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Michigan State Football: 5 overreactions from Minnesota win in Week 7

By Connor Muldowney

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - OCTOBER 14: Brian Lewerke #14 of the Michigan State Spartans fumbles the ball during the first quarter of the game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers on October 14, 2017 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - OCTOBER 14: Brian Lewerke #14 of the Michigan State Spartans fumbles the ball during the first quarter of the game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers on October 14, 2017 at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /
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EAST LANSING, MI – SEPTEMBER 09: Running back LJ Scott #3 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates his first quarter touchdown against the Western Michigan Broncos with wide receiver Cody White #7 of the Michigan State Spartans at Spartan Stadium on September 9, 2017 in East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State defeated Western Michigan 24-14. (Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI – SEPTEMBER 09: Running back LJ Scott #3 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates his first quarter touchdown against the Western Michigan Broncos with wide receiver Cody White #7 of the Michigan State Spartans at Spartan Stadium on September 9, 2017 in East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State defeated Western Michigan 24-14. (Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images) /

2. LJ Scott is completely back after Saturday’s performance

This isn’t quite true. While LJ Scott may have turned the corner with a big showing against the Golden Gophers, saying that he’s “back” is a stretch. He has shown the ability to rise to the occasion in the second half of the past two seasons and this might be the game that sets him on the right path, but he needs a couple more of these performances.

No, he doesn’t need to go for 200 yards every single week, but breaking the 100-yard mark on a regular basis would be a good start. In the seventh game of last season, he recorded his second 100-yard game on the year and built on that, nearly reaching 1,000 on the year.

Scott is about 600 yards short of 1,000 for the year, and with six games remaining, with potentially a bowl game as well, there’s a good chance he reaches that plateau. He will need to prove he can hold onto the ball more, though, as he fumbled once again vs. Minnesota.

Michigan State also found Madre London to be effective in the backfield as he picked up 74 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. This could be a deadly one-two punch moving forward.

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