World News – California – Michigan Upsets Michigan 27-24

Rocky Lombardi threw for 323 yards and three touchdowns as the Spartans upset Michigan He connected with freshman Ricky White eight times for 196 yards Michigan rushed for 452 yards in attack, but has experienced defensive difficulties throughout, especially his young cornerbacks

MSU quarterback Rocky Lombardi landed a first try on a stealthy fourth and second QB to finish the clock

The Wolverines ended up scoring on a 2-yard TD run, but they took a ton of time off the clock It’s only 37 seconds left, but they have all three timeouts

The Spartans had several tough contested catches on the disc, including one from Ricky White to set up MSU first and goal of 3 A 15-yard cut-off penalty pushed MSU back on the next play, but it didn’t not important On the second goal of the 13, Rocky Lombardi hit Connor Heyward on a screen for the touchdown

👀 @ ConnorHeyward1 gets his second TD of the game to give @MSU_Football a 10 point lead at the end of the 4th quarter! imageTwittercom / fKQElIBlzZ

Wolverines couldn’t take advantage of MSU’s failed field goal Their training stalled in midfield after Joe Milton tried to connect with Mike Sainristil on the home sideline in the third and ninth Michigan struck for the eighth time today

The Spartans’ drive continued, and Rocky Lombardi rushed 6 yards over Michigan 23 to set up a fourth and a 2 Mel Tucker chose to send Matt Coghlin for the field goal attempt. 40 yards, which he missed on the left

The Spartans are putting together one of their best records in the game The momentum changed when Rocky Lombardi delivered a perfect pass to Ricky White for a 40-yard gain Again, Vincent Gray was on the cover and was replaced by Jalen Perry, first year in a red shirt, in the next play The good news for the Wolverines is that Kwity Paye is back on the pitch

Another costly penalty derailed promising Wolverines training They were on the edge of the range, but Ryan Hayes was flagged for a false start, pushing Michigan back to a third and 15 from MSU 41 Let him -passing from Joe Milton to Erick All wasn’t close to being over, and Michigan was forced to pitch

Michigan’s top defensive end Kwity Paye suffered a driving injury Wolverines are already without LB Cam McGrone, who came out in the first half with an injury Meanwhile, the Spartans drove 45 yards at Michigan 34, settling for a 51-yard basket from Matt Coghlin

The talented Wolverines freshmen were very present in the 11-game touchdown Roman Wilson had two catches for 28 yards, while WR AJ Henning had a 9-yard run Blake Corum topped the run with a 1 yard touchdown, his second of the game

The biggest play of the drive was probably an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Shakur Brown after facing Giles Jackson

Michigan CB Vincent Gray was burned again on the outside as Rocky Lombardi hooked up with Ricky White for a 50 yard completion to start the ride However, the Spartans had to settle for a 27-yard basket from Matt Coghlin

Difficult for Wolverines to open second half Joe Milton rushed to the first and third downs for a total of 4 yards and threw an incompletion in the second, leading to a quick three and one out

Wolverines have 233 yards on offense against 174 for MSU, but Spartans underdogs enter half with MSU lead QB Rocky Lombardi completed just 5 of 13 passes for 96 yards, but two left for scores

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Michigan QB Joe Milton is 13 of 20 for 150 yards Neither team returned the ball

After Rocky Lombardi opened the disc with a failure, MSU ran the ball with Connor Heyward to complete the first half

Joe Milton threw the ball on every play of the seven-game drive but finished only four He had a nice finish against Roman Wilson for a 26-yard gain on a third and a 10, but Michigan couldn’t overcome a waiting penalty on Chuck Filiaga He ended up punting from MSU 45

A personal foul penalty on Jalen Nailor put MSU in a stalemate early on He ran the ball three times in a row for 7 total yards before poking

Wolverines finally started their running game on this record, but it only netted three points Hassan Haskins had 19- and 16-yard rushes to put Michigan in the red zone But in second and fifth place from MSU 6 Michigan decided to go with Wildcat training with Haskins at QB Haskins rushed for just 1 yard on second down but Wolverines stayed with wildcat on third down Haskins attempted a pass jumped to Carter Selzer in the end zone, but was interrupted and almost intercepted by MSU LB Antjuan Simmons Michigan settled for a 23-yard basket from Quinn Nordin

The Spartans went three for the second time in the game, shooting their 21

Michigan got off to another strong start to their possession with a 17-yard run from Joe Milton, but couldn’t keep it down Milton hit Giles Jackson on a slope for a 4-yard gain on the third and sixth Jim Harbaugh debated the possibility of doing so on the Michigan 38’s fourth and second, but decided to send the punting unit

Jalen Nailor took over from Michigan CB Vincent Gray in men’s cover, and Rocky Lombardi delivered a perfect pass for a 53-yard gain in the first play of the drive Lombardi reserved the disc with a 2-yard pass to Connor Heyward on third and on goal

Joe Milton gave Michigan some leeway with a 13-yard completion for freshman Roman Wilson on the drive’s opening play, but he quickly stalled after that Joe Milton scrambled for 7 yards on the third down but was 2 yards from first, leading to another punt

MSU’s campaign continued from the first quarter but ended in a costly penalty Connor Heyward ran for 3 yards on a third and a 3, but Jalen Nailor was flagged for an illegal block, establishing a third and 15 MSU did not convert and was forced to punt

Penalties have been a problem for the Michigan defense from the start Its inexperienced cornerbacks Vincent Gray and Gemon Green have already been reported combined three times Gray has had a wait and making an interference call goes against him this player Jordan Simmons rushed for 2 yards on the last play of the quarter to give MSU a second and eight of MSU 45

Wolverines training got off to a promising start after a 13-yard finish by Joe Milton at Cornelius Johnson and a 10-yard Giles Jackson pickup on a backhand

Spartans test Michigan early CB Gemon Green Green was called up for pass interference early on the run, and Lombardi got back on his way in the next play, but knocked Jalen Nailor down a few feet on a deep post Jordan Simmons was beaten for a 4-yard loss in third and fourth in MSU 48 forcing a punt

The Wolverines had a good comeback from Giles Jackson and got their real freshmen involved on that drive UNEJ Henning pulled off a 15-yard catch for a first down in MSU territory, and Blake Corum capped the ride with a touchdown from 8 yards, the first of his career Joe Milton was 4 for 4 on the drive for 42 yards, hitting four different receivers

Impressive practice for the Spartans, who only needed four games to find the end zone Jordon Simmons had a big run down the middle for a 28-yard gain, and on the next play Rocky Lombardi had took advantage of head-to-head coverage on the outside, hitting Ricky White for a 30-yard touchdown in the corner of the final zone

The game’s first TD goes to @MSU_Football! What a throw from @rocky_lombardi to @ Only1RW 👏👏 picTwittercom / kVt36vfRDo

MSU also got off to a good start in defense, knocking down Zach Charbonnet for a 5-yard loss on the first play of the drive Joe Milton then threw an incompletion and was down without a gain in the third, leading to a kick fast foot for Wolverines

Spartans go three times to open game Connor Heyward ran for a total of 5 yards in the first two plays before Gemon Green broke a third pass intended for Jalen Nailor Sophomore Safety Daxton Hill started for the Wolverines

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– Michigan tight end Nick Eubanks and safety Daxton Hill are warming up Eubanks missed last week’s games for undisclosed reasons, while Hill came out early with an undisclosed injury

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– MSU WR Tre Mosley is in uniform He injured his leg in the third quarter of last week’s game and has not returned Head coach Mel Tucker called it « day to day »Tuesday

Michigan have won back-to-back wins over rival Michigan State and are the big favorites heading into Saturday’s game

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