This time last season, The Oregon Ducks (7) hosted The Michigan State Spartans (5) as clear favorites with a seemingly invincible upperclassman quarterback.

But coming into East Lansing, the Ducks will not be favored and while their QB may be an upperclassman, he is one game into his collegiate career in the FBS. Michigan State's senior QB, Connor Cook, and the Spartans are looking to do what Oregon did by beating them in week two of last season.

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Last year it was Marcus Mariota and the Ducks who were en route to a Heisman Trophy and College Football Playoff berth, respectively. This year, Cook and Michigan are trying to the same, but the Spartans may have something else on their minds.

"We've lost three games out of the last 30, and we know the teams we've lost to," ESPN quoted Michigan State head football coach Mark Dantonio telling reporters in a pregame press conference. "Our M.O. was to try to reach higher, and to do that, right now, it runs through Oregon. I also think that if you look at last year's football team, if we win that football game, you're talking beyond, and you just keep trying to move your program forward."

A graduate transfer from Eastern Washington, an FCS school, Vernon Adams indicated he will play against Michigan State despite his index finger injury he sustained playing his former team last week.

Adams looked good against Eastern Washington, throwing for 246 yards and rushing for 94, but it was Oregon's running game that overwhelmed the opposing defense. Even without Adams' contributions on the ground, the Ducks ran for nearly 400 yards.

(Source: ESPN)