Spooky things have a tendency of happening on Halloween. Michigan State once had a terrifying trip to Minneapolis on Halloween night back in the John L. Smith era. In the lead up to this week’s game in Ann Arbor, all signs were pointing to another nightmarish afternoon for the Spartans at the hands of our eternal nemesis: the archvillain Michigan Wolverines.
The opening line in some places was a scary 25-points, which gave MSU only about a four percent chance of pulling an upset. An upset of that magnitude happens only slightly more than once in any given season, which is only a bit more frequent than a blue moon (which also took place Saturday night).