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Michigan State's Panasiuk brothers speak Polish as secret weapon against opponents

Brothers Mike and Jacub Panasiuk grew up playing together and are now lining up alongside each other on Michigan State's defensive line.

Mike is a junior starting defensive tackle and Jacub a sophomore starting defensive end. And, the two have a secret weapon to confuse the opponents.

"We speak Polish, so we go out there and I'll say something in Polish and offensive linemen will look at us and be like 'what the heck did they just say?'" Mike said during coach Mark Dantonio's weekly radio show Thursday night on the Spartan Sports Network. "It's a cool kind of secret trick we have up our sleeves.