Seeing Alabama and Ohio State trade touchdown after touchdown in the College Football Playoff national championship Monday night felt like watching an entirely different sport from what Michigan State football has been playing the past few years.
What led to the demise of Mark Dantonio’s legendary tenure will be perhaps the biggest challenge for Mel Tucker in his second year as head coach.
Finding the end zone.
As the national scoring mean around the country has soared in recent years, MSU’s production continues to take a downward turn. The 18.0 points per game in Tucker’s debut was the program’s lowest output since 2000, when Bobby Williams’ first team scored just 17.