The Michigan State football team beat Richmond on Saturday to improve to 2-0, but that's on the backburner now as an investigative story from USA TODAY's Kenny Jacoby that coach Mel Tucker was being investigated in a Title IX sexual harassment case was published early Sunday morning.



And shortly after the publication of that story, Tucker was suspended by the school without pay amid the investigation with perhaps a final resolution coming in the week of Oct. 5, when there's a formal hearing.



Lansing State Journal sports columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press beat writer Chris Solari deliver their reaction to the news and the fallout of the suspension on this week's Spartan Speak podcast. They delve into the school's decision to suspend him, what it means to the program, thoughts on Teresa Woodruff and Alan Haller's Sunday press conference that left more questions than answers, how it impacts the players and their initial thoughts on Harlon Barnett stepping in as the interim head coach.

The Michigan State football team beat Richmond on Saturday to improve to 2-0, but that's on the backburner now as an i<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/09/10/michigan-state-football-coach-sexual-harassment-claim/70679703007/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/09/10/michigan-state-football-coach-sexual-harassment-claim/70679703007/">nvestigative story from USA TODAY's Kenny Jacoby that coach Mel Tucker was being investigated in a Title IX sexual harassment case</a> was published early Sunday morning.
 
And shortly after the publication of that story, <a href="https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/columnists/graham-couch/2023/09/10/mel-tucker-michigan-state-football-sexual-harassment-allegation-graham-couch-opinion/70816082007/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/columnists/graham-couch/2023/09/10/mel-tucker-michigan-state-football-sexual-harassment-allegation-graham-couch-opinion/70816082007/">Tucker</a> was <a href="https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2023/09/10/michigan-state-mel-tucker-allegations-football-coach-news-conference-firing/70817873007/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2023/09/10/michigan-state-mel-tucker-allegations-football-coach-news-conference-firing/70817873007/">suspended by the school without pay</a> amid the investigation with perhaps a final resolution coming in the week of Oct. 5, when there's a formal hearing.
 
Lansing State Journal sports columnist Graham Couch and Detroit Free Press beat writer Chris Solari deliver their reaction to the news and the fallout of the suspension on this week's Spartan Speak podcast. They delve into the <a href="https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2023/09/10/mel-tucker-sexual-harassment-claim-brenda-tracy-michigan-state/70815590007/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2023/09/10/mel-tucker-sexual-harassment-claim-brenda-tracy-michigan-state/70815590007/">school's decision to suspend him</a>, what it means to the program, <a href="https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/columnists/graham-couch/2023/09/11/mel-tucker-michigan-state-focus-shifts-to-timing-of-suspension/70818728007/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/columnists/graham-couch/2023/09/11/mel-tucker-michigan-state-focus-shifts-to-timing-of-suspension/70818728007/">thoughts on Teresa Woodruff and Alan Haller's Sunday press conference</a> that left more questions than answers, how it impacts the players and their initial thoughts on <a href="https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/college/msu/football/2023/09/10/harlon-barnett-mel-tucker-acting-michigan-state-football-coach/70818852007/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/college/msu/football/2023/09/10/harlon-barnett-mel-tucker-acting-michigan-state-football-coach/70818852007/">Harlon Barnett stepping in as the interim head coach</a>.

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