Dallas — Michigan State is about to play the toughest kid on the block, and the Spartans will be best served to stand up to them.
That’s the way ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit sees the Cotton Bowl matchup between No. 3 Michigan State and No. 2 Alabama on Thursday with the winner earning a spot in the national championship game.
“When you play a team like Alabama that’s kind of a bully, they beat people mentally before they get into the game,” Herbstreit said on Wednesday. “You’ve got to show them, ‘We’re here for 60 minutes.