Like last year, every Monday morning this year I'll be deep-diving into the MSU box score and giving you some dubious analysis of the game. For those of you unfamiliar with Bill Connelly's Five Factors, here is Connelly's breakdown of those factors. Also, read Connelly's MSU preview if you have not yet done so. If you're more of a basketball person, these are roughly analogous to Dean Oliver's Four Factors.The categories:
Efficiency
The Stats
You won't see Connelly use percentage of available yards gained, but I think it's a useful metric to show successful a drive was, taking into account that drives may begin on short fields
MSU in 2014
This was the major strength of the team in 2014, on both sides of the ball.