MSU football posts brutal season in beat writer's EA Sports video game simulation

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If the real football season goes anything like one recent video game simulation from a beat writer, then Pat Fitzgerald may not see a second season in East Lansing, Mich.

Emmett Matasovsky of Spartan Shadows recently ran a simulated season in the new EA Sports college football video game, specifically focusing on the Spartans. And, well, it didn't go well at all for Michigan State.

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According to a social media post from Matasovsky, Michigan State finished the season with a 1-11 overall record and 1-8 mark in Big Ten play. If you can do the math on that, you'll realize Michigan State lost all three of its non-conference games including a season-opening loss to Toledo followed by another home loss to Eastern Michigan.

The lone win for the Spartans came during their homecoming matchup against Illinois by the score of 42-17. If you click on the embedded social media post below, you can see some more stats and numbers from Matasovsky on the simulated season:

Michigan State is entering the season with low expectations in the first season under Fitzgerald. But even those low expectations still have Michigan State projected to win around four games -- not one. Additionally, it would truly be astonishing if the Spartans were to open the season with back-to-back losses to Mid-American Conference teams at home. Like I said at the top, if the Spartans lose to both Toledo and Eastern Michigan, then I will find it hard for Fitzgerald to be welcomed back for a second season.

These kind of simulations are fun to run and I'm personally interested in doing this myself soon when I get the new version of the video game. I just hope this particular simulation isn't telling for the upcoming season in real life...

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