#316 ASA PLAY ON 8* Rutgers +5.5 over Michigan State, Saturday at 12 PM ET - Is MSU vastly improved over last year’s team that finished with a 2-5 record? Sure. Are they the 11th best team in the country (currently ranked #11)? No chance. They are going to get knocked off here soon and this could be the weekend. MSU has beaten Northwestern (worst team in the Big 10 this year), Youngstown State, Miami FL (Canes had 4 turnovers in the game and currently have a 2-3 record), Nebraska in OT (Huskers outgained MSU by nearly 200 yards in the game), and Western KY. This is a very dangerous game for a 5-0 team that wasn’t very good last year laying nearly a TD on the road. Their offense is solid but the Spartan defense allows 428 YPG which makes it tough to lay lumber on the road in the Big 10 vs a Rutgers defense that is more than 100 yards per game better than MSU’s (Rutgers allows 320 YPG). Rutgers is coming off a blowout loss to Ohio State which was HC Schiano’s worst game rejoining the program as the head man. He’ll have his team ready this week. A week prior to their loss vs OSU, this team lost @ Michigan by 7 points and outplayed the Wolverines outgaining them by 77 yards and beating them in the trenches averaging 4.7 YPC while allowing just 2.9 YPC. A win there, which they should of and could have had, and this Rutgers team would be 4-1 with their only loss coming vs Ohio State. MSU hasn’t been on the road since September 18th and in their 2 road games thus far they were 3-point dogs @ Northwestern and 7-point dogs @ Miami. Now they are laying nearly a TD at Rutgers? This is a bad line and the Scarlet Knights will give MSU all they can handle here. Close game and we take the points.