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Michigan State doomed by mental cramps in avoidable loss to Arizona State

Lansing State Journal's Graham Couch is joined by the Detroit Free Press' Chris Solari and Jeff Seidel to break down Michigan State's loss to ASU. Graham Couch and Chris Solari and Jeff Seidel, Lansing State Journal

TEMPE, Ariz. – You play. To win. The game.

So Arizona State coach Herm Edwards did the smart thing, the only thing, and ordered his quarterback to take a knee, as the clock ran down and Michigan State could only stand there, watching in vain.

Edwards played this perfectly.

Meanwhile, the Spartans seemed to make every mistake in the book.