EAST LANSING – Heading into the 2018 season, Michigan State was pegged by many experts to be one of the top defensive teams in the nation.
Against Central Michigan, the Spartans showed why. MSU allowed the Chippewas to gain just 245 total yards en route to a 31-20 win.
“I really like our attitude,” Mark Dantonio said. “What we’re doing, I don’t think there’s any excuses being made. I think we come out, we practice very well. I think we get along very well. Doing all the things we need to do from that standpoint.”
The Spartans’ offense couldn’t get much going until David Dowell gave them a spark by picking off CMU quarterback Tommy Lazzaro and returning it to the CMU 35-yard line.