MSU football’s Saturday matchup against Ohio State will define season

| Published 21 minutes ago Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback J.T. Barrett (16) looks over the defense in the first quarter of the NCAA football game at Ohio Stadium on Saturday, November 1, 2014. (Columbus Dispatch photo by Jonathan Quilter) Win, and the sky’s the limit for MSU. Lose, and all of the preseason goals and aspirations are thrown out the window.  Everything is at stake this Saturday when No. 8 MSU welcomes No. 13 Ohio State to Spartan Stadium for college football’s marquee game of the week. “It’s a big game, there is no question about that,” head coach Mark Dantonio said. “It’s a big game at Spartan Stadium, should be a great atmosphere. Like I said earlier, with our crowd into it, our students will be into it, it’s everything that you want in college football.” MSU (7-1 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) will look to continue its six-game winning streak in its biggest remaining regular season game. OSU (7-1 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) enters the matchup riding its own six-game winning streak creating what many consider a de facto Big Ten East Division championship game. Saying Saturday is just another game would simply be an understatement, and MSU players understand that. Junior quarterback Connor Cook, an Ohio native, said he loves games such as this week’s against OSU and cites these big time opportunities as a reason why he took his talents to the banks of the Red Cedar. “That’s why we come to a school like Michigan State,” Cook said…

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