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MSU football opens as monster underdogs in rivalry matchup vs. Michigan

Michigan State football has opened as a three-score underdog in their annual rivalry matchup against Michigan

Michigan State football has opened as a three-score underdog in their annual rivalry matchup against Michigan.

The Wolverines are favored by 23 points over the Spartans in this upcoming Saturday night matchup from Spartan Stadium. Michigan State enters this game on a four-game losing streak and reeling from a blown 18-point fourth-quarter lead against Rutgers this past weekend. Michigan on the other hand is a perfect 7-0 and has yet to be tested this year, with an average margin of victory of 32.7 points per game.

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Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. The game will be nationally televised on NBC.

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Under the lights: Game time, TV details released for MSU-UM game on Oct. 21

Michigan and Michigan State will renew their annual rivalry under the lights of Spartan Stadium next week

Michigan and Michigan State will renew their annual rivalry matchup under the lights of Spartan Stadium next week.

It was announced on Monday that the Spartans and Wolverines’ game on Oct. 21 will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET. The game will be nationally televised on NBC.

This will be the second straight year that Michigan and Michigan State is a nationally televised night game. Last year’s battle was won by the Wolverines in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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Game time, TV details reportedly released for MSU-UM matchup on Oct. 21

Michigan and Michigan State will once again be taking their in-state rivalry to the prime time slot

Michigan and Michigan State will once again be taking their in-state rivalry to the prime time slot.

For a second straight year, the Spartans and Wolverines will reportedly battle it out in a night game. Brett McMurphy of the Action Network is reporting that the Michigan-Michigan State game will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. ET and be televised nationally on NBC.

This year’s battle between Michigan and Michigan State will be played at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Mich. There have been two previous night games in the rivalry, but this will mark the first rivalry night game in East Lansing.

Check out additional game times for other notable Big Ten games that McMurphy is reporting below:

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WATCH: Highlights from MSU basketball’s rivalry victory over Michigan

Check out highlights from the Spartans big-time victory over rival Michigan on Saturday

An ugly win is better than a pretty loss.

Michigan State didn’t bring its A-game on the offensive end on Saturday but was stifling defensively to pick up a big-time rivalry victory over Michigan, 59-53, from the Breslin Center. The victory extended Michigan State’s winning streak to six games and improves them to 11-4 overall and 3-1 in conference play.

Offensively, the Spartans were led by the trio of A.J. Hoggard, Tyson Walker and Malik Hall. Those three combined for 44 of the Spartans’ 59 points on Saturday.

Check out highlights from the Spartans’ victory over the Wolverines below:

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WATCH: Michigan State football players get into postgame tunnel altercation with Michigan player

WATCH: Postgame altercation in tunnel between Michigan-Michigan State players following Saturday’s game

The emotions were running high when Michigan State and Michigan exited the field on Saturday night, with a “scuffle” breaking out in the tunnel.

Matt Charboneau of The Detroit News caught on footage what appears to be a fight between Michigan State players and one Michigan player in the tunnel as the players were exiting the field. This came after Michigan beat the Spartans, 29-7, for their first victory over Michigan State since 2019.

Check out the footage from Charboneau below:

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker was asked about the altercation during his postgame press conference but said he wouldn’t comment on the incident until he has more information.

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Michigan State offense struggles in rivalry loss at Michigan on Saturday

Michigan State offense struggles as Spartans lose to Wolverines for first time since 2019

For the first time since 2019, Michigan State has surrendered the Paul Bunyan Trophy.

Michigan State’s offense struggled to get anything going in the second half as Michigan pulled away for a convincing rivalry victory, 29-7. It was the first time Jim Harbaugh beat Mel Tucker since he took over as the Spartans’ head coach, with Tucker winning the first two rivalry matchups.

It was a tightly contested first half with the Spartans taking an early 7-3 lead over the Wolverines on a Keon Coleman touchdown. Michigan quickly responded with a touchdown of their own to regain the lead. Michigan State drove down the field looking to jump ahead again but was stopped on a fourth-and-short play and from that point on Michigan State struggled to get anything going offensively.

Michigan held a 13-7 advantage going into halftime. The Wolverines would only build onto that lead with Michigan State’s offense sputtering in the second half.

Michigan outgained Michigan State 443 to 252 in total yards and picked up 26 first downs to only 11 for the Spartans. Michigan dominated on the ground — which generally determines who wins this rivalry game — with a massive advantage of 276 to 23 yards.

The two bright spots for the Spartans in this tough rivalry outcome was the defense holding Michigan to five field goals and Coleman finishing with 155 receiving yards and one touchdown. It was otherwise a very disappointing evening for Michigan State.

The Spartans will look to rebound against another ranked foe next at Illinois. Michigan State will enter that matchup at 3-5 on the year and 1-4 in conference play.

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Michigan State at Michigan: Stream, broadcast info, players to watch, predictions for Saturday

MSU travels to rival Michigan tomorrow — here’s what you need to know for this matchup between the Spartans and Wolverines

Michigan State football plays rival Michigan on Saturday night, and if you’re wondering how you can watch the action live, you’ve come to the right place.

The Spartans enter this in-state battle looking for their third straight victory over the Wolverines in the rivalry series. Michigan State overcame a double-digit deficit in last year’s matchup to knock off the Wolverines.

Michigan State is 3-4 and a more than three-touchdown underdog against the undefeated Wolverines. The game will be played at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Michigan State at Michigan: Can Spartans pull another rivalry upset over Wolverines?

See our predictions for Michigan State’s rivalry matchup against Michigan on Saturday

The state of Michigan will be on fire this weekend as the Spartans and Wolverines renew their hated rivalry on Saturday.

Michigan State will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. on Saturday for a primetime matchup against hated-rival Michigan. The game is set to kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET and will be only the second-ever night game in this historic rivalry.

Both the Spartans and Wolverines enter this game off a bye last week, and looking to build off wins in the week prior. Michigan is a perfect 7-0 on the season, while Michigan State is 3-4 after suffering a four-game losing streak.

Can the Spartans string together enough big plays to knock off the Wolverines yet again on Saturday? Here are our score predictions for Michigan State-Michigan and how we see this Big Ten battle playing out:

Michigan State at Michigan: Prediction, point spread, odds, best bet

Michigan State opens as a massive underdog in rivalry matchup with Wolverines this week

The Michigan State Spartans play the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday, and if you’re looking to do some last-minute betting research, you’re in luck! We’ll give you the latest point spread, money line odds and over/under number, as well as the information you’ll need to make the smartest bet at BetMGM.

The game starts at 7:30 p.m. ET and can be seen on ABC.

Both the Spartans and Wolverines enter this matchup off byes this past weekend and looking to build off wins in their last outings. Michigan State snapped a four-game losing streak in an overtime victory over Wisconsin and Michigan blew out Penn State to remain undefeated on the season.

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The lines, courtesy of BetMGM

  • Point spread: Michigan (-22.5)
  • Money line: N/A
  • Over-under: 45.5

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Advice and prediction

Mel Tucker has yet to lose a game by single digits while at Michigan State so the safe bet here is to pick a Wolverines double-digit win. Unless, of course, you think the Spartans will win outright. I don’t consider that possibility impossible but I’m also not ready to completely buy back into Michigan State where I think they pull the upset in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Prediction: Michigan 31, Michigan State 21

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