John Niyo and Matt Charboneau take a look at the Spartans (4-4) and they preview the Michigan-Maryland game. The Detroit News
You know it’s a lame college football weekend when the marquee matchups are SMU-Memphis (seriously) and Michigan-Maryland (not so seriously). But hey, I dug deep and found one major positive: We don’t have to spend three-and-a-half hours watching Michigan State punt the ball.
The Spartans blessedly are on another bye, giving Mark Dantonio and his staff time to scout area playgrounds for a quarterback who can operate his vintage 1974 offense. It’s been a rough run for Michigan State and it got rougher Thursday when star linebacker Joe Bachie was declared ineligible by the Big Ten for testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.