Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch grades Michigan State’s football team after its 23-20 overtime loss at Minnesota on a scale of 1-10.

OFFENSE: 5

MSU moved the ball pretty well at times Saturday, racking up 212 yards on the ground (losing 56 of that to sacks) and 311 yards passing via the arm of new starting quarterback Alessio Milivojevic. The Spartans produced a few explosive plays, including a 71-yard catch and run for a touchdown by Rodney Bullard, a 49-yard throw and catch to Nick Marsh, and a late 85-yard run by Elijah Tau-Tolliver. That two of those plays didn’t end in touchdowns left the Spartans with work to do near the goal line. Both times, they had to settle for field-goal attempts. MSU was not very good in the red zone Saturday and that’s one of the reasons they

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