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What these stats tell me is that our most important player this Saturday might be Brett Maher.
5th in nation in Total Defense (267.4 yards pg), trailing only Alabama, Florida State, LSU, and BYU.
7th in nation in Rushing Defense (91 yards pg), 1st in B10.
10th in nation in Scoring Defense (15 ppg), 1st in B10.
14th in Pass Defense (176 yards pg) and Pass Eff. D.
Only averaging 1.2 sacks per game (107th out of 120 FBS teams).
** MSU has only allowed two TD's in its opponents' last 40 drives.
VS WISCONSIN:
Held Wisconsin to 19 rushing yards, 190 total yards.
Nine of Wisconsin's 12 possessions netted 9 yards or less.
Wisconsin's drives were as follows:
PLAYS- YARDS-RESULT
3-4 Punt
10-90 Pass TD
3-8 Fumble
9-48 Punt
3- (-18) Punt
10-35 Punt
3- (-5) Punt
3-2 Punt
3-9 Punt
5- (-3) FG
5-6 End of reg.
3- (-1) FG (OT)
VS. MICHIGAN
8 of 12 Michigan drives ended in punt or int. Four FG's.
VS. IOWA
9 of 12 Iowa drives ended in punt or int. Two FG's, one TD.
Iowa 257 total yards
VS. INDIANA
Last 6 drives (all 2nd half), 5 punts, 1 fumble.
Indiana came out quick with 3 first-half pass TD's and two FG's. MSU adjusted and held Indiana to 47 total yards in second half, 0 pts.
VS OHIO STATE
7 of 10 OSU possessions ended in punt or turnover.
Grammar... The difference between feeling your nuts and feeling you're nuts.
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