In key Big Ten conference Legends division game the Michigan St Spartans will travel off a bye week to face the Nebraska Cornhuskers in an NCAA college football game set for Saturday afternoon.
Kick off time from Nebraska is set for 3:30PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ABC TV.
The college football odds from this game has the road side Michigan St Spartans favored by -6 ½ points with the total lined at 42 points.
Michigan St has won five straight to go to 8-1 on the year after a 29-6 home victory two weeks ago against the Michigan Wolverines as a -4 point betting favorite. The game total landed under 44 ½ points. The Spartans went up 13-6 at the half and then shutout the Wolverines in the second.
The team put up 394 yards of offense with 142 rushing for 3 ½ yards per carry. Connor Cook hit on 18 of 33 passes for 252 yards with a touchdown and pick. It was a nice game on the ground from Jeremy Langford rushing for 120 yards on 26 carries and a touchdown. Each team committed one turnover. On defense the Spartans give up 168 yards to the Michigan offense with negative rushing yardage on 29 carries. Michigan St stopped the Wolverines 12 of 14 times on third down.
Nebraska has won two straight and five of six to run their record to 7-2 after a 17-13 road win at Michigan last week as a +5 ½ point underdog. The game went under the total of 55 ½ points. The Cornhuskers went up 10-0 early in the game but needed a game winning touchdown pass by Tommy Armstrong to seal the win.
The Cornhuskers produced 273 yards with 128 running for 3 yards per attempt. Armstrong connected on 11 of 19 throws for 139 yards with a touchdown. Ameer Abdullah rushed for 105 yards on 27 carries and a touchdown. The Nebraska defense clamped down the Michigan offense by allowing 175 yards total with negative rushing yardage on 36 attempts.
