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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 868025, member: 289"]
They have always been my second favorite college team. I've always regarded the Syracuse and Michigan  State programs as sister-ships.

In 1947, Biggie Munn took his entire staff from Syracuse to East Lansing to build them into a national power. One of his assistants was Duffy Daughetry, who had played for Munn and Ossie Solemn at Syracuse, (and was the brother of local TV personality Jean Daugherty). He became the Spartan's coach when Munn became the athletic director and had many successful teams. He and Ben Schwartzwalder were good friends. So were George Perles, a later Michigan State head coach and Dick MacPherson.  Now Chuck Bullough, part of a family full of Spartans, is our defensive co-ordinator.

Like Syracuse, the Spartans were a great power in the 50's, having four undefeated regular seasons and four more one-loss seasons from 1950-66 and winning a national championship in 1952 and a share of one in 1965. Like Syracuse they faded after that although, being a large state school, the Spartans didn't fade quite as far as we did. Still, consistent success eluded them and they lived in the shadow of Michigan and Ohio State, much as we were int he shadow of Penn State. They've had some good teams but their peaks (1974, 1978, 1987, 1999, 2010-11) but haven't been able to sustain success as they once did. I keep hoping for a comeback. Perhaps a 13-1 record with a Rose Bowl victory will be a peak they can maintain.
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