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Originally Posted by st8ofmind
A) they were all forced turnovers, none of the picks were 'gifts'
B) It's hard to rack up a lot of yards on a short field...
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A) Never claimed they were "gifts". The point is the offense got great starting position from them. The offense also had three other drives starting at mid-field or in NW territory after long KO and punt returns.
B) The yardage was an indicator of two things:
1. The short field from which they got to operate many times
2. MSU had only one really one sustained drive (the 80-yard TD drive) the whole game (non-scroing drives: 3 plays for 8 yards, 6 plays for 14 yards, 3 plays for 1 yard, 3 plays for 3 yards)
So, unless they had excellent field position to start with, they did little on offense.