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Why Michigan State football's Mel Tucker has confidence in Spartans' lifeless run offense

Michigan State’s run game remains a problem, same as it has the past two seasons.

Still, when new coach Mel Tucker rewatched the Spartans’ 38-27 loss to Rutgers, in which the Spartans gained just 50 yards on the ground, it somewhat changed his opinion of the blocking along the offensive line.

“When I came out of the game, when I left the field, I felt like in the trenches we weren't able to get the movement that we needed to get,” Tucker said Tuesday during a video call. “When I watched the film, it was not as bad as I thought that it was just coming out of the game.