EAST LANSING – After pulling within seven points at USC, Michigan State needed another stop but couldn’t get one.

The Spartans allowed quarterback Jayden Maiava to dance around the pocket evading defenders before scrambling to move the sticks on third down as the Trojans pulled away for a win.

Four games, only six sacks and zero against its two Power 4 opponents. Michigan State’s pass rush was following a familiar and losing blueprint from last year before waking up. Although the Spartans are coming off a second straight road defeat, they finally got to the quarterback with five sacks in last week’s 38-27 loss at Nebraska.

“Obviously there was some pressure created. I thought our edge guys did a good job, I thought we got some good collapse of the pocket as well,” defensive coordinator

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