Michigan State Spartans football coach Mel Tucker speaks to the media on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in East Lansing. Detroit Free Press
A month has passed — 30 days to be exact — since Mel Tucker stepped on a platform and was introduced as Michigan State’s new football coach.
It was a festive occasion that provided closure to a madcap period that featured the surprise resignation of Mark Dantonio, the failed courtship of Luke Fickell, the inflammatory comments of trustee Brian Mosallam, and Tucker’s midnight escape from Colorado.
Upon arriving in East Lansing on Feb.