Very manageable third down call. Kirk theyre getting the ball out and getting the ball thrown vertically. In the first hatclf, when they were struggling, even when they were throwing, a lot of throws were just the quick throws to the outside. Now, the ball is still coming out quickly, but its down field in some of those oneonone matchups with the safeties. Chris eight catches for westerkamp tonight. Armstrong throws low, incomplete for alonzo moore. Its now fourth down and six. Chris he is getting so much pressure. Its just hard for him to step into his throws. And its something that bo pelini and tim beck both talked to us about. Only a sophomore. Hes running kind of an option oriented offense. But when he gets put into a position where the running game is not working, hes back there in the pocket throwing, his technique is just not where it needs to be. And consequently, a lot of his throws are erratic. Chris immediate pressure. Armstrong fires incomplete. Tariq all taariq allen claims he was grabbed. And now a flag comes in very late. Both teams losing their composure here a bit. This will be a dead ball foul. Huskers are pointing at ed davis. I mean, it was fourth and six, the possession was going to change. Referee after the play was over, dead ball. Unsportsmanlike conduct. 89, defense. Michigan state will retain possession of the ball after the enforcement of the penalty. Chris its on calhoun. Because it was after the play and the fourth down pass was incomplete, the spartans will have the ball. Be backed up 15 yards. The Michigan State takes over on downs. Theyre still out there talking theyre still out there talking about things. Twork, it isg by te second. Its crazy, huh . And people are relying on it more than ever. We cover more than 99 of all americans. I know, i cant imagine living without it. Its a place where people can come share knowledge and ideas. Its beautiful. Thats deep charlie. 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Theyre leading in los angeles. Chris . Chris spartans go back to work. Four straight years, by the way, ucla has lost to games before oregon. And the craziness just continues. If you missed it, kentucky over Steve Spurrier an the gamecocks tonight. Arizona state on a hail mary in the coliseum. Mark stoops and the cats are 41. Theres never been a day like this in the state of mississippi. Kirk no. Chris the bulldogs hammer hammer the aggies in starkville. 75 miles as the crow flies to the northwest, ole miss ends a tenyear skid against alabama today. Kirk wow. Chris langford. Running wide, gets a first down. To the 35 yard line. This is a day theyll talk about for a long, long time in college football. If youre a favorite. If youre an unbeaten like notre dame, for example, you dodged the upset, consider yourself very, very favorite. Oklahoma went down in ft. Worth, as well. Auburn took care of business at home against an lsu team that is looking like one of the cellar dwellers in the s. E. C. West. Kirk what Mississippi State did today is so incredible. What ole miss did, and the way they fought back and came back to win that game and then held on for a victory against alabama, nick saban, i mean all that within one state . And a state thats been notorious for the bottom of the s. E. C. West. Referee illegal motion chris they tried to hand it to shelton. That will back them up five yards. Well, that was our bucket list college gameday. Include the top right there . That was uncalled for. That was a little bit of a visual. Katy perry, one of the most entertaining guest pickers ever. And she picked Mississippi State. Kirk she did. And Colonel Sanders joined us in the top left. Chris 50,000 people at the grove. A scene unlike any other. Some moments unlike any other on that show. Rebels cap it off with a win. Langford running wide to the left. Gregory and the huskers defense still showing a lot of hustle. Kirk i like to think ive seen a lot of tailgating chris youve never tailgated. Kirk you walk by it. You see it. But ive never, ever seen anything like what we just witnessed down there. Chris no. Kirk they set up tents, 8 00 on friday night, and then they have chandelier lighting underneath the tent. They i cant even how do you describe what we saw . Chris its a way of life. You get there, you make the sprint to the land grab. You got to hire some students, which is what a lot of them do, to save their spot. You know what, kirk, you have a day like this where ole miss finally beats alabama. Catch is made on the far side. Burbridge knocked down into the nebraska bench. You have a day like that, to cap it, that is a memory that theyll talk about for 100 years. Generations will talk about being in oxford today. Kirk it was going to be a fun story, hey, tough loss against alabama, but its even a better memory because of the game. What a great catch there and again, perfectly thrown ball. Chris ends up in a trash can on the bench there. Kirk we talked a lot about lippett. If Michigan State is going to do special things this year, try to win out, win a big ten championship, the development of burbridge, shelton and kings is huge. They have to continue to develop those guys. Because, you know, get a better defense, theyre going to try to take away lippett. And someone else has got to be willing and able to make those plays. Chris where would you put Michigan State . You give them credit