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'Brain farts' contributing to Michigan State football's limited offense

Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio's weekly press conference to preview the Spartans' Big Ten opener Saturday at Indiana. Detroit Free Press

EAST LANSING — The question has been on Michigan State fans’ minds for the past month:

What do the Spartans need to do differently in the run game to generate more yardage?

Mark Dantonio was asked this on Tuesday.

“Well,” Dantonio said, tongue-in-cheek, “we need to run the ball more effectively.”

Indeed.

That has been a major challenge for No. 23 MSU all season, and it remains the biggest offensive issue going into Saturday’s Big Ten opener at Indiana (7:30 p.