The big talk after MSU’s 17-9 win over Auburn is Dan Mullen’s new offensive direction: pass heavy, air raid attack. State threw the ball 41 of 62 plays (66%) vs. Auburn. That’s a far cry from the 50/50 balance he’s preached in year’s past, and it’s a real far cry from his first two years when he ran the ball less than 60% of the time only twice.
But like seemingly everything in sports, and life, people are enamored by only what they’ve just seen and lose all perspective about the season as a whole. As I mentioned in the Auburn game preview, it made more sense to run a pass-first offense because of their secondary issues.