCONSIN PURDUE @ Michigan St. @ Penn St. @ Iowa @ N'western MICHIGAN
Oct 25 @ scUM @ Ball St. UCLA @ La-Monroe @ Washington N'WESTERN - @ Indiana PENN ST. MICH. ST. ILLINOIS MINNESOTA @ Ohio St.
Nov 1 WISCONSIN @ W. Michigan OREGON - PITTSBURGH C. MICHIGAN @ Illinois @ Minnesota - @ Purdue @ Michigan St.

MICHIGAN

 -
Nov 8 PURDUE - @ So. Cal. N. TEXAS @ Boston Coll. WISCONSIN PENN ST. OHIO ST. @ N'western @ Minnesota @ Indiana @ Michigan St. @ Iowa
Nov 15 - - @ Oregon St. LA-LAFAYETTE @ Navy @ Penn St. PURDUE @ Michigan @ Illinois N'WESTERN MINNESOTA @ Iowa

INDIANA
Nov 22 @ Penn St. @ Temple STANFORD @ Arkansas St. SYRACUSE @ Purdue MINNESOTA ILLINOIS MICHIGAN @ Ohio St. CAL POLY INDIANA MICH. ST.
Nov 29 - CMU (11/28) - FLA. INT'L @ USC - - - - - - - -
Dec 6 - - WASHINGTON - - - - - - - - - -
2008 OFF
MSU
EMU
Cal
FAU
Notre Dame
Indiana
Iowa
Northwestern
Ohio St
scUM
Wisconsin
Purdue
Penn St
Points/Game 31.0 52,0 29.3 31.2 16.4 31.7 18.5 25.8 31.4 27.2 29.5 34.3 30.3
Total Yds/Game 402.0 637.0 407.5 417.1 242.2 393.8 316.3 427.7 393.7 385.1 408.8 435.9 400.1
Rush Yds/Game 81.0 413.0 165.7 126.0 75.2 157.4 126.2 119.8 196.4 164.9 200.8 128.8 193.8
Attempts-Avg. 31 - 2.6 53 - 7.8 441 - 4.9 465 - 3.5 437 - 2.1 475 - 4.3 438 - 3.5 398 - 3.6 553 - 4.6 540 - 4.0 587 - 4.4 413 - 4.1 528 - 4.8
Pass Yds/Game 321.0 224 241.8 291.1 167.0 236.4 190.1 307.9 197.3 220.2 208.0 307.2 206.3
Pass A-C-I 48-20-1 29-21-0 443-266-14 502-291-11 389-217-9 446-267-11 376-199-7 529-322-19 330-211-14 423-225-14 347-199-11 594-369-13 415-240-10
Comp % 41% 72.4% 60.0% 58.0% 55.8% 59.9% 52.9% 60.9% 63.9% 53.2% 57.3% 62.1% 57.8%
Turnovers -1 +2 -3 +18 0 +2 +8 -9 -3 +2 -2 +1 +2
Penalty-Yds 8 - 82 7 - 54 93 - 809 84 - 673 78 - 693 75 - 709 67 - 579 59 - 563 72 - 574 66 - 580 73 - 571 77 - 628 58 - 446
1st Downs/Game 23.0 30.0 20.8 21.1 15.6 20.4 16.9 21.7 20.6 21.5 20.8 24.2 22.2
3rd Downs 6 - 16 5 - 12 79 - 176 79 - 202 60 - 193 79 - 187 59 - 187 87 - 190 84 - 183 89 - 205 85 - 191 81 - 202 89 - 194
3rd Down % 38% 42% 45% 39% 31% 42% 32% 46% 46% 43% 45% 40% 46%
FG-FGA 1 - 2 1 - 1 13 - 20 19 - 27 6 - 13 21 - 23 10 - 16 12 - 18 18 - 23 14 - 21 21 - 25 18 - 22 20 - 26
2008 DEF
MSU
EMU
Cal
FAU
Notre Dame
Indiana
Iowa
Northwestern
Ohio St
scUM
Wisconsin
Purdue
Penn St
Points/Game 38.0 0.0 26.8 33.2 28.8 28.5 18.8 31.0 12.8 21.4 23.2 26.5 17.5
Total Yds/Game 467.0 132.0 378.8 415.6 357.0 403.4 351.2 410.5 233.0 335.7 356.6 389.2 308.2
Rush Yds/Game 203.0 75.0 164.5 174.7 195.4 159.7 122.0 167.1 82.8 156.8 134.1 148.9 93.8
Attempts-Avg. 36 - 5.6 31 - 2.4 532 - 4.0 481 - 4.7 548 - 4.3 549 - 3.8 454 - 3.2 456 - 4.4 426 - 2.5 505 - 4.0 423 - 4.1 487 - 4.0 449 - 2.7
Pass Yds/Game 264.0 57.0 214.4 240.9 161.6 243.7 229.2 243.4 150.2 178.8 222.5