... the “Celebrate the State Football Series” promised Michigan State would be playing the three directional Michigan schools from the 2011 season until 2020.

Despite the obvious positives this has for both MSU and Central, Western, and Eastern Michigan universities—MSU gets cheap out-of-conference games and the Mid-American Conference schools get a guaranteed Big Ten team—there are some negatives, namely, the chance that MSU may lose those games.

Take Sept. 13 for example. MSU hosts the Chippewas, and thanks to a lot of Dan Lefevour and a little bit of luck, the Spartans drop the game. It’s an embarrassment that hasn’t been felt since the George Perles era and the type of game State fan...

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