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Michigan State Football: 5 takeaways from upset of Penn State in Week 10

By Connor Muldowney

EAST LANSING, MI - NOVEMBER 04: Juwan Johnson #84 of the Penn State Nittany Lions can't make a second half catch next to Justin Layne #2 of the Michigan State Spartans at Spartan Stadium on November 4, 2017 in East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State won the game 27-24.(Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI - NOVEMBER 04: Juwan Johnson #84 of the Penn State Nittany Lions can't make a second half catch next to Justin Layne #2 of the Michigan State Spartans at Spartan Stadium on November 4, 2017 in East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State won the game 27-24.(Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /
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EAST LANSING, MI – NOVEMBER 04: Brian Lewerke #14 of the Michigan State Spartans throws a second half pass while playing the Penn State Nittany Lions at Spartan Stadium on November 4, 2017 in East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State won the game 27-24. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MI – NOVEMBER 04: Brian Lewerke #14 of the Michigan State Spartans throws a second half pass while playing the Penn State Nittany Lions at Spartan Stadium on November 4, 2017 in East Lansing, Michigan. Michigan State won the game 27-24. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

2. Brian Lewerke is the next Spartan QB great

In my weekly bold predictions, I said that Brian Lewerke would go for over 300 yards for the second straight game because the confidence he gained from the Northwestern performance was obvious. He looked like a completely different quarterback against the Wildcats and, well, I was wrong about my prediction.

In fact, he didn’t have back-to-back 300-yard games, he had consecutive 400-yard performances. That is unheard of from Michigan State quarterbacks and he is becoming one of the top passers Mark Dantonio has ever coached in East Lansing — and he’s had Brian Hoyer, Kirk Cousins and Connor Cook.

Lewerke is becoming the next star in the long line of Michigan State quarterbacks and he’s already further ahead in his development than Cousins and Cook were as sophomores. He made NFL-caliber throws into tight windows all day long, finishing with 400 yards and two touchdowns on 33-of-56 completions.

A number of his incompletions were due to dropped balls in the inclement weather, but that didn’t seem to phase him. What’s even more impressive is the fact that he rebounded from his only interception of the game to drive the field for the game-winning field goal. He doesn’t get rattled.

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