EAST LANSING - Michigan State’s team leaders took care of it right away, having no idea at the time how often the discussion would be necessary.
After a season-opening 37-24 win over Western Michigan, in which a 24-point MSU lead turned into a late Vayante Copeland interception to keep it from becoming a one-possession game, the locker room was grim. This was not the look of a top-5 team.
“You kind of got the sense in the locker room that everybody wasn’t happy with the win because we didn’t play as well as we should have, and we kind of spoke about that after,” said MSU senior linebacker and tri-captain Darien Harris.