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Cotton Bowl 2015, Michigan State vs Alabama: 5 reasons Spartans will win

Heading into Thursday night’s New Year’s Eve matchup between Michigan State and Alabama, the national media is giving the Spartans next to no chance of winning. Heck, all five experts on College GameDay picked the Crimson Tide to roll over MSU, and that’s quite alright.

Every year around this time, experts doubt Michigan State and the Spartans always find a way to win. This team has won four straight bowl games and has five 10-plus win seasons in the past six years, an incredible stat for a program that was irrelevant before Mark Dantonio got to East Lansing.