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Article: Inferiority complex gives Spartans new attitude Michigan State wants to shows its worth against in-state rival
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 9, 1999
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As much as any Michigan State University fan hates to say it, the
University of Michigan would not have been dismissed as easily as the
Spartans were this season.
Imagine it. A Michigan team with as talented a pair of receivers
as Gari Scott and Plaxico Burress and an experienced quarterback like
Bill Burke opening the season unranked.
A Spartans squad with a pair of stars such as defensive end
Robaire Smith and Julian Peterson going unnoticed by the pollsters? A
team with a solid secondary and experience kicking game not getting
its due in the polls?
Michigan State wasn't top five material or even top ten, for that
matter, to start the season. But coming from the Big Ten ...