Mel Tucker now has Michigan State at 1-3 after the Week 4 letdown to Minnesota. He knows that Michigan State can get through these tough times per Chris Solari of the Detroit Free Press.

The Spartans got embarrassed at home by the Golden Gophers in a 34-7 beating. Tucker emphasized that the team is constantly evaluating personnel, and that some scheme adjustments need to be made.

Tucker is also feeling good about his team’s chances because the issues are fixable. He even used the words “determined and optimistic” when talking about it.

The Michigan State HC broke down what has been going wrong on defense as well.

He thinks the problems have to do with defensive alignments and tackling. Other things that he noticed his defense lacking on Saturday was tighter coverage on pass defense, as well as getting pressure.

Michigan State has a lot of ground to make up in the B1G East. Ohio State, Michigan, and Penn State are all undefeated through Week 4 and Maryland is still in the conversation even though it has one loss.

The Spartans face the Terrapins next on Oct. 1.