EAST LANSING — Mel Tucker looked back at Michigan State football’s GPS numbers from Saturday, the ones that track player speed in practice and in games.
After crunching the numbers, he realized the Spartans played faster in the fourth quarter than the first quarter of their 38-17 win at Miami (Florida). Not coincidentally, MSU pulled away with a dominating 21-3 kick in the final period.
It was a major reason why Tucker said, after the impressive win that vaulted the Spartans to No. 21 in this week’s USA Today/AFCA Coaches Poll, his players were able to “drag (the Hurricanes) into the deep water where we live.