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Payton Thorne addresses questions on Mel Tucker’s message to MSU coming out of Week 9

Scott Green

By Scott Green

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Payton Thorne had his answer for the questions about last weekend’s incident at Michigan. During his Tuesday media availability, Thorne was asked about Mel Tucker’s message to the Spartans coming out of Week 9.
According to Thorne, that’s a message that is staying in-house within the program moving forward. Per Chris Solari of Detroit Free Press:

Thorne seems to understand that something like this can become a major distraction during the team’s preparation for Illinois. He made it clear that Tucker’s statements are the only answer that the team would provide and that they are moving forward.

“As Spartans, our program has a responsibility to uphold the highest level of sportsmanship,” Tucker said via a statement on social media two days ago. “While emotions were very high at the conclusion of our rivalry game at Michigan Stadium, there is no excuse for behavior that puts our team or our opponents at risk.”

Tucker also mentioned that the team would provide “complete cooperation with law enforcement, the Big Ten Conference and MSU and UM leadership” during the investigation into what happened.

Thorne and the players seem to be focused on getting ready for the remainder of the season as they prepare to improve from their 3-5 start.

Scott Green

Scott Green has been covering and following college football since 2017. After primarily covering the Georgia Bulldogs, Scott began to branch out and build relationships with other national media members. He played football and graduated from the LaGrange College in 2014. He currently is enlisted in the Georgia Army National Guard after deploying with them in 2019 to Afghanistan.