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Where's Bubba? Readers want defensive terror on Michigan State Mount Rushmore

Back in the Michigan State football heyday of the 1960s, Bubba Smith terrorized opposing quarterbacks. Spartans fans screamed in delight, "Kill, Bubba, kill!"

Now, MSU fans are screaming, "Why is Bubba Smith not on the MSU football Mount Rushmore?!"

Bubba did not make the cut for the four faces on our Mount Rushmore of MSU football, although he was awfully close.

Mount Rushmore of Michigan State Football: Four greatest Spartans of all time

Mount Rushmore of Michigan State Football: Four greatest Spartans of all time

Mount Rushmore of Michigan State Football: Four greatest Spartans of all time

Instead, it was Mark Dantonio, George Webster, Lorenzo White and Percy Snow.