EAST LANSING — Michigan State’s losing streak grew to five games Saturday night, when it lost to rival Michigan 31-20 in front of a Spartan Stadium crowd. Yet again, the Spartans couldn’t put together a complete performance. Yet again a winnable game went the other way.

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So, for yet another game, Michigan State players at the podium could only point to execution.

“Execution is big, and we didn’t do it,” quarterback Aidan Chiles said.

At this point, blaming execution is only half of the story for Michigan State (3-5, 0-5 Big Ten), because it’s more so that lack of improvement on that front is baffling about this team. For five weeks, executional errors have derailed these Spartans. Untimely false starts, missed blocks, busted coverages. All the details that went wrong Sa

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