East Lansing — Go ahead and book your hotel rooms. Plan your tailgates. Scalp your tickets, if you must.
Just don’t expect an RSVP from Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio — or his team — anytime soon.
They’ll be busy counting their steps while the rest of us flip the calendar and count the days. There’s that annual high-stakes turf war in Ann Arbor a month from now and a trip to Nebraska for a night game Nov. 7. But there’s one remaining opponent on Michigan State’s schedule that’s currently ranked in the Top 25.