Free Press sports writers share their predictions for the Michigan State football game against Penn State on Saturday (4 p.m., Fox Sports 1):
Carlos Monarrez
The lifeless husk of the Spartans’ corporeal being will drag itself into Beaver Stadium and function as nothing more than a stooge and a punching bag ready to be humiliated by 10th-ranked Penn State in its home finale. Michigan State won’t live down last week’s double-overtime home loss to Indiana for a long time. Maybe Mel Tucker gets his team to play for pride, but if the Spartans couldn’t muster enough pride on senior day in their home finale, it’s unlikely they’ll find enough pride to beat a Penn State team that has outscored Maryland and Rutgers, 85-10, the past two weeks.