Michigan State Football: 3 takeaways from massive win at No. 24 Miami

Through two quarters, Michigan State football looked like the better team against Miami but it looked like sloppiness was preventing the Spartans from truly shutting the door.

The defense was struggling to really slow D’Eriq King down, but a strip-sack by Drew Beesley in the fourth quarter really put the game out of reach as the Spartans were able to score two touchdowns after that play and came away with a 38-17 win.

Michigan State is now 3-0 on the season with a ranked win in its pocket and it’s starting to turn some heads on a national level.

What’d we learn from Saturday’s big game?

3. The secondary, pass rush need major work

OK, don’t get me wrong, the biggest play of the game was a strip-sack by Drew Beesley which led to a huge touchdown. Was there a lot of holding? Absolutely but the refs were already calling just about everything else, but there was very little pressure on D’Eriq King all afternoon long and he was able to sit back in the pocket and make whatever throw he wanted.

Oh yeah, and there was the pick by Angelo Grose and also Ronald Williams with under five minutes left which sealed the deal but the secondary was torched for most of the game.

King picked them apart all afternoon, finishing with over 350 yards and two touchdowns but his two picks were back-breakers.

The line needs to get more pressure on the quarterbacks or we’ll see more of what King and Hunter Johnson have done — dink and dunks all game long instead of running the ball.