EAST LANSING -- Offensive line play is typically difficult to evaluate in real-time, with five players executing individual assignments within a blocking scheme in the center of a mass of bodies.
But what happened to junior center Tyler Higby on two plays in Michigan State's loss to Arizona State on Saturday night was difficult to miss.
On a third-and-1 in the Arizona State red zone early in the second quarter, Higby snapped the ball to quarterback Brian Lewerke and was immediately knocked down by ASU nose tackle Renell Wren. That led to an onrush of Sun Devils defenders that stopped Lewerke short on a quarterback sneak and forced the Spartans to settle for a field goal.