EAST LANSING — Effrem Reed emphatically made his point clear.
Michigan State football needs its running game to produce again. Badly.
“We've got to be better,” the second-year running backs coach said Monday. “There's no excuses.”
The poor production looked worse because of how significant a dropoff it was from the Kenneth Walker III-driven 2021 team that averaged for 175.6 yards on the ground a contest. The Spartans’ 113.0 rushing yards a game in 2022 ranked 110th out of 130 Football Bowl Subdivision teams. Their time of possession last season was fourth-worst in the nation.