- Boy, does this game have the same feel as the first meeting between the teams. Early Wisconsin domination. Big MSU comeback. That's a good sign for the Spartans.

- You have to like Mark Dantonio's game management against Bret Bielema in a close game.

- Kirk Cousins is throwing the ball very accurately. Problem is, the one throw he missed, was an interception. No harm. No foul. But it's not his personality to try to fit a ball into a key hole like that. He needs to stay within himself.

- Michigan State's defense has figured out that Montee Ball is THE Wisconsin offense. The Spartans are playing much more aggressively against the run. They can't let Ball take over this game. I know Russell Wilson is the highest-rated passer in the nation, but the Badgers receivers are far less ominous to a defense than Ball.

- Wisconsin's secondary really struggle MSU's receivers. Big edge for MSU.