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Conference Championships: Virginia in the ACC, Florida in the SEC, Michigan State in the Big Ten
Selection Sunday slightly puts the conference tournaments out of the spotlight, but tournament champions were declared in the ACC, where Virginia beat Duke; the SEC, in which Florida overcame Kentucky; an the Big Ten, with Michigan State beating Michigan.
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NFL Rumors – Denver Broncos Intersted in Drafting Max Bullough
This offseason has been mostly about improving the defense for the Denver Broncos, but they’re still looking for a middle linebacker upgrade, and probably looking to the draft and specifically Max Bullough of Michigan State to be that man.
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Michigan State vs Michigan For the Big Ten Tournament Title
Something weird happened this season for both teams. Michigan looked bad during the non-conference part of the season, but finished with the Big Ten title for the second time in three years, including beating Michigan State twice. The Spartans looked like the best team in the nation during the first half of the season, but lost seven times in the final 12 games of the regular season.
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Michigan State Beats Ohio State – Big Ten Not Just About One Team
While the Big Ten has officially started its conference play for over a week, it isn’t until a big name is taken down that we know it’s really here. Michigan State aren’t exactly unknown upstarts, but they’ve certainly shaken things up by beating the previously undefeated Ohio State 72-68.
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Michigan State Beats Stanford – Rose Bowl Goes to Big Ten
It has taken five years for a Big Ten team to reclaim the Rose Bowl, as Michigan State came to Pasadena and simply outplayed Stanford with a slight twist in the story: Instead of a dominant running game, they won thanks to Connor Cook putting on a passing clinic.
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Michigan State – Perfection Going Down The Drain
Defense is always the less impressive thing, but Ohio State came into the Big Ten championship game with some pretty impressive offensive numbers to back them up, not to mention a 24-0 record over the last two years. The end result? Michigan State, their first top 10 opponent in that time span, were simply too good, and while the Spartans head over to the Rose Bowl, the Buckeyes saw their national championship dreams destroyed, now left to hope their get an at-large BCS invite.
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Big Ten Championship Game – Ohio State vs Michigan State Predictions
For Michigan State, the biggest prize out of the conference championship game is winning the Big Ten for the first time for the second time in four seasons. For Ohio State, there’s a lot more in stake – from remaining undefeated a second straight year to making the BCS national championship game.
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North Carolina Tar Heels – The Most Confusing Team in The Nation
So how good are North Carolina? One of the best, based on their wins against Louisville and now number one ranked Michigan State? Or hopeless, like the group that lost to Belmont and UAB? At this stage of the season, it seems like everyone is trying to find out their true identity, but a win at East Lansing points towards Roy Williams having a shot at his best season in a very long time.
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Michigan State vs Kentucky – Don’t Need One and Done Player to be Great
Once again, John Calipari presents a team with four freshmen in the lineup who won’t be playing for Kentucky after the season is over. In their first test of the season, they ended up losing to Michigan State 78-74 in the Champions Classic, a team without a single freshman in the lineup, instead leaning on the excellent senior duo of Keith Appling and Alexander Payne.
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Michigan State Spartans – The Last Hope of the Big Ten
By beating Michigan 29-6 with some very impressive defensive stands, Michigan State position themselves not only as the favorites to come out of their division to the Big Ten championship game, but also as a team that’s more than capable of beating Ohio State when the time comes.