In a match-up of teams seemingly headed in opposite directions — the Wisconsin Badgers (3-4, 1-3 conference), who came into the game off a 42-7 victory in interim head coach Jim Leonhard’s first game and the Michigan State Spartans (3-4, 1-3 conference), who came into the game losing four-straight contests, needed overtime to determine a victor.
With Michigan State prevailing, 34-28 after two overtime periods.
The Spartans opened overtime with a bit of trickery, as wide receiver Jayden Reed took a reverse from quarterback Payton Thorne and then threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Keon Coleman.
Wisconsin opened its first overtime posession with Graham Mertz throwing back-to-back incompletions — the first of which was nearly intercepted as two Spartan defenders could not secure the errant pass, before Mertz completed a pass on a crossing pattern to Chimere Dike, who did the rest and scored from 25 yards out, on third down.