(Photo: Dale G. Young, Detroit News)
East Lansing — For almost a month, Brian Lewerke didn’t throw a football.
The Michigan State quarterback had been in and out of the lineup the second half of last season, dealing with a bum shoulder he originally hurt in a mid-October win at Penn State.
As the Spartans offense stumbled through the season, Lewerke tried to play but often it came with frustrating results. There was the 5-for-25 outing in the loss to Michigan, followed by 11-for-20 at Maryland and 11-for-28 against Ohio State. By the time the Spartans hit the final two weeks of the regular season with any chance at winning the Big Ten East lost, Lewerke gave way to redshirt freshman Rocky Lombardi.