College Football Week 5: 5 bold predictions
By Jordan Luth
2. Indiana pulls the upset on Michigan State
Just like last week, Michigan State could be on upset alert. A team that was lost so much in the past year got exposed last week in an embarrassing lost to Wisconsin. The Spartans offense couldn’t even muster up a single touchdown. Wisconsin proved their point while Michigan State was left looking for answers, and the end zone. Meanwhile in Bloomington, Indiana, the Hoosiers took their first loss of the year to Wake Forest. Quarterback Richard Lagow threw five, count em, five interceptions. Although in all reality three were his fault. The other two were tipped. Both teams will be looking to rebound this week under the lights in Bloomington.
In their last five games, Indiana has scored 30 or more points in every game. In Michigan State’s last five games, they have only scored over 20 twice. Indiana’s offense is currently average just less than 520 yards per game. QB Richard Lagow has already thrown for over 1,000 yards on the year. With the injury to IU’s number one WR, Simmie Cobbs, Nick Westbrook has turned up his game. He has 332 receiving yards and four touchdowns. Meanwhile Michigan State QB Tyler O’Connor has only five touchdown passes on the year and he has passed for 655 yards. O’Connor has pulled from last week’s game after throwing three interceptions, in a 30-6 loss to Wisconsin.
With Michigan State possibly also missing their top two linebackers, Indiana’s explosive passing offense could be set to go off. I’m not sure if Michigan State has found themselves yet. For that reason I see this as an upset. If Indiana can avoid turnovers in the passing game, they should pull out the win.