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Michigan State football: Starting center is ... a game-time decision

Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio's weekly press conference to preview the Spartans' Big Ten opener Saturday at Indiana. Detroit Free Press

EAST LANSING — It’s a snap decision that Michigan State football plans to take as much time as possible with.

Who will start at center Saturday at Indiana?

Coach Mark Dantonio said it will be a game-time decision between junior Tyler Higby and sophomore Matt Allen when the 23rd-ranked Spartans travel to Bloomington to face the 3-0 Hoosiers (7:30 p.m., Big Ten Network).

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“We certainly have to try and figure that out as we go,” Dantonio said before MSU’s bye week, “and that's one of the things we figure out in the next couple weeks here.