Michigan State offense doing its share

 
AP Photo/Al GoldisMichigan State’s Jeremy Langford consistently posts 100-yard games against Big Ten opponents.

Defense is often the first word associated with Michigan State football. The Spartans are one of two teams (Alabama) to finish each of the previous three seasons ranked in the top 10 in points per game allowed and defensive efficiency. The offense was often an afterthought, but things are different this season. 

Michigan State Offense This Season

		FBS Rank
PPG	45.5	5th
YPG	515.2	9th
Yds per play	6.7	11th
20+ yd plays PG	6.5	T-7th
*All best under Dantonio (since 2007)

Michigan State is averaging the fifth-most points per game in the FBS (45.5) and has already scored one more offensive touchdown (47) than it had all of last season. Its offense is adding nearly seven more points to its net scoring margin than in any other year since Mark Dantonio was hired before the 2007 season. 

What has made the offense so successful? 

A 3-headed monster 
The Spartans are one of three FBS teams (Mississippi State and Marshall) this season that are averaging at least 250 passing and rushing yards per game. They are also one of three FBS teams (USC and Western Michigan) that have an 1,800-yard passer, an 800-yard rusher and an 800-yard receiver. 

Connor Cook Throws of 15+ Yards
This Season

		Big Ten Rank
Comp pct	50.0	T-1st
Comp	32	1st
TD	8	T-1st
*Min. 20 attempts

Connor Cook has led the way for Michigan State’s passing game. He leads the Big Ten inTotal QBR (81.9) and yards per attempt (9.4) this season. Cook has also been the best downfield passer in the conference; he has eight more completions on passes thrown 15 yards or longer than any other Big Ten player. 

On the ground, Jeremy Langford has been one of the most consistent backs in the nation. He has rushed for at least 100 yards in 12 consecutive conference games, tied with Arizona’s Ka’Deem Carey for the longest streak in at least the last 10 seasons. Langford has averaged 3.0 yards after contact per rush in conference play this season, second-best among Big Ten running backs (min. 50 attempts). 

The third piece of Michigan State’s dynamic trio is wide receiver Tony Lippett. He has a Big Ten-high 889 receiving yards and is averaging 21.2 yards per reception. On passes thrown 15 yards or longer, he leads the conference in receptions (16) and touchdowns (six). 

So, although Michigan State’s defense has received the bulk of the attention, it now has an offense to hold up its part of the bargain. On Saturday, the Spartans may need that offense to produce against an Ohio State team that has scored at least 50 points in five of its last six games.

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The 2014 England EPS Squad

36 domestic fixtures, 7 Champions Cup matches and 5 Challenge Cup showdowns that is what our England players have contributed to over the past 6 weeks. It has been one of the most exciting starts to a season in recent years as the results have been as predictable as the Great British weather and over that time players have found and indeed lost form. 

Today, at QBE's Head Office in Central London, Stuart Lancaster announced his EPS squad for the forthcoming QBE Internationals. This was the first of a series of announcements leading up to the 8th November and the first clash with the All Blacks. Stuart first announced Chris Robshaw as his Captain and then explained the selection decisions that he and his team had made. As expected there were a few key focus points in particular the selections choices made behind the scrum;  

"Backs wise it has been very competitive across the board, we’ve had long debates in every position but ultimately it has come down to two criteria. One is consistency, consistency over time and the fact that we judge everyone on having very good qualities in all areas but stand out in two and probably the second is getting the balance right in our back line; that blend of pace, power and footballing ability"

After being picked for the first time 27 year old Semesa Rokoduguni will contribute greatly to that blend adding some 'punch and power' out wide which is needed in a squad without Manu Tuilagi. In Stuart's words 'Mike (Catt) and Faz (Andy Farrell) are keen to get him in and spend some time with him'. It was plainly evident that, like all of us, they see the potential housed in the winger and Stuart highlighted that they have already discussed the option of Rokoduguni starting in the first test against New Zealand.

