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Michigan State braces for stingy Northwestern as quarterback competition continues

While most of us adjust to a holiday week unlike any we’ve seen in our lifetimes, it will be business as usual at Michigan State.

That’s partly because folks are being discouraged from gathering in large groups for Thanksgiving because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but for the Spartans, it’s as much about getting prepared to take on No. 11 Northwestern on Saturday after having last week’s game at Maryland canceled.

“We’re going to have a normal week,” coach Mel Tucker said on Tuesday. “We had a normal Monday practice, we’re gonna have a physical practice (Tuesday) and Wednesday and then have a de-load, no-sweat Thursday, we’ll have a fast Friday and then we'll take it into the game.