Let's be honest.
The odds are extremely long for Michigan State to win back-to-back U.S. Amateur championships.
But it would not be without precedent — in fact, recent precedent. In 2019 and 2020, Georgia Tech did it when Andy Ogletree and Tyler Strafaci won consecutive U.S. Amateurs. Now, Michigan State's Troy Taylor II is looking to do what his former teammate, James Piot, did last year, when Piot, the Canton native, became the first Michigan native to win the U.S. Amateur.
Taylor will be among 312 participants teeing it up starting Monday in Paramus, New Jersey.