SEATTLE – That wasn’t the worst performance by Michigan State in the Mel Tucker era. But it was the most disappointing. The most alarming.
Because MSU was outclassed in every facet by a program in an earlier stage of its rebuild than the Spartans are under Tucker.
It was an abysmal defensive performances, sans one goal-line stand that also turned into a disaster when MSU’s offense couldn’t get the ball out of the end zone on the next play. There is complementary football and then there is what MSU did in Saturday’s 39-28 loss to the Huskies, that didn't feel that close.