Outcoaching Mel Tucker will be a key for Larry Johnson
Mel Tucker said MSU had more of “a 12-hour rule” instead of 24 after upsetting Northwestern to quickly turn to preparing for No. 4 Ohio State. “I expect to win every game on our schedule,” he says and not a mindset “to give it the old college try and see what happens.”
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) December 4, 2020
Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker has not had a great first season, but that does not mean he isn’t a good coach. He coached with the Buckeyes from 2001-2004 and has been a coach on two national championship teams, the 2002 Buckeyes, and the 2015 Alabama team. However, this is only his second head coaching stop after his first run at Colorado.
Larry Johnson will have to rely on his assistants around him as he tries to fill the shoes of Ryan Day. If Johnson can get the team in the right positions against the Spartans, the talent of Ohio State should take over.