He’ll get a pass this season, deservedly so. A mulligan, if you will.
Mel Tucker was hired late, shut down by a pandemic before he really started, then lost more time with his Michigan State Spartans when the Big Ten called off the season.
So, yes, what has unfolded inside MSU football doesn't tell us much for where Mel Tucker and his program are headed. We’ve seen a few things, though, after seven games in this surreal and uneven season.
On Saturday afternoon at Penn State, we saw the best stretch of football Tucker’s Spartans have played all year:
A 21-point second quarter, not by fluke or turnover.