Connor Earegood of The Detroit News shares three takeaways from Michigan State’s 20-17 loss to Iowa.

▶ Michigan State so close, yet so far, from victory .

Players jumped around, excited for the first time in a long time, as Michigan State entered the fourth quarter against Iowa. Up two scores, 17-7, here was the Spartans’ chance to close out a game and win its first Big Ten game to snap an eight-game skid.

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