On Thursday night Michigan State Spartans senior center Matt Allen and junior safety Xavier Henderson spoke with media via Zoom primarily focused on the initial practices in pads thus far and how the lead up to “fall camp” has been going. The Only Colors was able to join the call, and I have a quick summary of their noteworthy comments below, paraphrased for accuracy.
Note: video courtesy of the Detroit Free Press
Despite having roughly a month off of practices that focused instead on strength and conditioning, practice coming in is not as bad as you think it is, but it is not as good as you hope it would be, either.