Following his consistent form Stephen Myler's inclusion will have been greeted by cries of delight from Saints' fans everywhere whilst tears of joy for those in the Cipriani and Burns camps, for it was at the expense of Danny and Freddie that Stephen was included. Stuart highlighted that had Stephen been available for selection in the summer, and not been part of the Aviva Premiership Final, he would have started the first test against the All Blacks. This coupled with his consistent form pushed him ahead of the other two and ultimately secured his inclusion. Stuart was keen to point out that Danny was not playing badly, far from it, however he and the team believed that Stephen truly deserved his chance this year autumn.

Stuart stressed explicitly that this is not the finished product, the 33 men on the announcement sheet today may not be the same 33 or so that are announced for the 6 Nations or indeed the World Cup; 

"This is another stage in the development of a team and it is by no means the finished article as we lead into that World Cup; everyone still has plenty to play for and we’ll create opportunities as and when we can."

Today marks the start of an extremely exciting and special time of year, after one final weekend of Europe things step up and notch and International Rugby takes centre stage. The excitement is building already and with the individuals named today and those that remain chomping at the bit to get in the squad we can all see that English rugby is in a superb place and we are posed for a colossal set of matches against the best sides that the Southern Hemisphere has to offer in the 2014 QBE Internationals. 

The Full 33 Man England EPS Squad

Joe Marler (Harlequins) Matt Mullan (Wasps) Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons) David Wilson (Bath Rugby) Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)  Rob Webber (Bath Rugby) Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby) George Kruis (Saracens)  Joe Launchbury (Wasps)  Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints) Calum Clark (Northampton Saints)  James Haskell (Wasps) Ben Morgan (Gloucester Rugby) Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, Captain) Billy Vunipola (Saracens)  Tom Wood (Northampton Saints) Danny Care (Harlequins)  Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints) Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers) Owen Farrell (Saracens)  George Ford (Bath Rugby) Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints) Brad Barritt (Saracens) Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints) Kyle Eastmond (Bath Rugby) Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby)  Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby) Mike Brown (Harlequins) Alex Goode (Saracens) Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby) Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs) Semesa Rokoduguni (Bath Rugby) Marland Yarde (Harlequins)

The following players will not be available for the 2014 QBE Internationals: Alex Corbisiero (shoulder), Dan Cole (neck), Tom Croft (knee), Tom Johnson (neck), Geoff Parling (concussion), Chris Pennell (groin), Ed Slater (knee), Mako Vunipola (knee), Tom Youngs (shoulder).

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Murray, Romo fuel Cowboys success

 
Matthew Emmons/USA TODAY SportsDeMarco Murray’s record streak has powered the Cowboys' 6-1 start.

The Dallas Cowboys are off to a 6-1 start for the fifth time in franchise history. All four previous Dallas teams to do so reached the playoffs, and two of them won the Super Bowl. 

What are the reasons behind the current Cowboys' success? 

Murray the machine 
DeMarco Murray's numbers this season are amazing. He is the first player in NFL history to start the season with seven straight games of at least 100 rushing yards. 

Murray

His 913 rushing yards are nearly 300 more than any other player; Arian Fosteris second with 615 yards. And Murray's 187 carries are 48 percent more than second-place Foster, who has 126. 

Should Murray remain on his current pace, he would finish with 2,087 yards, third-most ever in an NFL season. He is also on pace for 427 rushes, which would break the NFL record of 416 set by Larry Johnson in 2006. 

Therein lies the question about the durability of Murray, who has battled injuries throughout his collegiate and professional career. In his previous two seasons, Murray played 24 of 32 games while averaging 16 carries per game. He has rushed 27 times per game in 2014. 

Romo has been Manning-like 
Tony Romo's bounce back after a Week 1 loss has been impressive. He leads the league in completion percentage this season (69.2 percent) and is in the top five in both touchdown passes (14) and yards per attempt (8.4). 

