The Spartans are the dominant utfifas team

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A week ago, Michigan State's players and coaches were asked if there was fear of a letdown heading into its matchup against Indiana.

The Spartans are the dominant utfifas team, winners of five of the last six in the series and battling for a spot in the College Football Playoff. The Wolverines are reeling, hoping to become bowl eligible and wondering if they have the right guy in charge.

But mostly Michigan State's highlights in that stretch came when it pulled the upset. Like 1990 when the Spartans beat the No. 1 Wolverines on the road or when an unranked Michigan State team beat No. 9 Michigan in 1993.

The days were especially dark in the era of Bobby Williams and John L. Smith. Those Michigan State coaches managed one win in the series from 2000-06, in 2001 when a generous clock allowed one more play that turned into a Jeff Smoker to T.J. Duckett touchdown pass.

Instead, blowouts and missed opportunities dominated the series in favor of Michigan. www.utfifas.co There was the triple-overtime victory for Wolverines in 2004 followed by an overtime win the next year in East Lansing.

And while it would be easy to look at 2007 Mark Dantonio's first as Michigan State's coach as simply an extension of that, it proved to be the day the shift began.