Iowa City, Iowa — Antjuan Simmons kept pounding his fist into the table, doing his level-best to hammer home his point.
The Michigan State senior linebacker had just forced himself through the Spartans’ 49-7 loss at Iowa, far from 100% healthy but doing his best to play as many snaps as he could.
Unfortunately for Simmons and the Spartans, it was an effort that mattered little as Iowa rolled over Michigan State, sending the Spartans home reeling after just three weeks of this shortened season.
Three weeks in and Michigan State, along with first-year coach Mel Tucker, is searching for something, anything, to build on.