East Lansing — For a half, things didn’t look all that much different than a year ago.
Michigan State’s offense could hardly get out of its way, fourth-down runs were being stuffed and quarterback Noah Kim, in his first career start, was sailing passes over his receivers outstretched arms.
But late in the half, after Central Michigan had taken a 7-3 lead, things started to shift. Kim led the two-minute offense on a touchdown drive to give the Spartans a lead at the break Then in the second half, Kim found his comfort zone and the Spartans started rolling.