The No. 15 Michigan State Spartans defeated the Mid-American Conference’s Western Michigan Broncos on Friday night, by a final score of 35-13. But all was anything but easy when fans striped Spartan Stadium under the lights.
Junior quarterback Payton Thorne completed 12 of 24 pass attempts, threw for 233 yards, and tied Connor Cook a program record for number of games with four or more passing touchdowns (four). He also threw an interception on a questionable Patrick Mahomes-like cross-field pass on the run.
While MSU fans may have wanted to see more domination from their Spartans against an unranked MAC team, there were some positive takeaways.