Michigan State Football: 3 Reasons Spartans will upset Miami

2. Miami’s Offense has been a disaster so far

Through the first two weeks of the season, Michigan State has had a more impressive offense than Miami. Those were words that I did not think that I would type at all this season. The biggest reason for that is Michigan State has found an identity behind the running game with Kenneth Walker III and Miami has yet to find any kind of consistency on offense.

Spartans quarterback Payton Thorne has done a nice job of managing the game for Michigan State and that has allowed them to control the game tempo through the first two weeks of the season. Now, I understand that Miami has played two opponents much better than anyone Michigan State has played, but this offense has looked lifeless so far this season and this was an offense that had high expectations.

Michigan State does not have the strongest defense this season, but if Miami is being as inefficient as they have been through the first couple of weeks then I don’t think that it is going to matter.