LIVE FROM KINNICK STADIUM: Hlas at MSU-Iowa

This is savage. The rest of this game is just details, barring an injury to a key player. (UNFORTUNATELY, that injury occurred. Julian Vandervelde got hurt with 8:21 left. Some sort of leg injury.) I'll have a column and postgame videos up here tonight. Thegazette.com will be your place to relive this rout.

MSU's 3rd drive: 3-and-out

Iowa's 2nd drive: 16-yd pass to Herman for 1st-down. Big day for Iowa's No. 2 TE. ... Two straight 11-yard runs for determined Robinson ...Stanzi to McNutt for 22 yds and TOUCHDOWN. Iowa 37-0

Does anyone think MSU will be ranked above Iowa tomorrow? Maybe in the coaches' poll.

MSU 2nd drive: 3-and-out, punt to Iowa 39

Iowa 1st drive of half: 3-and-out. Punt to MSU 4.

MSU's 1st drive of 2nd half: Starts at MSU 22. Interception Greenwood, ball at MSU 49

THIRD QUARTER

Halftime thoughts: What's there to say? Iowa is the vampire and Michigan State is the dumb teenager caught in the sights of the vampire. Iowa has 114 interception-return yards. You rarely lose with a number like that.

MSU 5th drive: Nothing. Halftime. Iowa 30-0.

Iowa 4th drive: Marcus Coker in at RB for Iowa. ... Stanzi to Brad Herman for 56 yards to MSU 5 when Herman wrestles jump-ball pass from Marcus Hyde of MSU. Robinson 3-yard run, TOUCHDOWN, Iowa 30-0 with 1:01 left in half.

You think Boise State, TCU and Utah fans are deliriously happy with the results thus far, with Nebraska and Iowa pounding unbeatens Missouri and Michigan State? If USC dumps Oregon tonight ... CHAOS!

MSU 4th drive: Starts at MSU 19. ... Offensive pass-interference penalty on 3rd-and-6 kills drive. Punt.

Robinson got behind All-Everything MSU linebacker Greg Jones, who was left to pound the turf after Robinson's fingertip catch.

Iowa 3rd drive: Stanzi to Robinson, 32 yards for No. 32. TOUCHDOWN. Robinson's first career TD catch. PAT no good. Iowa 23-0 with 7:05 left in half.

MSU 3rd drive: Started at MSU 30 ... Yards coming more difficult for Spartans than Hawkeyes ... Interception Prater, 32-yard return to MSU 43

END OF 1ST: IOWA 17, MICHIGAN STATE 0

Tyler Sash with a super-smart play.

MSU 2nd drive: Two plays, two first-downs to MSU 46. ... 3rd-down -and-6 at the 50 ... Nice catch by Bennie Fowler on a slant for a 1st-down at Iowa 41 ... PLAY OF THE YEAR FOR IOWA. Sash with a pick of a bad Cousins pass, lateraled to Hyde, who did some fancy running to take it to the house. TOUCHDOWN. Iowa 17-0, :10 left in quarter.

Iowa State leads Kansas 21-9 in 3rd. If Cyclones win, they and Iowa are one win from bowl-eligibility.

Old football maxim: It's always good to have 10 points before your opponent has a first-down.

Iowa 2nd drive:  Stanzi-a-lujah! On 3rd-and-9 he made a great move and darted down the left sideline for 26 yards after using a Morse block, then got 15 more yards when Marcus Hyde blasted Stanzi out of bounds for a personal foul. ... Stanzi to Reisner for 8 on 3rd-and-4, to the MSU 27 ... Greg Jones stopped Robinson on 3rd-and-1 ... Meyer FG try of 37 yards is GOOD. Iowa 10-0, 2:44 left in 1st.

MSU 1st drive:  3-and-out, Morris snuffed RB Baker on 3rd-and-1. Punt.

Stanzi 17 TD passes, 2 interceptions.

Iowa 1st drive: DJK 17 yds. on end-around, now averaging 16.5 yards for two carries this season. ... Marvin McNutt made a fairly amazing over-the-shoulder catch for 17. ... Two straight great runs by Robinson for 7 yards apiece. Neither should have gotten more than a yard. ... MSU timeout. ... Stanzi-to-Sandeman for 3 yards and a TOUCHDOWN. 12 plays, 80 yds, 8:48 left in the quarter, Iowa up 7-nil.

MSU play-by-play man George Blaha: "This has been a storybook season and there's no reason for it to end this afternoon."

Spartan kicker Dan Conroy made a 44-yard field goal in his final warmup kick.

Chris Rucker of MSU warmed up with the second-team defense. From Twitter:

  HS_BHGP   Factor in MSU's favor: Today's 'chain gang' an actual chain gang of current players on work leave.

Herky the Hawk is wearing a blue superhero type of Halloween costume. Why?

The Northwestern-Indiana game doesn't exactly make me thirst for Iowa's next two games.

On the MSU radio media round table, the picks were Iowa 21-20 (Joe Rexrode, Lansing State Journal), MSU 20-17 (Shannon Shelton, Detroit Free Press) and

MSU 27-17 (Greg  Johnson, Grand Rapids Press).

Unless green really stands out, I was surprised at the number of Michigan State fans in the tailgates. Winning is a drug, folks.

Quick injury stuffP: Iowa LB Jeremiah Hunter has a brace on his right knee. LB Jeff Tarpinian is in uniform. Both are in pregame drills.