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Around the Big Ten, Week 1: Michigan falters, favorites avoid disaster

Every Sunday, after an entire Saturday’s worth of college football, we’ll take a look around the Big Ten. As the conference as a whole fights as respectability in the non-conference, or as its power dynamics shift on a week-to-week basis this fall, we’ll follow every team and try to piece togather the puzzle that is the 13-week-long season all the way up until Indianapolis.

Here are the top storylines from Week 1:

1. Michigan State holds on against Utah State

No. 11 Michigan State’s home-opener did not go as expected, with the Spartans barely holding off the Utah State Aggies to prevent a disastrous upset.