Comparing notes on Michigan State and Rutgers with NJ.com beat writer Dan Duggan

EAST LANSING — For the second consecutive week Michigan State will be tangling with an unfamiliar foe, hosting new Big Ten member Rutgers at noon Saturday.

It’s the first time the No. 10-ranked Spartans (8-2, 5-1 Big Ten) have tangled with the Scarlet Knights (6-4, 2-4) since 2004, when Rutgers handed Michigan State a 19-14 defeat to take a 3-2 lead in the all-time series.

I caught up with Rutgers beat writer Dan Duggan of NJ.com earlier this week, first to answer some questions for his publication, and again for this feature as well as Friday’s weekly “position breakdown” segment on MLive.com.

Here are the five questions Duggan and I answered about the respective teams we cover: - Read more at MLive.com