Michigan Football: 3 ways Wolverines win, one way they lose to MSU

After a loss to Illinois featuring former Wolverine quarterback Brandon Peters, Michigan State has the daunting task of competing against Michigan football.

It was 28-0, and everything was going right, and then Illinois woke up right before halftime and almost pulled off an upset. That’s the story of Michigan football‘s experience in Illinois. For Michigan State, however, they were never able to stop the bleeding.

Up 28-3, the Spartan fan base began believing in their team again.

“Michigan State scored 17 points in the entire month of October,” A tweet from Spartan Avenue said. “Michigan State has 28 points in the first 19 minutes vs. Illinois.”

That tweet didn’t age well, as they say.

Illinois – with the former Michigan quarterback at the helm – went on an impossible second-half run that included 20 unanswered points. It was devastating for all those singing Mark Dantonio’s praises an hour before. Presently, the expected calls for the head coaches firing are louder than ever.

If Dantonio makes it to next week, and MSU suffers a drubbing at the hands of their in-state rivals, inevitably, something will change. But hey, you never know. This is the same administration that likes to shuffle assistant coaches rather than bringing in new blood, and It’s working out so far this season.

Staffing jokes aside, this is rivalry week for Michigan football and MSU, a week that means the world to both teams — a week filled with history and statistics. Like the 70-36-5 record in the Wolverines favor, or the 119-0 thumping MSU suffered at the hands of the Wolverines.

That was then, and this is now.  The Spartans, with a losing record, head to Ann Arbor to try and stop the 14th ranked UM squad that’s on cloud nine.

Here are three ways the Wolverines win, and one way they lose to MSU.