It’s amazing how quickly things can change in just one week’s time.
This time last week, I felt like I was grasping at straws to find positives from Michigan State’s abysmal season-opening loss to Rutgers. It was a brutal way to kickoff the Mel Tucker era, but a lot — if not all — of the pain and frustration from that loss was wiped away with yesterday’s upset win over the hated Michigan Wolverines, 27-24. The win was Tucker’s first as the Spartans new head coach and gave MSU fans something to truly point at as confidence in where he can lead this program.
Despite entering the game as more than three-touchdown underdogs, Michigan State never trailed in Saturday’s rivalry match-up. This was no fluke, and shows Michigan State may not be as bad as we all thought after last week.
Here are a handful of takeaways from yesterday’s win over No. 13 Michigan: