Indiana's 47 unanswered points make MSU's loss even worse

When the Spartans had the chance to react after halftime, they watched as everything continued to spiral out of control. Their first drive ended with a safety, two of the Hoosiers' 12 unanswered points. As Indiana's pass rush wreaked havoc with five sacks in the second half, it wiped out Michigan State's rushing yards to minus-24.

The Spartans' inability to block led to another injury. Chiles was injured after being hit while throwing the ball out of bounds. He went to the locker room before returning to the sideline with a towel over his head and did not return to the game.

The rest of the way the Spartans went about their movements listlessly, struggling to find something, anything, to get some juice from. Their offensive line struggled to block, their receivers struggled to get open, and backup quarterback Tommy Schuster struggled to make plays.

Against Michigan State's defense, the Hoosiers averaged 6.3 yards per play in the second half, finding it through big passes and physical runs, with the starting offense playing eight more minutes until the end of the game – long after the outcome of the game was so was almost certain. An Elijah Sarratt touchdown, his second of the game, was the Hoosiers' final score after they put up 47 unanswered points in an absolutely dominant turnaround.