EAST LANSING, Mich. – For Michigan State football, November isn’t a month.
It’s a season unto itself.
The sensation of heading into postseason play has been heightened by an October-ending bye that serves as a line of demarcation separating what was from what could be.
It matters greatly that the Spartans are 8-0 going into Saturday night’s game at Nebraska, but not a whit that they are No. 7 in the first College Football Playoff ranking, released Tuesday night.
Well, except for the part about being listed behind two one-loss teams – No.