Michigan State injury report revealed ahead of showdown against Richmond

The injury report has been revealed for Michigan State ahead of their showdown against Richmond.

As the Spiders enter Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, many are expecting Mel Tucker‘s squad to move to 2-0 when it’s all said and done. However, there’s a game to be played, and anything can happen on that field.

Here’s who won’t be out there to help the Spartans attempt to move to 2-0, with kickoff slated for 3:30 p.m. ET.

Injury report for Richmond at Michigan State:

Questionable:

• No. 1 Jaren Mangham

Out:

• No. 0 Alante Brown
• No. 6 Semar Melvin
• No. 10 Ma’a Gaoteote
• No. 13 Jarrett Jackson
• No. 16 Harold Joiner III
• No. 23 Darius Snow
• No. 68 Gavin Brocious
• No. 91 Alex VanSumeren

Mel Tucker shares biggest takeaways from Week 1 win

Moreover, Mel Tucker shared his biggest takeaways from Michigan State’s Week 1 win over Central Michigan and it wasn’t anything you could see with the naked eye. The Spartans head coach focused on his team’s attitude and demeanor. When that improved, the game improved.

“I mean, it wasn’t anything in particular,” Tucker said. “I really liked in terms of like, things, maybe you don’t see, like our attitude and our demeanor throughout the game. And our poise and our confidence and our pace was great. I told our guys I said, listen, this is going to be tough sledding, be ready to stick with the process, continue to play the next play. 

“I said, we might get booed, which we did. I said, don’t worry about it. Just continue to play the next play. Just keep chopping and keep chopping. And that was the attitude of our players and our coaches the entire game.”

In the 31-7 win, the Spartans led just 10-7 at halftime. But then they turned it up and outscored the Chippewas 21-0 in the final 30 minutes.

“I felt really good at halftime,” Tucker said. “I told Jay Johnson, I liked the way Noah’s playing. And we kept telling the guys, just stay with the process. Keep chopping, it’s coming. We’re gonna wear these guys down. And then once the guys kind of got the jitters out, and they were, you know, everyone stayed the course, we started to play better in all three phases. 

“So that’s what that was, that showed a level of maturity and togetherness. That was impressive to me as a coach.”