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Niyo: Michigan State has another bye week to keep faithful from bailing

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East Lansing — Only the true believers are left at this point.

And judging by the huge swaths of empty bleachers that greeted Michigan State’s football team when the players came out of the tunnel after halftime Saturday at Spartan Stadium, there aren’t many left.

The weather was miserable, and a gloomy afternoon only got worse once the game against sixth-ranked Penn State kicked off.

The rains came, as predicted. The home team couldn’t score, as usual. And long before time officially expired on Michigan State’s 28-7 loss, the fans were leaving in droves, as you’d expect.