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🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Behind Enemy Lines previews Michigan State's defense

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0:00.0

We're back here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTCA online, the big 1050.com behind enemy lines part one in the books talking about Michigan State's offense.

0:09.7

Alej Zaniga meeting with a member of the Michigan State media.

0:15.2

The preview, the big match of tomorrow up in East Lansing, 730, correction 745 kickoff.

0:20.9

So here is Alejandro Zaniga.

0:22.6

More of behind enemy lines right here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTCA.

0:27.4

Let's flip our attention to the defensive side of the ball for Michigan State,

0:30.5

which has also been somewhat concerning from a line perspective.

0:35.3

Michigan State enters this game with the worst scoring defense in the

0:38.3

Big Ten. They've allowed 34 plays of 20 plus yards this season, which is 17th in the Big Ten.

0:45.6

And I know in following Michigan State, Stephen, that the defensive line in the edge room,

0:51.6

that after last year, they went, it felt like the entire season

0:56.0

without getting a sack. I know that's a little hyperbolic, but there was hope that that

1:00.3

was not, yeah, maybe not too much of an exaggeration. There was some hope that that would

1:06.9

be improved, but it seems like that hasn't been the case and it seems like everything

1:11.4

else kind of stems from there.

1:14.8

Yeah, you know that. Yeah. I mean, I kept wondering in both transfer windows like, okay, when

1:20.7

are they going to address the D line? When are they going to address the D line? And I mean,

1:23.8

they eventually they sort of did, but not in clearly not in like a tangible way.

1:28.9

I mean, the guys they brought in on the edge were all either unproven that, you know, they got a guy from Wisconsin and Nellu LaFelaela, who's not out for the season.

1:38.4

Unfortunately, he had actually shown a little bit of flash, but retro freshman playing his first college football this year.

1:44.0

David Santiago came from

1:45.4

Air Force where he's kind of a grinder, tryhard guy, and he's played some decent snaps for him, but

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