East Lansing — Mel Tucker snapped his fingers.
That’s how quickly momentum can change, the Michigan State coach explained, and that’s how quickly it changed on Saturday night for the 20th-ranked Spartans as they hosted Nebraska.
On a night the offense was stuck in the mud, it was special teams and defense that bailed out Michigan State, abruptly shifting a game that felt for most of the second half like it would be a loss into a 23-20 victory in overtime in front of 70,332 relieved fans at Spartan Stadium.
“We talked about the pendulum swinging back and forth,” Tucker said.