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Defensive lineman Jacques Bristol believes he can bring run-stopping and leadership to a franchise.

Thirteen Michigan State players — and counting — have entered the transfer portal since Jonathan Smith was named the Spartans' new head football coach.

Thirteen Michigan State players — and counting — have entered the transfer portal since Jonathan Smith was named the Spartans' new head football coach.

The Spartans are banged up heading into the game.

Saturday afternoon's Michigan State vs. Minnesota game will tell us a lot about the Spartans. Will they end their losing skid?

The Paul Bunyan Trophy is up for grabs this weekend as Michigan and Michigan State do battle on Saturday night in East Lansing. Michigan State comes in at 2-4, riding a four game losing streak and reeling from a titanic collapse against Rutgers last weekend in Piscataway. Their offense didn't have a bad outing and were boasting a new QB, so plenty to talk about today:    The Film: Due to the elevation of Katin Houser to the starting QB job, I had to go with last week's defeat at Rut...

What is this diary? After each week, I take a deep dive into the box scores and team pages from Pro Football Focus, Game on Paper, College Football Data, and more websites for as many Big Ten teams as I can manage. I try to cover as many teams as I can each week, but life often makes that impossible. (This week, it didn't! I covered every team that played! [Kinda.]) I try to generate a couple blurbs based on the statistics I find compelling from each game/team.

This is the fourth straight home game to start the season and the first Big Ten game of the season for the Spartans as well.

Strong QB play and a potential superstar RB await the Huskies in East Lansing.

Saturday's Michigan State vs. Richmond game won't be on the list of games of the week, but this is an important tune-up for the Spartans.