East Lansing – The only thing missing on Saturday at Spartan Stadium was the fans, and it’s probably a good things the Michigan State faithful weren’t around.
If they were, the chorus of boos would likely have been reigning down early and often as Michigan State opened the Mel Tucker era with a brutal performance, turning the ball over seven times. Rutgers, a team that had lost 21 straight Big Ten games, took advantage and rolled to a 38-27 victory.
It was the first win for Rutgers over Michigan State since it joined the conference in 2014, but it’s the fourth victory overall.