for scheduling oregon on the road. They did end the game with a 280 run against them. Oregon now has taken a loss. How much does Michigan State, ranked tenth coming in, move back up after all these teams ahead of them have lost this weekend . Kirk i think for them and any team thats going to have a loss, the earlier that you have that loss, more games that you have, you have the chance to kind of get yourself out of that hole. The problem is with that graphic, zero top 25 teams and the only remaining team thats going to give them any kind of wow factor is if they beat ohio state. And defending on who they play in the big ten championship game, if they make it there. So, when thats your resume, and you look at strength of schedule, i think it was 51. Chris this is one rank ed win, against nebraska. Kirk you look at the other teams theyre trying to catch up to, their strength of schedule. I think Michigan State is a great team, but if they win out, theyre going to be in the debate. The thing that could hold them back is big in the big ten and playing the schedule they play. Chris third and two. Hammering ahead for the first down. Heather . Heather you guys are talking about Michigan States schedule, and how they can hang or whether they can hang with that one loss. Its very interesting. Down on the field earlier today, they announced some scores. They announced the alabama upset and probably about 15 players looked up and cheered. Then they announced the oklahoma upset, the exact same thing happened. So, these players, very plugged in, very well aware, and loving the fact that some of these top teams are getting a loss. Kirk then they announced that michigan score and got even louder down there. Chris heather makes a good point, the games will be increasingly interconnected. This is only the first week in october. Long way to go. The committee doesnt even meet for three weeks. Kirk i think because the big ten nationally is just not as a respected conference as some of the others, that the loss to oregon really hurts. And if they win out, theyre going to have to look good doing it. Theyre going to have to not just win out, theyre going to have to look really impressive. To be able to get into the discussion. Ultimately try to get up into the top four. Chris looking at the teams that made breakthrough wins, had milestones today, Mississippi State, ole miss, tcu. Which of those teams do you think had the chance to be you could call them this years auburn. A team thats complete off the radar beginning of the season, had sort of a magical season. Or is it someone other than those three teams . The sledding is so tough in the s. E. C. West. It east ju its just weekly wars. To survive it seems unlikely for anybody. Kirk it sure does. Ole miss, congratulations, great win, biggest in School History all right, see you next week, youre going to texas a m and kyle field, who just lost and theyre going to be backed into a corner. They need a win. Chris what about the guys from starkville. Congratulations, you destroyed a m, here comes auburn next week. Dont even think about bringing your aminus game for that one. Kirk right, right. But to answer your question, i would say right now, you would say, ole miss and Mississippi State feel like a team like auburn did right now a year ago. Chris third down. Cook off play action. Fires, almost intercepted. Oh, right into the hands of Josh Mitchell who couldnt hold onto it and its fourth down. Chris Gary Pattersons team had a look today that we havent seen in a few years. They have a quarterback thats playing well chris they won a suitouhoot. Thats now a patterson team. Kirk they looked athletic. Since tcu joined the big 12, theyeyve had so many distractions. That game and that win is kind of off to the side a little bit with some of the other high profile upsets. Chris sadlers punt is a high one and a short one. Another reminder, monday night football on espn, mike tirico, jon gruden bring you Russell Wilson and the seahawks traveling to the Nations Capital to tax ke on kirk cousi and the washington redskins. 8 15 on espn. Cooks, get it with the aprons there, number 18, shes hat . Kirk yeah. Chris we dont have the clever market corners down in oxford. Kirk no, no. But you know what, at least theyre still here. There are very few students still here getting it out. Chris the postgame activities have begun for the student body. Kirk i guess so. Chris it hasnt been a party for armstrong tonight. Theres a flag down. Incomplete on the far side. Marker was on the fear side just beyond the line of scrimmage. Going to be offsides. Referee offsides, defense, number 98. Fiveyard penalty. Repeopat first down. Chris theres the student section. Kirk there they are. Chris there they arent. Probably beverages being consumed on this chilly evening. Most of the regular fans are still here. Kirk theres the die hards right there. Chris those are the ones that are underage, maybe. Kirk you dont never mind. Chris first and five. Maybe they figure this one is in hand and theyre probably not oh, into traffic and the catch is made and westerkamp is running free deep into Michigan State territory. Could have been a pick six the other way. The ball got through to the wide receiver and what a big play. Chris Kurtis Drummond read the quarterback perfectly. He did everything hes supposed to do to catch the ball. That was perfect