From the opening kickoff, Michigan's Wolverines took a calculated risk. They knew it would take something special to stop the versatile multiple offense (TIME, Oct. 8) of Coach Duffy Daugherty's Michigan State powerhouse. Almost as if they had never heard of mousetrap blocks, Michigan's linemen wore themselves out firing into the State backfield. Ends slashed hard and fast at the ball carrier, linebackers gambled and charged headlong into offensive holes. For half the game the tactic worked. Until they put on one sustained 45-yd. drive late in the second quarter, the Spartans gained a total of only six yards on the...
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