Xavier Henderson, Michigan State football (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
Michigan State football is returning the lowest number of starters in the Big Ten for 2020, but is that actually a bad thing for the Spartans?
Believe it or not, returning starters isn’t the most telling statistic when talking about how good a team might be in any given year.
Sure, having more returning starters helps, but when you have a disappointing season and many first-stringers fail to live up to their potential, starting fresh isn’t a bad thing — especially when a new coaching staff takes over.