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Vintage Michigan State is back: 'We got that chip on our shoulder'

Michigan State players are eager to show last season's 10-3 mark was not a fluke as the Spartans prepare to open a new year Friday against Utah State. Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press

EAST LANSING — Minutes after Michigan State’s Holiday Bowl victory in San Diego, a jubilant Mark Dantonio was handed a large cardboard box with a sheet cake inside.

In green frosting, the writing on the cake read: “100.”

The number represented Dantonio’s 100th victory as head coach of the Spartans, who had just dismantled Washington State to cap a turnaround 10-win season.