OSTLANSING, me. Payton Thorne threw for four touchdowns, including two long punches against Jayden Reed, and ran for another score as Michigan State rolled to a 42-14 win over Youngstown State on Saturday.
Thorne linked up with Reed in Michigan State’s first game of scrimmage, the second straight game in which the Spartans scored from 75 yards in the opening game.
They also combined on an 85 yard score in the second quarter. Thorne completed 15 of 21 passes for 280 yards.
Reed caught four passes for 181 yards while Jordon Simmons stormed 140 yards with 19 carries for the Spartans (2-0), who were leading 35-7 at halftime.
Demeatric Crenshaw stormed for 69 yards on 18 carries and a touchdown for the penguins (1-1).
Kenneth Walker III scored a 75-yard run in the first game of Scrimmage in the Spartans’ season opening win at Northwestern. This time he took a delivery and gave it back to Thorne on a flea. Reed caught the ball at 37 of the Penguins and raced into the end zone at the 75 yard score.
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Thorne scored a 10 yard run in the middle of the first quarter.
Thorne’s 85-yard pass to Reed with 13:59 on the left in the first half gave the Spartans a 21-0 lead. Thorne’s 20-yard pass to Elijah Collins and Walker’s 6-yard run made up Michigan State’s other results in the first half.
Thorne found Jalen Nailor on a 16 yard scoring pass in the third.
TAKE AWAY
In the face of an overwhelmed opponent, the Spartans eased Walker’s workload. The Wake Forest transfer broke out on its Michigan state debut last weekend for 264 yards with 23 carries and four touchdowns. Walker only carried seven times, including four during the Spartans’ final drive in the first half, and won 57 yards.
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Youngstown State: The penguins have a week off, then hit Western Illinois on September 25th. The Leathernecks recorded their only win of the spring season against Youngstown State, 27-24.
Michigan State: The Spartans will play another non-conference game on Saturday in Miami, Florida. Michigan State is 0-4 all-time against the Hurricanes but hasn’t played them since 1989.
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