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EAST LANSING — Already down two right guards, Michigan State football offensive line coach Jim Michalczik looked all the way to his left for a replacement.
Brandon Baldwin, who started the Spartans’ first three games this season and 10 games a year ago at left tackle, got the assignment Saturday at Boston College. With less than a week to prepare for the position shift.
The senior’s move to guard allowed redshirt freshman Stanton Ramil to make his first collegiate start at left tackle, with Luke Newman remaining at left guard, Tanner Miller at center and Ashton Lepo at right tackle in Saturday’s 23-19 loss at Boston College. Outside of a brief appearance by Dallas Fincher at right guard replacing Baldwin, those starting five offensive linemen remained static throughout the rainy night.
Though that may not be the case Saturday when No. 3 Ohio State and its brawny, NFL prospect-laden defense visits Spartan Stadium (7:30 p.m., Peacock). Even though Michalczik’s options are limited aside from Fincher, a senior who spent the majority of his MSU career playing center before moving to guard this season.
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“I came out of the game thinking I got to play more, and I got to get some guys in,” Michalczik said. “Dallas was a guy, I had him rotating as the series went and probably should have done some more. But we gotta rotate some guys.
“I’ve gone through some seasons playing five or six. I don’t want to do that right now.”
MSU ran for 127 yards, but running backs Nate Carter and Kay’ron Lynch-Adams continued to see defenders in their faces on handoffs in the backfield on multiple occasions, an ongoing issue. Carter ran for just 9 yards on nine carries, while Lynch-Adams had 38 of his 61 yards on six fourth-quarter carries, finishing with…
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2024-09-27 10:08:36
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