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- Fitzgerald said Michigan State had not practiced the look Notre Dame used on the first of two early-fourth-quarter sacks. He also cited lost one-on-one pass-protection matchups and said coaches would review protections, calls, fundamentals and whether they had put players in unsuitable matchups. He did not announce an offensive-line change. - Fitzgerald said Michigan State sometimes gave receivers free releases while playing press because defenders failed to use their hands, contrary to Hank Poteat's technique. He also wanted downfield holding and pass-interference penalties eliminated after a flag wiped out a takeaway. This was an execution critique, not an announced new coverage scheme. - Fitzgerald said Alessio Milivojevic and Nick Sheridan worked through missed opportunities together on the sideline. With Notre Dame expecting passes late, quicker releases could have relieved some pressure. He framed those decisions as quarterback development and thought Milivojevic handled the road test well, not as a quarterback change. - After Notre Dame, Fitzgerald said Brady Pretzlaff was out and could not finish. Cam Edwards was not on the injury report Fitzgerald had received, so the coach thought he should be fine; that was not a confirmed next-game clearance. Fitzgerald praised Jordan Hall's return. He supplied no diagnosis or recovery timetable for Pretzlaff.

- Intel: There's been a lot of pre-snap motion all year, but yes there was an uptick in misdirection, I thought.

- Michigan State's Antonio Johnson remains the second-string left tackle but also wears No. 80 as a jumbo tight end in Nick Sheridan's 2026 offense. He logged five, 11 and five snaps in that role over the first three games, adding size alongside the line. This is an established package role, not a move into the starting tackle job or a promised workload. - Against Notre Dame in 2026, Michigan State used an unbalanced line with Johnson eligible on the left edge beside the left guard and three linemen right of center. Johnson released upfield, but Alessio Milivojevic avoided a lurking safety and checked down to Cam Fancher at receiver, who dropped it. The design showed a receiving option; Johnson did not make a catch.

- Intel: Cousins TD pass to Cody White on drive extended by tush push run by Connor Heyward.