The Indiana Hoosiers will play the Michigan State Spartans in a Big Ten Game on Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.
The Indiana Hoosiers are 3-7 (1-6) this season after they lost to Ohio State by a score of 56-14 in their last game. Indiana was out gained by a total of 662-269 and went 3-17 on third down attempts in the game. The Indiana offense is averaging 22.4 points per game with 237.2 passing yards per game and 85.8 rushing yards per game. Connor Bazelak has thrown for 2,111 yards, 12 touchdowns, and nine interceptions for the Hoosiers this season. Shaun Shivers has rushed for 419 yards and four touchdowns, while Emery Simmons has caught 33 passes for 344 yards and one touchdown for Indiana. The Indiana defense is giving up 34.6 points per game and 447.6 yards per game.
The Michigan State Spartans are 5-5 (3-4) this season after they defeated Rutgers by a score of 27-21 in their last game. Michigan State was out gained by a total of 460-453 and allowed Rutgers to go 8-16 on third down attempts, but was able to come away with the win. The Michigan State offense is averaging 24.8 points per game with 235.3 passing yards per game and 108.9 rushing yards per game. Payton Thorne has thrown for 2,152 yards, 16 touchdowns, and nine interceptions for the Spartans this season. Jalen Berger has rushed for 550 yards and six touchdowns, while Keon Coleman has caught 42 passes for 600 yards and six scores for Michigan State. The MSU defense is allowing 25.5 points per game and 430 yards per game.
Indiana is 4-12 ATS in their last 16 conference games and 0-6 ATS in their last 6 road games. The under is 4-1 in Indiana’s last 5 games on grass. Michigan State is 8-3-2 ATS in their last 13 home games and 2-5 ATS in their last 7 conference games. The over is 13-6 in Michigan State’s last 19 games on grass. The over is 10-4 in these two teams last 14 head to head meetings.
Michigan State has a great chance to become bowl eligible in this game and needs to take advantage of it with Penn State on their schedule to close the season. Michigan State has won three of their last four games and their defense has been much improved. Indiana is coming off of a 56-14 loss to Ohio State and a 45-14 loss to Penn State in their last two games and hasn’t won a conference game in over two months. With that being said, I like Indiana to keep this within single digits.