recognized the route. He almost baited him. Stepped right in front of it and the ball goes right through his hands. Pretty good concentration there by westerkamp. Armstrong flips it short. Catch made and knocked down right near the first down marker. This will not make dantonio or narduzzi all that happy, will it . If nebraska can punch this in. Kirk not at all. Theyve dominated this game. 279. Their defense has played great. We talked on and on and on how well theyve played. But this hasnt been the same defense the last two, three series. Chris abdullah fights forward. First down. Kirk you say that and drummond makes the pick six and, you know but its the Little Things. Thats the difference. Everything is perfect. With the right play, in position, he just didnt squeeze the ball. Chris look at the play card there. Interesting composition. Ndamukong suh up there . Kirk i think so. Chris first down. Armstrong fires a missile, but its high. And behind the receiver. Thousand a fl now a flag comes in, as waynes was covering alone zozo moore. Late flag. Ball was sailed way behind the receiver. Getting a little sloppy for the spartans here. Referee pass interference, defense, number 15. Foul occurred in the end zone. By rule, automatic first down. Chris drummond could have had the pick six. A couple plays later, waynes with the interference. Kirk i dont agree with the call. Chris neither does he. Kirk no. I dont even think the ball was catchable. Chris no. The nebraska at the 2 yard line. First and goal. Abdullah. Trying for his second short touchdown run to make this a bit more respectable. Just Little Things. The lapse in concentration, drummond not making the pick. Just trying to play fast and abdullah, hes had to earn every bit of real estate. No sig gnnal yet. It is a touchdown. Second touchdown run of the night. Thats what its been like. Just a mighty struggle and he just reaches the ball out and falls across the goal line there before he hits the ground. So, abdullah, 45 rushing yards, on 24 carries and two short touchdowns. He had the fumble in the wildcat formation in the first half when the game was still in doubt. Kirk so a dropped pick six by drummond. A questionable pass interference call on waynes and then a couple short runs by abdullah and its a touchdown. Chris now its 11 points. Twopossession game. Michigan states offense will have to play with some intensity with 4 10 to play. Over on espn, the chase for the nascar print cup title goes into the contender round. 12 drivers, only eight will advance. Nascar Sprint Cup Series in kansas tomorrow at 1 00 easte on espn. Dantonio, you can talk about finishing, doing Little Things right, maintaining focus and effort, but it hasnt really happened on the lead here in the Fourth Quarter. 11 points with 4 10 to play. Kirk i guess on the other hand, any time you can win a game and be ranked in the top ten in the country and be able to be fired up like he is right now, go to the film room, show guys proof about why you need to finish. Because guess what . When you dont finish, this is what happens. Its such a difference between being really mentally sharp in the first half and then maybe letting off a little bit of our intensity and our focus and theres a big difference in how they perform for the first half to the second half. Chris nebraska tries the onsides kick here. Spartans hands team is up and ready for it. They boot it deep. And its bouncing at the 1 yard line. Hi hill has to pick it up. Spartan offense backed up. Nebraska does have all three timeouts. If they can get the ball back quickly, i suppose a delivslive hope is alive. A couple more highlights for big red here tonight. 68yard, fiveplay drive. Langford. Dropped for a loss. Stay tuned for the fordup wrap show after the game with Robert Flores. Cap another eventful day. All of the surprises, the lateday drama. Nebraska will spend one of its timeouts here. At the 3 59 mark. Trying to get the spartans quickly off the field and get the ball back. Kirk its about controlling the clock at this point. You know, jeremy langford, who is kind of somewhat of a quiet night. 93 yards rushing. He has eight straight big ten games where hes rushed for over 100 yards, so, hes trying to make that nine straight tonight. But you know, its really this could be one of those games where Michigan State wins this game. They go into the locker room and its right here, listen to the coach. Theyre going to have to sing the fight song, but its going to be theyre going to be disappointed. The game was just really what they envisioned. Even though theyre going to win the game theres going to be a lot to learn from and try to recover. Chris 11 consecutive big ten win by double digits. Havent been pushed to a onescore margin in any of those games. Cook under center on second and 11. In motion, give it to shelton. R. J. Shelton gets a couple of blocks. Gets knocked down about three yards short of the first down and nebraska will call another timeout. It all comes down to the huskers trying to stop them on this third and short and get the ball back. At the moment, check the big ten standings, its northwestern that has to be one of the pleasant surprises in the conference. The home win today over wisconsin, atop the west at 20. Nebraska, unless they can come back, will drop to 11. Kirk once northwestern got out of the m. A. C. And into the big ten, they really started to come into their own. Chris Michigan State, if they hold on, will join ohio state at 10. Kirk i think northwestern really the last couple of weeks, won at penn state and of course, today, huge win against wiscons wisconsin. Chris can the huskers come up with a stop in spartans need two yards here on third down. Langford has it. Fighting still fighting. But wont get there. A yard short at the 19 yard line. And nebraska pelini sprints out there. And emphatically uses their final timeout to save the cl k clock. 