Pat Caputo: Spartans Must Beat Wisconsin To Shatter The Notion It All Comes Back To The Wolverines
The big game for Michigan State had been Michigan.
Beat Michigan - it was a good season. Lose to Michigan - it was business as usual.
While Michigan will always be MSU's primary rival, it's no longer that simple.
The biggest game the Spartans have played in decades is Saturday in Indianapolis. If MSU defeats Wisconsin in the first Big Ten championship football game, the Spartans will go to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1988. If they lose to the Badgers, it would still be a successful season in a certain sense, but disappointing in another.
