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Michigan State football: Mired in 3-game skid, challenge only starting for Spartans

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland is in the rearview. So are Washington and Minnesota.

Three games, three losses. A myriad problems, a minuscule number of answers and, now, the pressure on Mel Tucker and Michigan State football only multiplies.

Following Saturday's 27-13 loss at Maryland is a visit from the Ohio State buzzsaw that obliterated Tucker’s team a year ago. So how exactly can the Spartans change their approach to be competitive (or pull off one of the more improbable upsets in MSU history) against the third-ranked Buckeyes?