Your Michigan State two deeps

-- No senior MLB Jeff Tarpinian (stinger). LBs Troy Johnson and Jeremiha Hunter are listed. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said Johnson was "nicked" and that's why you saw freshman James Morris in the forth quarter. Hunter was in and out of the second half with a knee injury. He returned, but inside the 20 on UW's final drive, freshman Shane DiBona was the WLB.

-- Adam Gettis and Nolan MacMillan are listed as co-starters at right guard. Gettis went the whole way last week. MacMillan might be nursing an injury.

-- CB Jordan Bernstine is on the depth chart, but still nursing a knee injury. He's not playing special teams anymore, either. Greg Castillo is the nickel corner and Tanner Miller is the dime safety.

-- Sean McDonough and Matt Millen are announcing the game on ABC (here). Should be a fun production meeting on Friday.

Here are some snippets of what the duo said about Kirk Ferentz's clock management in Iowa's 31-30 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday.

"What are they doing? That makes no sense," Millen said just after Iowa called timeout with 14 seconds left, forgoing the spike.

"That's a big mistake," McDonough said.

"Now they don't have the timeout and time will run out," McDonough said just after Ricky Stanzi's fatal pitch to running back Adam Robinson.

"Coaching error," McDonough said.

"Poor timeout," Millen said.

Here was SI's Stewart Mandel: "Does Mark Dantonio have anything left in his seemingly bottomless bag of tricks? Will he even need to? The Spartans match up well with the Hawkeyes, and if all else fails, Dantonio can sit back and hope Kirk Ferentz burns his last timeout at the worst possible moment."

The Ferentz-Les Miles comparisons are coming out of the woodwork, if the internet has such . . . wood?

My opinion, Iowa's percentages to win at that point were single digit. Go back to the fake punt.

-- Michigan State is ranked No. 5. It's the highest-ranked opponent Iowa has faced since Penn State last season, when the Nittany Lions were No. 5.

Offense

SE -- 15 *** Derrell Johnson-Koulianos 6-1 200 Sr. Campbell, OH (Cardinal Mooney); 22 *** Colin Sandeman ^ 6-1 200 Sr. Bettendorf, IA (HS)

LT -- 77 * Riley Reiff 6-6 300 So. Parkson, SD (HS); 69 Kyle Haganman 6-5 285 Sr. Osage, IA (HS)

LG -- 63 *** Julian Vandervelde 6-3 300 Sr. Davenport, IA (Central); 59 Conor Boff eli 6-5 285 #Fr. West Des Moines, IA (Valley)

C -- 53 James Ferentz 6-2 275 So. Iowa City, IA (City); 67 ** Josh Koeppel 6-2 273 Sr. Iowa City, IA (City)

RG -- 73 Adam Gettis 6-4 280 Jr. Frankfort, IL (Lincoln Way East) OR 76 Nolan MacMillan 6-6 288 #Fr. Toronto, Ontario (Hun, NJ)

RT-- 56 * Markus Zusevics 6-5 295 Jr. Arlington Heights, IL (Prospect); 70 Brett Van Sloten 6-7 290 #Fr. Decorah, IA (HS)

TE -- 82 *** Allen Reisner ^ 6-3 248 Sr. Marion, IA (HS); 39 ** Brad Herman ^ 6-5 247 Jr. Metamora, IL (HS)

QB -- 12 ** Ricky Stanzi 6-4 230 Sr. Mentor, OH (Lake Catholic); 16 * James Vandenberg 6-3 212 So. Keokuk, IA (HS)

WR -- 7 * Marvin McNutt, Jr 6-4 215 Jr. St. Louis, MO (Hazelwood Central); 6 * Keenan Davis ^ 6-3 215 So. Cedar Rapids, IA (Washington)

RB -- 32 * Adam Robinson 5-9 205 So. Des Moines, IA (Lincoln); 34 Marcus Coker ^ 6-0 230 Fr. Beltsville, MD (Dematha Catholic)

FB -- 36 *** Brett Morse 6-3 238 Sr. Willowbrook, IL (Hinsdale Central); 38 Brad Rogers 5-10 215 #Fr. Toledo, OH (Central Catholic)

PK -- 96 Mike Meyer ^ 6-2 175 Fr. Dubuque, IA (Wahlert); 8 * Trent Mossbrucker 6-0 204 So. Mooresville, IN (HS)

Defense

DE -- 94 *** Adrian Clayborn 6-4 285 Sr. St. Louis, MO (Webster Groves); 58 ** Lebron Daniel 6-2 250 Jr. Cleveland, OH (Glenville)

DT -- 95 ** Karl Klug 6-4 270 Sr. Caledonia, MN (HS); 54 Steve Bigach 6-3 272 So. Cleveland, OH (St. Ignatius)

DT -- 46 *** Christian Ballard ^ 6-5 297 Sr. Lawrence, KS (Free State) OR 93 * Mike Daniels 6-1 275 Jr. Blackwood, NJ (Highland Regional); 87 Thomas Nardo 6-3 277 Jr. Lancaster, PA (Catholic)

DE -- 46 *** Christian Ballard ^ 6-5 297 Sr. Lawrence, KS (Free State) OR 91 ** Broderick Binns 6-2 261 Jr. St. Paul, MN (Cretin-Derham Hall)

OLB -- 45 ** Tyler Nielsen 6-4 235 Jr. Humboldt, IA (HS); 97 * Ross Petersen 6-3 236 Sr. Durant, IA (HS)

MLB -- 48 *** Troy Johnson 6-2 235 Sr. Lakeland, FL (HS); 44 James Morris 6-2 215 Fr. Solon, IA (HS)

WLB -- 42 *** Jeremiha Hunter 6-2 235 Sr. York, PA (Harrisburg Science & Tech); 50 ** Lance Tillison 6-2 215 Jr. Seffner, FL (Armwood)

LC -- 28 ** Shaun Prater ^ 5-11 180 Jr. Omaha, NE (Central); 2 * Greg Castillo 5-11 180 So. Mount Laurel, NJ (St. Joseph's Prep, PA)

SS -- 9 ** Tyler Sash 6-1 210 Jr. Oskaloosa, IA (HS); 13 Tom Donatell 6-2 205 Jr. Atlanta, GA (Peachtree Ridge)

FS -- 30 *** Brett Greenwood 6-0 200 Sr. Bettendorf, IA (Pleasant Valley); 49 Tanner Miller ^ 6-2 195 Fr. Kalona, IA (Mid-Prairie)

RC -- 18 * Micah Hyde ^ 6-1 185 So. Fostoria, OH (HS); 4 ** Jordan Bernstine 5-11 205 Jr. Des Moines, IA (Lincoln)

PT -- 5 *** Ryan Donahue 6-3 190 Sr. Evergreen Park, IL (St. Rita); 6 Eric Guthrie 6-6 245 Jr. Nevada, IA (HS)

Specialists

Punt Returns: 22 Colin Sandeman, 7 Marvin McNutt

Kickoff Returns: 15 D. Johnson-Koulianos, 6 Keenan Davis; 26 Paul Chaney Jr., 32 Adam Robinson

Deep Snaps: 65 Andrew Schulze, 61 Casey Kreiter

Holder: 5 Ryan Donahue

* - - Letters won

^ - - Redshirt year still available

# - - Indicates redshirt freshman

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