Michigan State football: 3 reasons Spartans may benefit from 2020 cancellation

2. Michigan State has a very young, inexperienced roster

While there are some veterans like Rocky Lombardi, Naquan Jones and Jacub Panasiuk on the roster heading into the season, the roster is incredibly young and inexperienced.

Gone are Brian Lewerke, Darrell Stewart Jr., Cody White, Joe Bachie, Kenny Willekes, Mike Panasiuk, Raequan Williams, Josiah Scott, David Dowell and Josh Butler. That’s a lot of combined starting experience on both sides of the ball and losing all of that production will definitely hurt.

When you look at the roster, Michigan State will be starting a new quarterback, second-year running back with a sophomore backup, three new receivers and eight new defenders. This team is undergoing a major overhaul and you can thank the attrition it suffered this past offseason. That doesn’t mean there isn’t talent, but the young guys need time.

Postponing the season until spring and extending the offseason would be great for these younger guys, especially the incoming freshmen.

Throwing 13 new starters into the fire without much of an offseason or any spring ball would more than likely lead to a disaster.