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Interim Head Coach Harlon Barnett leads the Spartans out of the tunnel in East Lansing as they face in state rival the Michigan Wolverines, In fact Barnett has been apart of this rivalry as a player, Position Coach, Coordinator & now Head Coach, This game tonight though will go down as the worst loss Spartan Stadium has ever seen, MSU is 2-5 under Barnett with 5 straight losses. After the game Barnett spoke at the press conference saying "Played a top-10 team, They were superior to us tonight, Got our butts kicked, Gotta learn from it, The 24-hour rule still in place and we got Minnesota next up" Michigan State has a lot going on right now, With the Mel Tucker situation coming after last years tunnel issue in Ann Arbor, There is a bad ora around East Lansing, Me as a Spartan fan I knew how big this game was and how different it is from any other game, The players play different its literally playing against your biggest rival, Your brother, And with Michigan ranked #2 I was hoping for a upset, A win tonight would have been huge for the Spartans, A motivation uplift for the players and a breath of fresh air, It doesn't erase what's going on in East Lansing but it lets us breath on a positive note and that is something needed in East Lansing right now. The Spartans are playing without key players whom have been injured, Not saying those players would have helped tonight, But I knew the Spartans would have more than 2 wins if they were 100%

Harbaugh comes in tonight with some controversy of his own, From the 3 game suspension to the alleged sign stealing, Michigan did suspend one member in regards to that issue, But from what I seen tonight Michigan doesn't need to cheat, They are good,  The way JJ throws the ball is a night and day difference from any MSU quarterback, It gets to the receiver faster, Its accurate and they pick up yardage but JJ just knows how to move in the pocket, He does not panic and he can scramble, The run game I'm not to sure what happen tonight with Corum having 56 yards was weird but maybe they were just up so they didn't wanna use him a lot, The Next few games will be tough for the Wolverines with Penn State and Ohio State coming up can the Wolverines stay a top team and hold on to the playoff spot? Can they win the Big Ten? next year the Big Ten adds Oregon, Washington, UCLA and USC so it will be tougher on all parties. 

Michigan State came into this game needing a win, With everything going on in East Lansing this year, The players, The coaches, The fans, The moral around East Lansing is down, A win in East Lansing against Michigan would help.  

Michigan State appeared to make adjustments on offense to counter potential intelligence gathered by its rival.

Reserve quarterback Andrew Schorfhaar left the sideline and went onto the field to tell Katin Houser the play to run in the first half. The Spartans reverted to signaling calls to the offense with two staffers on the sideline in the second half.

“There are some teams in our league that are pretty good doing it, getting the signals which is all part of it, which is legal,” Barnett said.

Nothing worked for the slumping Spartans.

Houser was 12 of 22 for 101 yards with an interception, which was returned 72 yards by Mike Sainristil for his second pick-6 this season.

“We got our butts kicked,” Barnett said.

No. 2 Michigan put together perhaps its most complete performance of its unbeaten season, and still wasn't satisfied.

J.J. McCarthy threw three of his career-high four touchdown passes in the first half and the second-ranked Wolverines routed Michigan State 49-0 on Saturday night.

“We’re not even close to our peak yet,” McCarthy said

McCarthy and Co. didn't waste much time taking control.

He directed a game-opening, 12-play, 84-yard drive that took more than six minutes and was capped by Blake Corum's 13th rushing touchdown of the season.

McCarthy followed up with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Roman Wilson, his 10th score this season, in the first quarter and a pair of 22-yard touchdown passes to tight end Colston Loveland in the second quarter.

The Wolverines led 28-0 after two quarters, their largest lead in the series at halftime since going ahead by the same score in 1947.

McCarthy threw his fourth touchdown pass to A.J. Barner midway through the third quarter and with a 42-0 lead, he was mercifully taken out of the game.

The dynamic quarterback finished 21 of 27 for 287 yards with four touchdowns and no turnovers. Barner, a transfer from Indiana, set career highs with eight catches and 99 yards receiving. Loveland was just short of career highs, making four receptions for 79 yards.

Michigan State appeared to make adjustments on offense to counter potential intelligence gathered by its rival.