Let us not forget where we started this season. Back in the summer, the expectations for the Michigan State Spartans were limited. My annual summer analysis suggested that MSU was likely to win only four or five games total.
The odds of winning eight games or more was only eight percent and the odds of getting to a record of 9-3 or better was right around three percent. So-called experts picked Michigan State to finish last in the Big Ten East. The Spartans were marginalized.
Former Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio used to say that football is “a game of inches.