Michigan State went 9-2 during the 1999 regular season.
This was only Sparty's second nine-win season since 1966, so it was a pretty big deal. The bigger deal was MSU's triumphant emergence from the anchor of a four-year NCAA probation that had been George Perles' parting gift to the program.
The Spartans had nine wins, all of their suspended scholarships returning, no NCAA gray cloud overhead and were officially contenders again. Alas, the celebration was muted for worthy reasons.
Those two losses were of the ugly variety; by 24 and 30 points to Purdue and Wisconsin respectively.