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Ahead of their matchup against Eastern Michigan, Michigan State head coach Pat Fitzgerald emphasized a meritocracy-based approach, stating that players must demonstrate high effort in practice to earn playing time. The game featured a notable quarterback storyline involving Michigan State’s Alessio Milivojevic and former Spartan Noah Kim. Michigan State ultimately defeated Eastern Michigan 35-7 at Spartan Stadium. The victory was supported Stadium, improving their season record to 2-0. While the Spartans held a narrow 14-7 lead at halftime, they secured the win by scoring 21 unanswered points in the second half. Offensively, running back Cam Edwards led the effort with 152 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Quarterback Alessio Milivojevic threw two touchdown passes, including a strong second-half performance, highlighted 38-yard strike to Charles Taplin, marking Taplin’s first career touchdown. The defense was bolstered by defensive tackle Eli Coenen recording Coenen, who recorded two sacks sacks, and wide receiver Charles Taplin scoring Brantley, who forced and recovered a 38-yard touchdown. fumble in the third quarter. Following the game, head coach Pat Fitzgerald emphasized that despite the victory, the team needs to improve fundamentals such as gap protection and tackling.