Rose Bowl Is a Thorn for Michigan State

Michigan State Saturday in the Big Ten title game bookies Wisconsin in the conference title when he was denied the Spartans. Rose Bowl, and so lose it was a cruel place perfect.

Michigan State Rose Bowl because the champion in 1987 Big Ten football season is typical for the award. However, the previous one, the Spartans' last visit in 1965 season.

The big and Pac-12 schools except Indiana, and Oregon State Rose Bowl drought of Minnesota-it-but even in those cases in schools, who was 40 years, half a century. On the contrary, the Spartans started the game in Nebraska this season aside, the Big Ten Conference games, the fourth highest winning percentage (.551) are available.

But Michigan State has repeatedly found a way to spend New Year Pasadena. From the 1966 Big Ten team back into the team after the Rose Bowl in a row would not let go because it could go to Notre Dame, shared the national title. In 1978, the team was in compliance with sanctions.

Spartans are the name of the conference in 1990, but lost a tiebreaker. The first is based on the 2010 team, but one of the masters (Wisconsin) and slugging (Ohio State), the other plays, even when he lost a tiebreaker. (In Wisconsin).

The Spartans opened the season in the Big Ten said that for the first time since 1987, he said. However, there was a Big Ten title game was launched.