The term “final drive” used by Profisme is very specific, similar in the fashion to how Tom “Homer” Stuber likes to craft his bobcat stat narratives.
Time on the clock and score when MSU's starting QB Lamson and either Jones or Davis in the game:
MSU v. EWU - 3:22 left in 3rd Q, 43-3 MSU
MSU v. NAU - 12:51 left in 4th Q, 34-7 MSU
MSU v. ISU - 12:21 left in 4th Q, 41-14 MSU
MSU v. Cal Poly - End of Game
MSU v. UNC - 14:52 left in 4th Q, 41-0 MSU
Conversely, UM's conference games and Ah Yat or Gillman in the game:
UM v. Idaho - End of Game
UM v. ISU - End of Game
UM v. Cal Poly - End of Game
UM v. Sac State - End of Game
UM v. Weber - 14:55 left in the 4th Q
The thought that MSU was running up the score or padding stats does not appear to be correct, and they most certainly did not have Jones in the game when they were up 48-0.