East Lansing — Michigan State is scheduled to open the 2020 football season on Sept. 5 at Spartan Stadium against Northwestern and on Thursday, the university took its first step toward being prepared for that date.
Michigan State announced student-athletes in football and men’s and women’s basketball were being invited back to campus June 15 to begin the process to take part in voluntary offseason workouts, the first step in returning to action after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all sports back in early March, a move that wiped out the end of the season for some winter sports and completely eliminated most spring sports.