When two strong defenses collide, the hits are hard and the scoring rare, which seemed appropriate in the blue collar city where Ford Field resides. The local fans were treated to a game of strong defense and Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook breaking the game open in the fourth quarter.
Both defenses were strong early, but #8 Michigan State scored in the first on Jeremy Langford's 2 yard TD run, and the Spartans led 7-0.
The game remained this way through three quarters, as #9 Ole Miss's offense struggled, but their defense kept them in the game.
Michael Geiger's field goal early in the fourth gave MSU a 10-0, but Mississippi finally scored on Gary Wunderlich's 27 yard field goal, to tighten to 10-3. But QB Cook and the MSU offense controlled the remainder of the game, and scored on R.J. Shelton's 11 yard run and another Michael Geiger field goal, and MSU won it 20-3. The MSU defense also ramped it up in the final frame, making a very long day for Rebel QB Bo Wallace.
The state of Mississppi's football fortunes rose in 2014, but ended abruptly in the tournament's First Round, with both Mississippi and Mississippi State going down. But Michigan State will go on, and head south to face #1 seed Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.
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