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What pressure? Mel Tucker not 'comfortable' but 'confident' in Michigan State football

EAST LANSING – Mel Tucker isn't worried about pressure. At least not from the outside.

Internally, though?

“I put a tremendous amount of pressure on myself all the time,” he said Monday. “So the pressure I feel is the same pressure I feel every day and for the last 27 years – to coach hard and to get the people that are around me to coach hard and play hard.”

It’s finally game week again for Michigan State football. When Central Michigan arrives Friday to Spartan Stadium, Tucker will begin his fourth year with a number of roster questions he wouldn’t answer going into the season opener.