Michigan Football: 3 takeaways from steadfast win over Sparty

2. The defense smothered Michigan State’s offense

The Spartans’ offense went lifeless in the third quarter. They were completely controlled in the time of possession department and had no yardage to show for it. If it wasn’t for a long pass when the outcome had been decided in the fourth, then they would have had absolutely close to 0 total yards of offense in the entire second half of play.

Michigan State had the rock five times after the break and punted on all but one of them. They had trouble with the snap as many mocked them about it on social media, which turned into a Blake Corum touchdown run.

Then on their last series, they threw an interception that Rod Moore was waiting for as he was reading the eyes of Payton Thorne before he jumped in front of the route to steal it away.

Keon Coleman was the lone bright spot as the rest of the pass catchers and running backs were totally held in check. Most of Coleman’s damage came in the first 30 minutes as Michigan’s secondary made adjustments following halftime to keep him relatively quiet in the closing 30 minutes.