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Michigan State football an underdog again? Doesn't matter as Spartans head to Iowa

Whether by three touchdowns or one, Michigan State football is starting to learn what it is like to be the underdog.

For the second straight week, the Spartans head on the road with the odds against them. Even thought they beat Michigan soundly Saturday, even though their next opponent, Iowa, is winless.

“If you go in there not expecting to win the game, you got no chance first of all,” said junior quarterback Rocky Lombardi, who is from Clive, Iowa. “Obviously, we thought we had a good chance, and really if you go back and look at the tape from Week 1, I know people gave us a lot of crap for how we played.