New Brunswick, N.J. — Now everyone waits for the sport-jacketed bowl gurus to sort out some complexities and decide which schools are headed where for the holidays.
All that matters in East Lansing was sealed Saturday. Michigan State is back in the New Year’s Day conversation after a year in bowl exile.
The Spartans polished off a dreamy 2017 regular-season revival Saturday at High Point Solutions Stadium, whipping Rutgers, 40-7, to notarize a 9-3 season and perhaps set them up for a Jan. 1 finale at either of two Florida venues, the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, or the Outback Bowl in Tampa.