Michigan State Football

Barnett is exactly what MSU needs as an interim head coach in the wake of the Mel Tucker scandal. But he simply isn't qualified for the permanent job — not in the least.

Tucker's incomprehensible self-destruction has cast MSU into chaos and uncertainty. But it also likely spared Spartan football far worse ruin.

MSU is virtually certain to terminate Mel Tucker for cause once his Title IX investigation has ended. So who will replace him atop the Spartan football program? We've put together a list of 18 potential candidates.

A prominent rape survivor and activist alleges that Tucker made sexual comments and masturbated while on a phone call with her. Tucker had invited her to speak to MSU football players about the perils of sexual violence and how they could be part of the solution.

MSU can't win when it plays CMU. In fact, the Spartans are only asking for trouble when they schedule the Chippewas. So why do they keep doing it?

Michigan State comes into 2023 desperate to reestablish itself as a winning program. The Spartans sputtered to 5-7 last year, a resounding thud following up 2021's 11-2 mark. That, plus the losses of the starting quarterback and top playmaker on offense, has caused faith in head coach Mel Tucker and his program to crater...

MSU hasn't even lost a game yet, but its $95 million head coach is getting a head start on making the case that anything and everything other than himself is to blame for another failed season.

The Big Ten performed a miracle two months ago when it released '24 and '25 football schedules that protected every conference rivalry, somehow reconciling expansion with tradition. That feat becomes even more difficult to replicate now that the league has swollen to 18 teams.

The Michigan Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would legalize alcohol sales at college stadiums through Michigan. The vote was a lopsided 36-2, but one of the two opposed was the senator representing the MSU community.

Michigan State's new football jerseys for 2023 have leaked and, despite the lack of neon, many Spartan fans are predictably upset.