New Brunswick, N.J. — Now they wait for the sport-jacketed bowl gurus to sort out some complexities and decide which schools are headed where for the holidays.
The Spartans are thrilled. They’re back in the New Year’s Day conversation after a year in bowl exile.
They polished off a remarkable 2017 regular-season revival Saturday at High Point Solutions Stadium, whipping Rutgers, 40-7, to cement a 9-3 season and perhaps set them up for a Jan. 1 finale at either of two Florida venues, the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, or the Outback Bowl in Tampa.
The Spartans handled what passed for a football obligation Saturday, whipping Rutgers, one of the Big Ten’s truly needy fraternities and a team that was no physical match for MSU.