Disappointing doesn’t even begin to describe Michigan State’s 2018 season. The Spartans returned 19 starters to a team that finished 10-3 the year before and were limping to the finish line by the time November rolled around.
Injuries piled up, play-calling suffered and coaching blunders led to a 7-5 regular season followed up by a Redbox Bowl loss to Oregon, 7-6. Not only was that the final score of the game, but the record of the Spartans at the end of the season — it wasn’t a pretty way to finish.
The defense held up all year, but the offense was embarrassing, leading to some reshuffling of the staff on that side of the ball by Mark Dantonio.