UCLA Stays Unbeaten, Rolls Michigan State 28-10
UCLA is 7-0 and Michigan State is 2-6 (the Spartans have now lost six of eight), and the 28-10 score is about right. The Bruins ran for 247 yards, gained 445 in all, and gave up 157, which is the kind of gap where the score is nearly a courtesy.
Michigan State did start well. Kayd Coffman threw a 14-yard touchdown to Kenneth Williams in the first quarter and the Spartans led 7-0. That was the high point. Jaivian Thomas ran in from seven yards to tie it in the second quarter, Wayne Knight scored from a yard out with 3:04 left in the half, and UCLA had a 14-7 lead it never gave back. After that opening score, UCLA outscored Michigan State 28-3.
The third quarter finished it. Ty Dieffenbach hit Brian Rowe Jr. for a 63-yard touchdown on the first scoring play of the half, and Anthony Woods ran in from four yards out to make it 28-7. Liam Boyd's 46-yard field goal with 6:18 left was all the Spartans could add.
Michigan State rushed for only 48 yards and passed for 109 (Coffman's 14-yarder was about the best thing it did). It also threw two interceptions and lost a fumble. UCLA threw none, though it lost two fumbles of its own and sacked the quarterback four times. Those fumbles (2) did not matter, which tells you what kind of afternoon it was.
Fantasy takeaway: Woods led the way with 21.9 Promethium points and Rowe's 16.4 was his season high by a wide margin.