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| All Games | 1-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 45.0 | 38.0 | 565.0 | (7.6) | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 244.0 | (3.9) | 3.0 | | Last 3 Games | 1-0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 45.0 | 38.0 | 565.0 | (7.6) | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 244.0 | (3.9) | 3.0 |
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| Offense (All Games) | 45.0 | 38.0 | 25.0 | 38:05 | 50-211 | (4.2) | 18-24 | 75.0% | 354 | (14.7) | 74-565 | (7.6) | (12.6) | | Opponents Defensive Avg. | 45 | 38 | 25 | 38:05 | 50-211 | (4.2) | 18-24 | 75.0% | 354 | (14.7) | 74-565 | (7.6) | (12.6) | | Defense (All Games) | 7.0 | 0.0 | 14.0 | 21:55 | 25-22 | (0.9) | 18-37 | 48.6% | 222 | (6) | 62-244 | (3.9) | (34.9) | | Opponents Offensive Avg. | 7 | 0 | 14 | 22:55 | 25-22 | (0.9) | 18-37 | 48.6% | 222 | (6) | 62-244 | (3.9) | (34.9) |
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| All Games | 1-0 | 0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 62.0 | 41.0 | 673.0 | (9.6) | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 370.0 | (5.1) | 1.0 | | Home Games | 1-0 | 0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 62.0 | 41.0 | 673.0 | (9.6) | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 370.0 | (5.1) | 1.0 | | Last 3 Games | 1-0 | 0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 62.0 | 41.0 | 673.0 | (9.6) | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 370.0 | (5.1) | 1.0 | | Turf Games | 1-0 | 0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 62.0 | 41.0 | 673.0 | (9.6) | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 370.0 | (5.1) | 1.0 |
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| Offense (All Games) | 62.0 | 41.0 | 32.0 | 20:56 | 38-293 | (7.7) | 25-32 | 78.1% | 380 | (11.9) | 70-673 | (9.6) | (10.9) | | Opponents Defensive Avg. | 62 | 41 | 32 | 21:56 | 38-293 | (7.7) | 25-32 | 78.1% | 380 | (11.9) | 70-673 | (9.6) | (10.9) | | Offense Home Games | 62.0 | 41.0 | 32.0 | 20:56 | 38-293 | (7.7) | 25-32 | 78.1% | 380 | (11.9) | 70-673 | (9.6) | (10.9) | | Defense (All Games) | 13.0 | 13.0 | 19.0 | 39:04 | 39-172 | (4.4) | 18-34 | 52.9% | 198 | (5.8) | 73-370 | (5.1) | (28.5) | | Opponents Offensive Avg. | 13 | 13 | 19 | 39:04 | 39-172 | (4.4) | 18-34 | 52.9% | 198 | (5.8) | 73-370 | (5.1) | (28.5) | | Defense Home Games | 13.0 | 13.0 | 19.0 | 39:04 | 39-172 | (4.4) | 18-34 | 52.9% | 198 | (5.8) | 73-370 | (5.1) | (28.5) |
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| 8/29/2014 | JACKSONVILLE ST | 45-7 | W | -34.5 | W | 49 | O | 50-211 | 18-24-354 | 0 | 25-22 | 18-37-222 | 3 | | 9/6/2014 | @ OREGON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9/20/2014 | E MICHIGAN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9/27/2014 | WYOMING | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10/4/2014 | NEBRASKA | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 8/30/2014 | S DAKOTA | 62-13 | W | -53 | L | 71.5 | O | 38-293 | 25-32-380 | 1 | 39-172 | 18-34-198 | 1 | | 9/6/2014 | MICHIGAN ST | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9/13/2014 | WYOMING | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9/20/2014 | @ WASHINGTON ST | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10/2/2014 | ARIZONA | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | MICHIGAN ST: The Spartans are expected to take a step back after losing so many key players from their 13-win season in 2013, but they still have enough left to challenge for the conference title. Junior QB Connor Cook (7.3 YPA, 22 TD, 6 INT) is coming off a great season, and big things are expected for his future. WRs Tony Lippett (613 rec yds) and Macgarrett Kings Jr. (513 rec yds) do a nice job of getting open, and RB Jeremy Langford (1,422 rush yds, 18 TD) is an excellent runner who may get more action in the passing game. This top-notch defense lost six starters, but is packed with playmakers such as DEs Shilique Calhoun (7.5 sacks, 14 TFL) and Marcus Rush (5 sacks) up front, and S Kurtis Drummond (91 tackles, 4 INT) and CB Trae Waynes (3 INT) in back. The big question is whether the young linebackers will emerge. | | OREGON: After a knee injury derailed his Heisman candidacy, QB Marcus Mariota (3,665 pass yds, 31 TD, 4 INT; 715 rush yds, 9 TD) should contend for the trophy. The O-Line returns intact, and the backfield is stacked with talent at tailback. RB Byron Marshall (1,038 rush yds, 14 TD) is the team's leading rusher, but sophomore RB Thomas Tyner (711 rush yds, 9 TD) is a potential superstar. The one weakness this unit has is at receiver, where Bralon Addison's spring knee injury means they've lost their top four receivers from last year. New defensive coordinator Don Pellum has made it a point to get stronger. Oregon has one of the nation's best defensive backs in CB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu (84 tackles, 3 INT) and returns both starting ILBs Derrick Malone (105 tackles) and Rodney Hardrick (64 tackles). The more physical approach could be key in avoiding a third straight loss to Stanford. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW (MICHIGAN ST-OREGON) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Michigan St.-Oregon Preview* =============================
By JEFF BARTL STATS Writer
No. 4 Michigan State (1-0) at No. 10 Oregon (1-0), 6:30 p.m. EDT
Michigan State's Mark Dantonio is doing his best to deflect the importance of Saturday's showdown with No. 3 Oregon as it relates to the first College Football Playoff that is still an entire season down the road.
