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Nebraska beat Michigan State 28-24 on Saturday after getting a break on a pass interference call that had the Spartans players fuming after the game.

Michigan State was up 24-21 in the final minute and had the Cornhuskers in a 3rd-and-10 situation at the 20. That’s when the Spartans were flagged for a b.s. pass interference call that had our buddy World of Isaac (who provided the GIF below) up in arms:

Thanks to the b.s. penalty, Nebraska had a first-and-goal situation from the five. They scored two plays later to win 28-24.

Naturally, Michigan State players were fuming on Twitter over the call. Le’Veon Bell, who had 188 yards and two touchdowns, took the refs to task. He sent the tweets below that have since been deleted.

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Le’Veon Bell has joined Johnathan Franklin as an early Heisman Trophy favorite. The junior running back from Reynoldsburg, Ohio, set a career high with an absurd 50 touches during Michigan State’s 17-13 win over Boise State on Friday.

Bell carried the ball 44 times for 210 yards and two touchdowns and caught six passes for 55 yards. The highlight came when Michigan State was at its four-yard line in the third quarter and it looked like Bell was going to be stuffed on a 3rd-and-16 play. Instead, Bell dodged a handful of Broncos on his way to a sick 35-yard run where he crossed the field.

You hardly see players accumulate so many carries these days, and 50 touches is really unheard of at most levels. Bell’s previous career-high for carries was 20, and his high for touches in a game was 22. Feeding Bell the ball seemed like the Spartans’ game plan.

Bell carried the ball 8 times on Michigan State’s 12-play opening drive that produced a touchdown. He carried the ball 13 of their first 20 plays. He also produced this sweet highlight when he hurdled a defender:

It will be tough for Bell to continue with a workload like that, but the numbers put him in the early Heisman conversation. His real test will come in October when the team travels to Michigan and Wisconsin in back-to-back weeks.