Bob Wojnowski, Angelique S. Chengelis and Matt Charboneau preview the UM-Maryland and MSU-Northwestern games this weekend. The Detroit News, The Detroit News
East Lansing — Sometimes a team just has your number.
Every team seems to have one — that team on the schedule that, no matter how each is playing that season, seems to be the proverbial thorn in the side.
For No. 20 Michigan State, that team over the years has been Northwestern.
Mark Dantonio is 5-4 in his tenure against the Wildcats, who have won three of four in the series and have won two in a row at Spartan Stadium.