Michigan State Football: A year in review

With Saturday’s 17-16 victory over TCU in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, Michigan State was able to come away with a win in their second straight bowl game and finish the season at 7-6, the 5th winning season for the Spartans in the past six years. But despite ending the season on a good note and winning a bowl game in consecutive years for the first time since 1989-90, it was still nowhere near the type of season Michigan State was planning on having. After all, they came into the season with the highest expectations they’ve had in years. Coming off of back-to-back 11 win seasons, the Spartans were ranked as high as 13 in the preseason AP poll and were also expected to have one of the best defenses in the nation. However, even with the high expectations placed upon this years’ squad, there were still some questions surrounding this team. One of the most glaring of these questions was how they would replace possibly the best passing attack in school history? With the departure of quar...