3 37 to play. Huskers are going to get the ball back down 11. Potentially really good field position. Kirk the reason bo is so fired up, hes trying to keep every single second that he can. Hes thinks about trying to block a punt, you get a good return, you get a quick score and then youre an onsides kick away and a shot for a field goal. Chris dantonio can too the math. He knows the its not just a teaching moment for his team. Theres still some danger for Michigan State if they dont execute well here. Kirk i just love this stuff. The mentality that nebraska has. And not giving up. Theyre trying to do everything they can to try to stay in this game. Chris see if they come after the punt. Sadler boots it low. Driven back, but he catches it and has a crease. Piersonel is in the open field. Look out. Nebraska has life 62 yards and the cornhuskers close to within five kirk we bragged a lot about mike sadler. And this time, its a low punt. A line drive, looks like he tried to rugby punt. And he didnt get any air underneath. He just wanted that ball, probably, i think he just wanted to bounce and roll it. Chris thats his second punt return touchdown of the season for this true freshman out of alexander, virginia. Chris the fact that he caught the football. He had a long way to go over to catch the ball. That was that was a brilliant move and thats why pelinis down there trying to get timeouts. He believes in his team and now a twopoint conversion, this is big. Chris if they get it, its a threepoint game with 3 22 to play. Iformation. Dantonio shuts down before the snap. And spartans call time. Referee charged timeout, Michigan State. Kir chris he wanted to set the twopoint defense, because he knows how big this play is. Kirk he went over there, 10, 15 yards, makes that first guy miss and then theres no one left. Great blocking. He has such a natural feel as a punt returner when he gets out into the open space. And theres some guys that just have it. This guy has it. He makes the first guy miss. They set up that middle return. And boy, he hit that second and third gear, boom, right there, goodbye. Nobodys going to catch him. Low punt, trying to kick it away from him. Great effort. Thats what bo is trying to do with that timeout. I thought he was either going for the block or a big return and he ends up getting the big return. Chris 273, Tommy Armstrong was knocked out. He wanted to get back in there. He believed at that point. Kirk hes shown fight. The defense has shown fight the entire game. Regardless of how this finishes for nebraska, now, this is something they can build on. Lets see what happens here. Chris twopointer again to cut the lead to three. Spartans sure. Ing around on the front. Option look the late pitch to abdullah, but hes dropped for a loss and again, little bit of shaky execution on nebraskas twopoint plays. They go 0 for 2 tonight and the lead is still five. Kirk cotton, the left guard, is communicang with the quarterback. Hes looking over, what do we got here . All of a sudden, the ball snaps. Hes still in his stance. It just didnt have a chance from the beginning. And i dont know if jake cotton, hes trying to get the call. You see armstrong lucky to get the snap. Hes trying to tell jake cotton what the call is, or which way theyre running the play. But theres confusion. The play really never had a chance. Chris thats the second time pelini snapped the ball when armstrong wasnt ready for it tonight. Still talking about it over there. Bull three Fourth Quarter touchdowns for nebraska. Fivepoint game. They burned their timeouts, but theres still 3 22 to play. Do they kick it deep or try the onsides kick here . Kirk without any timeouts, its a little bit of a different feel here than the last time they did this. I think you almost have to go with the onside kick. Chris spartans reshuffling the hands team. Looks like it will be an onside kick. Oh, did not come up. That was well handled. Thats like a shortstop getting down the field. And Kurtis Drummond who could have had the pick six that would have sealed this thing, surehanded on that one. Kirk he went derek jeter on that one. He stayed down low. Chris boy, that ricochets off his knee. Kirk look who is right there. The best hands on the team for nebraska, jordan westerkamp is right about to close in on him, trying to get that football. Great play by drummond. As you said, he missed the interception for the pick six, but that time, secures it and thats why hes on the hands team. Chris play clock running down. Michigan state trying to chew this clock out. They hand it off to langford. Looking for blocks on the edge. Hes got a couple. Hes got a crease down inside the 25 yard line. Stop it at the 26 and clock will stop briefly to move the chains. Langford gets up limping. Kirk pretty good effort to
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