The five star zone with Rico Beard.

Hey guys, welcome to another edition of the five star zone.

I'm your host, Rico Beard.

And let's get into some week 13, Big Ten wrap up.

And let's start off Friday night, Michigan State at home, bad weather, under the lights,

hosting a then one in nine Purdue team Michigan State sitting

there having to win this game in order to keep any type of bowl eligibility there jumped

out to an early start and the guys it really looked like Michigan State had found their

mojo Purdue was the get right game.

You knew they were going to beat Purdue.

And when they go in at halftime and score, when Carter gets his second touchdown,

you're thinking, man, it's 24 to 3.

Michigan State's going to roll.

This is exactly the kind of victory that Jonathan Smith needed for the fan base. Because, let's face it, you know, a lot of people are wondering what kind of fans would be showing up in, you know, whether that ended up being kind of misty rainy.

It wasn't like heavy down with torrential rain, but it was chilly out there with the mist coming down with, you know, MSU with four and five. like i said per do at one and nine who was going to show up and honestly i was kind of surprised because there

was over 50 000 people there at there at the at the max and then in the in the heyday of that

evening now at halftime a lot of people left. As I said, it was cold. The weather

was starting to turn, and MSU was up 24 to 3. Go home. Easy peasy, right? Wrong. Because once again,

for what, nine out of, I think, 11 times this season, Michigan State gets outscored by their opponent in the

second half. I don't know what Jonathan Smith and his staff does at halftime. I don't know what

message did they give to the team, but let me give you a piece of advice. Stop, change it, do the opposite,

do the George Cost the george costanza

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