Romo's 90.0 Total QBR during the six-game win streak is the second-best rate in the league since Week 2, a sliver behind Peyton Manning's 90.1. 

Third-down success 
Murray and Romo have been particularly successful on third down this season. Murray has converted 10 times on 14 third-down rushes, and Romo has completed 48 of 68 passes (71 percent) with six touchdowns and one interception. 

Highest 3rd-Down Conv. Rate in Season Since 1970 Merger (Source: Elias)

2011 Saints	56.7%
2006 Colts	56.1%
1976 Colts	54.5%
* Cowboys: 57.4% this season

That's far better than his 51 percent completion percentage in those situations last season, and Romo's Total QBR is an NFL-best 97.5 on third down this year. 

Romo and Murray have led Dallas to the NFL's top overall third-down conversion rate (57.4 percent) as well as the best in the league on third-and-6 or longer (43 percent). 

Should the Cowboys maintain that third-down rate, they would overtake the Saints (56.7 percent in 2011) as the best single-season third-down conversion team since the merger. 

Keeping defense off the field 
By converting so many third downs, the Cowboys have an average time of possession of 34:35 per game this season, second-highest in the league behind the Colts (36:55). 

Cowboys Defense Last 2 Seasons

	2013	2014
Yds per play	6.1	6.1
Yds per rush	4.7	4.9
Yds per att	7.8	7.1
Time of poss rank	24th	2nd

Aside from the obvious benefit of increasing Dallas' chances to score, keeping the ball has masked a defense that hasn't been any better than last season, when the Cowboys ranked 30th in the league in both yards per play (6.1) and rush yards per play (4.7). 

This season, Dallas ranks 27th at 6.1 yards per play and 30th at 4.9 yards per rush. 

But only the Colts defense has been on the field for a shorter time than the Cowboys this season. Last year, Dallas ranked 24th in opponent time of possession. 

What does it all mean? 
All these little things have added up to winning close games, as the Cowboys are 3-0 this season in games decided by seven points or fewer. Last season, the Cowboys were 5-5 in such games. 

Perhaps Murray's health, the third-down success and the wins in tight games are not sustainable. But Dallas is well-positioned at 6-1 with a favorable upcoming schedule. The Cowboys next welcome the 2-5 Redskins on Monday night then host the Cardinals and face the 1-6 Jaguars in London before their bye in Week 11.

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Dallaglio Meets Robshaw

Today on the day that Harlequins take their first step on their European journey we have been given an insight from BT Sport into an interview between Chris Robshaw and their man Lawrence Dallaglio. Both Chris and Lawrence are two iconic figures of the modern game and the interview makes for captivating reading which is why I wanted to share it on Out On The Full;

LD - I’m going to ask you about the captaincy because I’m quite well placed to ask this, you’re England captain but not Harlequins captain, how does that feel for you this season?

CR – It’s been a little bit strange, of course initially. But you soon get back into the swing of things, you know if Joe needs a bit of a hand, similarly to how I was before, it wasn’t just me out there by myself leading everything; I had the leadership group around me

LD - Was the area of the captaincy something you approached Conor with or was it a bit of both, he came to you and said you’ve got a big year coming up let’s take a bit of pressure off you?

CR – A little bit of both really; it was one of those things where we’ve actually been speaking for some time and as you’ve seen with various sports in the last year or so, the media pressure does tend to pump up a little bit and especially with the year ahead there’s going to be a lot of things and you (probably know from your own experience being with Phil Vickery, when he was captaining England and you were Wasps captain, did it make a big difference to Phil?

LD - I suppose it means you don’t have to do every team talk, every warm-up, every media session…

CR – Yeah exactly, it’s just little things like that which probably do add up in the long term when you look over big years and big series and tournaments and bits which you think ‘oh that shouldn’t make a difference’ but you do that on the back of potentially a big loss or a big win and the emotions and everything mentally… it’s a big side of the game now that mental side and it’s about making sure you are fresh. Last season I think we played for over a calendar year when you include tours and pre-season so it is important that guys do look after themselves and that’s what Conor’s done.

