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A lot of people have already forgotten that Michigan State pulled out wins in Ann Arbor and Columbus and ultimately won the B1G Championship last year.
Surprisingly, not a single media member picked Michigan State to win the B1G for a second straight year. Michigan and Ohio State took nearly all the votes.
The Spartans will start the season as a likely top-15 team, but with plenty of doubt as to whether or not they can repeat as B1G champs.
This “Back2Back” hype video is a good reminder that they have plenty of reasons to continue to have a chip on their shoulders in 2016:
Connor O'Gara is the senior national columnist for Saturday Tradition. He's a member of the Football Writers Association of America. After spending his entire life living in B1G country, he moved to the South in 2015.