text: The Spartans had a very balanced attack in the team’s week one victory over Western Michigan. The Spartans rushed for 196 yards on the road and passed for 256 yards en route to a 452 total yard performance over a solid MAC opponent. Michigan State excelled in third down situations last week as the Spartans converted 10 of 15 third downs to consistently keep drives alive. Last year, Connor Cook completed 58.1% of his passes on his way to solid 2014 campaign (24 TD’s, 8 INT’s). In last Friday’s victory, however, Cook completed under 50% of his passes (15 of 31-48.4%) and seemed to miss his former big play wide receiver Tony Lippett. Two freshman running backs stepped up in their first game with LJ Scott and Madre London combining for 136 yards and 2 touchdowns. Last year, Michigan State rushed for 235 yards per game and at home the Spartans rushed for 244 yards per game. In order to keep the Ducks offense off the field, Michigan State will need to run the football. In last year’s loss, the Spartans feel behind early and had to get away from the running game which hurt Connor Cook. The team managed to rush for 123 yards and averaged 3.4 yards per carry in last year’s loss and will need a much better effort on Saturday to get the win.
  Defensively, the Spartans were very opportunistic and had a +18 turnover margin which was a top 5 statistic in FBS last year. In Friday’s win over Western Michigan, the Spartans won the turnover battle 2 to 1. The strength of the Spartans is the interior defensive line that allowed 88 rushing yards per game last year. In the team’s week one victory, Michigan State held the Broncos to 18 rushing yards and a meager 0.8 yards per carry. Last year, Michigan State allowed 227 passing yards per game and Western Michigan quarterback Zach Terrell exploited holes in the Spartans secondary last Friday. Terrell completed 33 of 50 passes and threw for 365 yards with two touchdowns. This can be a factor on Saturday night if Michigan State’s secondary is affected by the pace of Oregon’s offense.
  
  It’s not easy growing up. If it’s not someone telling you what to do and how to do it, there’s plenty of stress we can put on ourselves that are only exacerbated by the insecurities we have trying to “fit in”.
  So enter technology to that mix and you can easily identify (or empathize) with Wyrm. Yes, that is his real name, and in Christopher Winterbauer‘s coming-of-age film, the titular character navigates the societal norms as well as the loss of a family member.
  In this strangely futuristic yet analog alternate universe, the above pictured lonely, dinosaur-obsessed youth struggles to complete a unique school requirement or risk being held back and enduring a lifetime of embarrassment. We sat with director Christopher Winterbauer and producer Helen Estabrook (Whiplash) to find out all about the characters and world of Wyrm.
  GoSeeTalk: Your film was like looking at adolescence through a kaleidoscope. It’s a mix of things I love about the ‘80s, and it was so unique original. Let’s start this off with a very geeky tech question. This was made to look like it was a lost ‘80s property, so did you shoot this 1:1 scale, or 4:3 like VHS format?