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3 youngest are adopted, but it sure is fun practicing to make more. ;)

Oh, sorry. I thought you were being facetious and saying Michigan fans were twisting the stats.

20 points for MSU would be consistent, but is 31 points for UM consistent? That seems a little high for me, considering we gave that up once this season, and it required a special teams TD and an INT return to set up a FG.

Could you guys score 31? Absolutely; it's more likely that UM scores 31 than MSU. I think it's a bit high though.

A long pass is more likely than a catch and run . . . unless the field is still wet tomorrow. Then that makes it hard for the defender to make cuts (defender usually has to make sharper cuts on the pass routes, because they have to react to what the WR does since, you know, they're not psychic ) and could lead to some major YAC for both teams. That could really favor Gallon and Keshawn martin.

I will give you that, i.e., 31 points against MSU seems high. But you gave up that many against the only top 50 offense you have faced so far. Maybe that was an aberration. Or maybe your defense is not as good as the stats show. Honestly, I could see either being true and that is what worries me the most. I really don't know what to make of your defense. If it is as good as advertised, the game could be very close and could swing on one or two key plays or turnovers. My prediction assumes that your defense is somewhat overrated, but I could be wrong.

I could see Gallon or Keshawn making a big play on a Wr Screen. I was just thinking the short throw with long run being in the mold of the ND game where Denard got outside the pocket and had the ND guy hanging all over him and he hit Hemingway in stride and he ran forever. Some sort of play where Denard gets out of the pocket and it turns into a playground play.

Other fun facts:

Central Florida is second in the nation in total defense, giving up almost the same numbers of yards as MSU.

UCF's strength of schedule is #123, while MSU's SOS is #112.

So, do Spartan fans think UCF has a legit defense? Or is it unclear at this time?

Plus, Temple has the #8 total defense and the #93 SOS. Are they for real? Would they shut down Denard and co.?

9Michigan has the #39 total defense and played an #87 SOS.)

I think it is safe to say we don't know how good the MSU defense is this year. Saturday will be fun.

Anyone have an option on Brian's prediction? The breakdown seems very accurate to me.

You don't score alot on the jump ball underthrows. Duh.

He's basically picking the line. My only reaction is that we've beaten the spread in every game this year by quite a bit except for one game (EMU, I think, where the spread was around 30 points and we only beat them by 28).

Actually, as I wrote above in response to one of Rocky's posts, I think it will come down to MSU's defense. Michigan has one of the best offenses in the conference if not the country and our defense is much improved over the last three years. MSU looks like it has a good defense, but has struggled to put points on the board. I don't see MSU ringing up a ton of points on us, so the question becomes how many points can we ring up on MSU. If we score in the high 20s or 30s, I'm pretty sure we will win. If it is more like the high teens or low 20s, it will be a very close game.

I don't really care what 16-17 year old kids do unless they said they are coming to Michigan State. Rocky or someone else would probably know more.

Edited to not sound like a douche.

Was he on the last Michigan team to beat MSU?

No worries man. I figured we have pretty much covered everything else involved with the up coming game. Well except the culinary aspect.