Rare win for the spartans #9

It’s been tough to watch Michigan State football this season. After getting off to a 2-0 start, the Spartans have lost seven straight games and are on the verge of being completely ineligible for postseason play, and yes, 5-7 teams can make a bowl now. Tyler O’Connor wasn’t the quarterback people expected following the Connor Cook era and Mark Dantonio will have to find a new starter for the 2017 season. One bright spot on offense has been sophomore running back LJ Scott, but he has fumbling issues. This team seems hapless, but the visiting Rutgers Scarlet Knights are on the same level. In fact, both teams are searching for their first win in conference play. It’d probably be a safe bet to take Rutgers with the points seeing as the Spartans haven’t been able to win a game since September. Moreover, they have been favored in a majority of their matchups over the seven-game skid, including Indiana, BYU, Wisconsin, Maryland, Northwestern and Illinois. If you can believe it, the only game over the past couple of months that Michigan State wasn’t favored in was the Michigan game and they wound up covering the spread. Other than that, it’s been the Spartans losing as the favorites. Even though we played the worst team in our conference we finally pulled off a W, shutting Rutgers out 49-0. To be honest I didn’t even watch the game. A fun fact to is that tickets were selling cheaper than movie tickets. Rutgers never made it farther than the Michigan State 27-yard line, and on that drive in the second quarter, the Scarlet Knights ended up punting from the 30. There's nothing the Spartans can do now to make up for the horrendous losing streak that derailed their season, but this was about as emphatic as a victory can get. Michigan State outgained Rutgers 440-149, and did it without injured defensive lineman Malik McDowell.