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Michigan State football: Video highlights from Monday’s MSU practice
Here are two minutes of video highlights from Michigan State’s football practice on Monday, Aug. 11
Michigan State football completed its final preseason scrimmage, providing clarity on personnel decisions.Sophomores Brandon Tullis and Makhi Frazier lead the running back competition.The offense showed improvement in the second scrimmage, with increased energy and fewer missed assignments.
EAST LANSING – The next time Michigan State football takes the field at Spartan Stadium, everything becomes real.
But before the Aug. 29 opener against Western Michigan, there remains work to be done and healing to happen. And the Spartans’ second and final preseason scrimmage helped deliver Jonathan Smith and his staff a little more clarity as they turn from camp mode into game preparation focus.
“Got a lot of hard work in, and it’s getting closer,” Smith said Monday, Aug. 18, of Saturday’s 100-play scrimmage. “It’s getting closer to game time. Still, we want to take advantage of the next less than two weeks here with practices and all that, but I’m pleased with where we’re at.”
Smith gave a little insight into one of the Spartans’ big personnel questions, pointing to sophomores Brandon Tullis and Makhi Frazier taking the lead in the battle at running back ahead of transfer Elijah Tau-Tolliver and freshmen Jace Clarizio and Zion Gist.
“Those two guys, Makhi and Brandon in the backfield carrying the ball, those guys stepped up and played really well,” Smith said. “The (offensive) line, we played I think eight or nine different guys in different groups with the (first- and second-team offense). It was good to see.”
Smith said the position movement along the offensive line has shifted more to swapping tackles and guards to either side of…
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