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Michigan 29 Michigan State 7 – Game 8 Recap

GAME 8 PROJECTION vs. RESULTS

Final Score: 29-7, Michigan by 22 over Michigan State
SP+ Projection: Michigan by 22.4 (-0.4)
CD Projection: Michigan by 28 (-6)

FIVE FACTORS

GAME 8 RECAP vs. Michigan State

How do you define a bitter rivalry? I will start with a 22-point victory that feels unsatisfying because there wasn’t enough ass-kicking. Then you can add a physical brawl in the tunnel after the game. Coaches are complaining about one tunnel. Maybe the young men IN the tunnel need to add some steel to their spine and take their L with some dignity.

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The big stat for the offense is 60% success rate, with garbage time removed. Anything 45% or better is a pretty good showing. The Wolverines racked up 276 rushing yards with a 5.3 yards/carry average. The building concern is centered on red-zone touchdown conversion. I think that is a fair concern, but I would also like to see Michigan stretch the field vertically more often once they cross the 50 yard line.

The defensive staff is establishing a clear pattern of 2nd half dominance. After securing a 13-7 half time lead, the Wolverines came out and choked out the Spartans in the 3rd quarter, allowing just a 17% success rate. For three straight drives, MSU started on their own 25 yard line, advanced four yards, and punted on 4th & 6 from the 29 yard line.

The clear star of the game was Jake Moody. We have seen this before, and this guy earned his nickname: “Money”. Moody was 5-5 on FG attempts, and pounded four touchbacks and a fair catch on his kick offs. The Spartans had their own trouble with a punt snap, and the 3rd quarter SNAFU, followed by a 4 yard touchdown run by Blake Corum, proved to be the back breaker. Onward to New Jersey to battle the Rutgers Scarlet Knights!

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Michigan vs Michigan State Football — Looking Back – 1968

Looking Back is a Special Feature by Jeff Cummins Highlighting Key Rivalry Games

Bump Elliott had the misfortune of inheriting a Michigan team that was struggling. After decades of championship play, the Wolverines were now suffering through a period in which both Ohio State and Michigan State had risen to power. Elliott raised the team’s level of play in 1964, but then the bottom fell out.

The fifth and final installment of this year’s series looking back at the football rivalry between Michigan and Michigan State takes us back to 1968. Change was in the air throughout the United States. Protesters rallied throughout the country. Americans watched reports on the war in Vietnam on the nightly news. Even old reliables such as the automobile industry were undergoing changes, as foreign automakers made their presence felt in the marketplace. It almost seemed as it the downturn in Michigan’s football success reflected the feeling of angst in the nation.

But on one, glorious fall afternoon, the Michigan Wolverines gave outgoing coach Bump Elliott a day to remember. A day that recalled times when Michigan was one of the elite powers of college football. For three hours on a Saturday in October, 1968, the Wolverines recalled the memories of previous years, and sent Elliott out with a final victory over rival Michigan State.

In the fourth quarter, Michigan State grabbed the lead when Charles Wedemeyer connected with Frank Foreman on a two-point conversion. The Spartan defense was converging on Michigan quarterback Dennis Brown when Brown found tight end Jim Mandich along the Michigan sideline for the turning point of the game. Mandich made the catch and outraced everyone to the south end zone for a 53-yard touchdown that put Michigan in control to stay, as the Wolverines topped Michigan State, 28-14.

Elliott capped off the season by recruiting a star-studded class of recruits that included offensive lineman Reggie McKenzie and running back Billy Taylor, both of whom led a Michigan resurgence under Bo Schembechler.

Thanks to YouTube poster College Football Historian and YouTube for the highlight film of this game, which has no sound. As always, neither I nor anyone involved with umgoblue.com profits in any way from this blog post, which is intended strictly for the enjoyment of readers.