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Northwestern-Michigan State preview: MSU Q&A with Stephen Brooks of 247Sports.com

The Wildcats travel to East Lansing to take on a Michigan State team it holds a two-game winning streak over. We chatted with Stephen Brooks, who covers Michigan State for 247Sports.com, to get the low-down on the Spartans. Follow Stephen on Twitter here.

InsideNU: Michigan State’s defense has really picked things up since the season opener again Utah State. What has keyed that change?

Stephen Brooks: MSU has gotten slightly better at defending the short and intermediate passing game, but that’s how everybody attacks the Spartans this year.