It is already Week 9 of the 2022 college football season and it began with plenty of entertainment, as NC State scored 12 points in the 4th quarter to overcome Virginia Tech 22-21 on Thursday. Now it's time to focus on Saturday, when there are 3 all-top 25 matchups on the schedule to go along with a rivalry game between Georgia and Florida.
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J.J. McCarthy, QB, Michigan Over 220.5 passing yards (-115)
In 6 starts since taking over as the starter for Cade McNamara, McCarthy has exceeded this number twice but also has performances of 214 yards and 220 yards. The only occasions on which he has been held to a smaller output was against a tenacious Iowa defense and during a 41-17 rout of Penn State in which he attempted just 24 passes. McCarthy should be in line for a productive day against rival Michigan State, whose pass defense is atrocious. The Spartans are giving up 269.0 yards per game and an especially alarming 8.2 yards per attempt. In last year's thriller between the 2 teams, won by Michigan State 37-33, McCarthy and McNamara (mostly McNamara) combined for 406 yards with 3 touchdowns and 1 interception. McCarthy will probably have a lot of yards by the time Michigan jumps out to a big lead and head coach Jim Harbaugh will have no reservations about the running up the score on Michigan State if he is able to do so.