Next the focus shifted to Europe, with Harlequins’ Premiership form seemingly a little patchy to those on the outside, it was a chance for Lawrence to get a temperature check from a man in the thick of it;

LD – Let’s talk Europe, new competition, massively exciting, how are the guys in the dressing room feeling about it?

CR - Yeah, excited; of course it’s always a bit tougher to train when conditions are like this out there, but the guys love Europe, they love a trip in Europe as well and it is always exciting. I think the great thing about Europe is you’re not always playing against players you normally play against. I can’t remember if Quins have actually played Castres in their previous history, so you are playing a bit of the unknown which is always quite exciting and you’re playing against some incredible players as well. It is a fantastic tournament and it’s great it did stick around and allows players to compete against each other.

LD – if we look specifically on Friday night, playing Castres, a team you don’t know so well, are studying the tapes?

CR – Of course every team around has a big analysis team and knows what’s going on and what moves, and the way they like to play and stuff. A typical French pack, really big, heavy pack who are very set-piece orientated but also with some dangerous backs as well and guys who can kick the ball a long way so again coming back to our discipline. If we are ill-disciplined, a team like this has a strong maul, strong kicker and will be hard to play against.

Finally England have four huge tests this Autumn and they are tests that many are calling defining for this side. So Lawrence delved a little into how Chris is feeling going into these clashes;

LD -  Let’s look at England now you’ve got 4 very big games coming up, massively excited about the autumn series? 

CR - Very excited, looking at the way teams are playing, players are playing, guys are putting their hands up and it’s fantastic for English rugby. I think also the way England finished in the summer we feel we’ve got a little bit of unfinished business, that we didn’t quite put ourselves out there and, the first two games were absolutely fantastic down there in the summer but unfortunately we feel that as a team we let ourselves down in that last game just being slightly off the pace.  And of course New Zealand are up first aren’t they, so we are so excited

LD - Looking at the back-row that is extremely competitive area, do you feel the competition, the noise around you? Or do you just focus on yourself and thrive on the fact that the likes of Haskell is playing well and others at different clubs?

CR – You’d probably be lying if you said you didn’t feel it or notice what’s been written or said out there. As an individual there is always competition and you want to make sure that you are playing as well as possible and how do you go about that? Do you go about that by being drawn into what’s being said or do you speak to the coaches and the guys that matter and can help you and try to improve your game to get better? And that’s the way it’s got to be, you can’t be drawn into all that stuff.

LD – With the World Cup at the end of the year, it’s obviously an extremely big year for rugby, do you dare to dream about the end of next year and the World cup or do you just take it in each individual block? It must be at the back of your mind?

CR – It is, it is… you try not to, is probably the best way of putting it. I think everyone knows what’s happening and when it’s happening because every time we’re interviewed we are reminded. It is extremely exciting, don’t get me wrong and England are proving themselves and improving regularly I think and that it is the main thing. But we still have a little bit of a way to go with this Autumn Series coming, the Six Nations, which we’ve finished 2nd the last three years, we still feel there is something out there we want to grab, we want to claim…

… LD –Actually I was going to ask you about that because under your captaincy England have been improving all the time, winning big games but you’ve yet to win the tournament you really want to. Is that something - your clearly going to target - but that you’ve almost have to do before you take on the World Cup?

CR - Yeah I think so. It just gives you that backing doesn’t it. In the back of your mind you know what you’ve done and as international players and as a team we are judged truly on results, you can say you’ve played the prettiest rugby or whatever but at the end of the day if you’re not winning it doesn’t really matter.

The European Rugby Champions Cup kicks off today with Harlequins v Castres Olympique, exclusively live on BT Sport. BT Sport is the only place to watch top live matches from the new European Rugby Champions Cup, European Rugby Challenge Cup and the Aviva Premiership.

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