Matt Allen feels the difference.
Michigan State football’s offensive line, beset by injuries the past two seasons, became a focal point of the Spartans’ new strength and conditioning staff during the summer and when the Big Ten postponed the start of the season in August.
Did they turn to lifting weights? More cardio? Working on technique?
Well, yes. But it was something even more simple that.
“They’ve been really smart with stretching us before practice, stretching after practice. And then when we’re lifting, we’re stretching before and then stretching after,” the senior center said on a video call Thursday.