Welcome to the Deadspin 25, a college football poll that strives to be more democratic and less useless than every other preseason poll. Leading up to the college football season kickoff, we will give you previews of the 25 teams that you, the readers, voted to be most worthy of writing about. Now, No. 5 Michigan State. Michigan State is the team that people know is really good, but don’t really care that much about. If only they were in a different division. The Spartans’ rise to prominence under Mark Dantonio has been well-received and noted, but they also happen to play in the same conference as Ohio State, so they didn’t really get as much love as they should have last year. Still, Michigan State scored 40.3 points per game, had the 14th-best offensive FEI of any team in the nation, and held opponents to 20.6 points per game. As a football coach, there’s not too much more you can ask your team to do. Advertisement Quarterback Connor Cook returns as the golden boy; he’s compiled a career record of 23-3, threw for 3,214 yards and 24 touchdowns last year, and will likely depart following this season as the greatest quarterback in school history. …
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