EAST LANSING, Mich. — At Big Ten media days in July, former Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker boasted this was the most talent he had in East Lansing. He lasted two games before being ousted from his position due to an internal scandal, but it was evident even before he left the program that the Spartans were in real trouble this year.
Five games later, MSU is 2-5, and interim head coach Harlon Barnett has had no answers.
First it was the 41-7 drubbing by Washington, but Michigan came into Spartan Stadium and made it much worse, beating MSU, 49-0.
Barnett didn’t talk a great deal about Michigan football after the game, but here is what he did say about the Wolverines in his postgame press conference.