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Michigan State Postgame

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N O V E M B E R 2 6 , 2 0 1 6 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . c O M 1 FLYING HIGH PSU soars into Big Ten title game with rout of Spartans All week long, there had been talk that Michigan State was a sleeping giant, a bowl-caliber team disguised as a three-win mediocrity, a team that was ready, willing and able to spoil Penn State's Big Ten championship hopes. For 30 minutes on Sat- urday a@ernoon, it seemed as though that talk might turn out to be prophetic. But as the Nittany Lions have proved again and again this season, 30 minutes isn't gonna cut it. As is their custom, they dominated the second half, scoring 35 unanswered points to deal the visiting Spartans a 45-12 loss and claim the Big Ten East Division title. The victory, their eighth in a row, earned them a spot in Saturday's league title game against West Division champ Wisconsin and kept alive their much-debated hopes for a berth in the M A T T H E R B | M A T T @ B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . c O M P O S T G A M E R E P O R T W E E K 1 2 P E N N S T A T E 4 5 , M I C H I G A N S T A T E 1 2 Barkley fin- ishes off a second-quar- ter touchdown drive by diving into the end zone from 1 yard out. The Lions totaled 463 yards of offense against Michi- gan State, but the sopho- more running back was hurt in the third quarter. Photo by Patrick Mansell BWI X PRESS

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