Michigan State Football: 5 reasons Spartans will upset Penn State

Michigan State Football: 5 reasons Spartans will upset Penn State in Week 10

EAST LANSING, MI - OCTOBER 21: Defensive end Demetrius Cooper #98 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates an incomplete pass by the Indiana Hoosiers that ended the Hoosiers final drive during the fourth quarter at Spartan Stadium on October 21, 2017 in East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State defeated Indiana 17-9. (Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images) /

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EAST LANSING, MI – OCTOBER 08: Gerald Holmes #24 of the Michigan State Spartans celebrates after running for an 8 yard touchdown during the first quarter of the game against Brigham Young Cougars at Spartan Stadium on October 8, 2016 in East Lansing, Michigan. (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) /

4. Michigan State will overachieve

This team has continually overachieved with Mark Dantonio as its head coach. Low-rated recruits who blossom into all-Big Ten performers grace East Lansing annually.

This young team is talented for sure. Also, understand when I write that they’re overachievers, I don’t mean that as a slight, but rather as a team that you can count on when the chips are down. They are a mirror image of their head coach — gritty and possessing a fighting spirit.

The Spartans were supposed to only get six wins this year, according to popular belief, and many pundits thought if they could get to five wins, it would be a success. But here are the Spartans sitting near the top of the East division with six wins already. They have done it with walk-on players like Kenny Willekes and 13 true freshmen.

The Spartans will not get blown out Saturday. They will fight Penn State every inch of the field. This gritty team will play the best game of its life and it’ll do so because this year’s unit buys into Dantonio’s message.

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