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How Mel Tucker is preparing Michigan State football for new-look Western Michigan

EAST LANSING — Game week has arrived, and so has Mel Tucker’s coach speak.

That means not giving away many — if any — secrets for what No. 14 Michigan State football has planned for Friday night, when Western Michigan visits Spartan Stadium for the season-opener.

“We don't want to help our opponents,” Tucker said Monday during his first weekly press conference. “I try to answer the questions as best I can, but I'm always going to do what's best for the green and white.”

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In other words, Tucker was reluctant to give concrete answers to some of the more pressing questions about his team four days away from their 7 p.