No. 14 Michigan State took down in-state rival No. 12 Michigan by double digits in Ann Arbor on Friday night, but the Spartans did so after turning the ball over nine times in the first half.
Coach Tom Izzo provided a brutal comparison of Michigan State’s turnovers after the game.
“Those turnovers — I give them (Michigan) credit for some of them,” he said. “I give us blame for a lot of them. We just talked. We were trying to go too fast. We wanted to be quick but don’t hurry, as the saying goes, and we went quick and did hurry.
“We turned the ball over, and it was turnovers that did lead to touchdowns, and those are bad turnovers. Just ask the Kansas City Chiefs. Those don’t work in sports, but I thought our guards did a pretty good job on their guards.”
Izzo is, of course, referencing the Chiefs’ 40-22 Super Bowl LIX loss to the Philadelphia Eagles earlier this month. Kansas…
