EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- With more than a century's worth of statistics to dissect, there's no shortage of trends in the Michigan-Michigan State football rivalry. One of the most pronounced in recent years is the running game. Whichever team rushes the ball best has won 35 of the last 37 games. And both the No. 15 Wolverines (7-2, 5-0 Big Ten) and Spartans (5-4, 1-4) have productive ground games this season as they prepare for their 100th meeting Saturday in East Lansing.
Michigan senior Mike Hart leads the Big Ten in rushing at 154 yards per game. The Spartans expect him to be back in the lineup for the Wolverines on Saturday after missing two games because of an apparent ankle injury.
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11-02-2007, 02:01 PM
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