Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch breaks down Michigan State's football game against Penn State, 3:40 p.m. Saturday at Spartan Stadium. TV: CBS. Betting line: Penn State -7.

1. Alessio Milivojevic’s encore

MSU coach Jonathan Smith didn’t announce that Alessio Milivojevic would be the Spartans ’ starting quarterback this week. But it’s hard to see any other decision. Milivojevic wasn’t perfect in his first start two weeks ago at Minnesota, but the redshirt freshman did some good things and showed some promising traits — none more so than the ability and willingness to hang in the pocket against pressure. That’s not something you can easily teach.

Minnesota has a better pass rush statistically than Penn State, but the Nittany Lions have more talent on the edges. Milivojevic

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