This game was a turning point.
It was a turning point, I believe, for both programs.
For Michigan, it was a dominating win against a rival that, by-in-large has had Michigan's number for the better part of a decade. For Michigan State, it was the final straw remaining on an abysmal season which hasn't seen a victory since September. The glory days of 2014-15 seem like distant specs in the Spartan's rear-view.
Mark Dantonio, for all of the warranted hatred he receives outside of East Lansing, is the best head coach MSU has ever had. He's taken a once proud program and completely turned it around into a regular Big Ten contender.