Sure, if his seventh-ranked Spartans were to fall in Eugene in the school's first regular-season top-10 matchup in more than 47 years, there's ample time to make up ground and get back into the national title picture.
At the same time, a victory doesn't ensure anything if they were to falter in any of their future contests.
"This is an opportunity early in the season to see where we're at as a program," said Dantonio, who guided Michigan State to its first outright Big Ten title and Rose Bowl victory since the 1987 season. "Win or lose, we still have a lot of football games ahead of us, and we have to understand that that's every bit as important as this one single game."
It's a pretty big one, though.
Oregon features Heisman Trophy candidate Marcus Mariota, who bypassed the NFL to return for his redshirt junior season. He was 14 of 20 for 267 yards and three touchdowns while adding another score on the ground in last Saturday's 62-13 rout of FCS-level South Dakota before sitting in the second half.
Mariota passed former Ducks quarterback Joey Harrington for the most total TDs in school history, but he knows he'll have a tough test in trying to solve a Michigan State defense that still ranks as one of the nation's best despite losing top contributors from last season.
"We are very excited. It poses a good challenge for us. It poses a good challenge for the entire team," Mariota said. "They're coming in as one of the best defenses in the country and any offense would love to face that challenge. It helps you see where you stack up."
The Ducks have national title hopes as well, and they looked every bit like a contender in racking up 673 yards against the Coyotes. Seventy-five of those, along with two touchdowns, came from highly touted freshman running back Royce Freeman.
Bryon Marshall added 90 yards rushing, but he also was used as a wide receiver in some sets and caught eight passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns.
Michigan State lost six starters from last year's defense, but it still has standout defensive end Shilique Calhoun and linebacker Taiwan Jones to help counter the Oregon attack. Calhoun was named a preseason All-American while Jones is on the watch list for the Butkus Award.
"They're going to play hard-nosed football," Ducks lineman Jake Fisher, an Outland Trophy nominee and Michigan native, told the team's official website. "They're going to try to contain, try to force things inside for their linebackers. They're going to play their game and they're very disciplined, so they're going to do exactly that."
Though the Spartans' defense receives plenty of attention, quarterback Connor Cook proved in Friday's 45-7 season-opening win over Jacksonville State that Michigan State has some weapons on offense, too.
Cook finished 12 of 13 for 285 yards and three touchdowns before sitting in the second half, fighting through an early hard hit to his left leg that left him briefly hobbled.
Two of those scoring passes went to Tony Lippett, who finished with 167 yards on four catches. Running back Nick Hill scored twice, and he believes Michigan State has the talent to win this tough road contest despite entering as nearly a two-touchdown underdog.
The Spartans beat No. 2 Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game and No. 5 Stanford in the Rose Bowl as a top-10 team, but they haven't been involved in a top-10 regular season showdown since No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Michigan State played to a 10-10 tie Nov. 19, 1966.
"We're ranked in the top 10 and we're going against a team that's ranked in the top 10," Hill said. "Our confidence is very high. I think that starting fast and big and scoring a lot of points offensively (in the opener) is very comforting to the players and the coaches."
These schools haven't met since Michigan State beat visiting Oregon 27-20 on Sept. 2, 1999, in East Lansing. The Ducks won 48-14 in Eugene the previous year.
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