Time is running short for new head coach Mel Tucker and his new Michigan State football staff to prepare for the upcoming, abbreviated Big Ten season.
Tucker put his team to work for the first time Saturday as the players scrimmaged at Spartan Stadium. He pointed to that being the first chance coaches have had to get a feel for how they compete in a game-like setting, which should not come as a surprise.
Tucker was hired late in the offseason on Feb. 12 and then spent a month assembling his staff. When it came time to put the pads on, the coronavirus pandemic shut them down before having a spring practice.