EAST LANSING — Spencer Brown kept his head cocked to the right, knowing his next moves would be critical.
In the Peach Bowl on Dec. 30, Pitt’s Habakkuk Baldonado put both hands on the ground and lined up wider than normal. Brown, in his first starting assignment for Michigan State football, remained upright in his right tackle position and never took his eyes off the second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference defensive end, recognizing he was being targeted by a premier pass rusher with eight sacks on the season.