Reaction, fallout to MSU suspending Mel Tucker following Title IX sexual harassment complaint

The Michigan State football team beat Richmond on Saturday to
improve to 2-0, but that's on the backburner now as an
investigative story from USA TODAY's Kenny Jacoby that coach Mel
Tucker was being investigated in a Title IX sexual harassment
case was published early Sunday morning.


And shortly after the publication of that story, Tucker was
suspended by the school without pay amid the investigation with
perhaps a final resolution coming in the week of Oct. 5, when
there's a formal hearing.


Lansing State Journal sports columnist Graham Couch and Detroit
Free Press beat writer Chris Solari deliver their reaction to the
news and the fallout of the suspension on this week's Spartan
Speak podcast. They delve into the school's decision to suspend
him, what it means to the program, thoughts on Teresa Woodruff
and Alan Haller's Sunday press conference that left more
questions than answers, how it impacts the players and their
initial thoughts on Harlon Barnett stepping in as the interim
head coach.