Don’t draw any conclusions after Week 1. Just ask Michigan State.
The Spartans turned it over seven times in a disastrous upset at home to Rutgers to open the season on Oct. 24. Saturday, Michigan State stifled No. 13 Michigan in Ann Arbor in a 27-24 win.
This was the same Michigan team that ran all over Minnesota in its first game of the season. But that running game was not nearly as potent against MSU and a pass defense that kept Minnesota’s offense in check was routinely exposed deep by Michigan State QB Rocky Lombardi.
Lombardi is a QB who has never been mistaken for one of the best in the conference.