It’s all or nothing for MSU, which will either taste victory or taste the ashes of a season up in smoke Ohio State coach Urban Meyer, left, and Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio shake hands following last season’s game in East Lansing. The Buckeyes won, 49-37.(Photo: Al Goldis AP) EAST LANSING – Michigan State will come home to a packed Spartan Stadium, a rousing sendoff for a senior class coming off one of the great wins in school history and needing four more for a national championship. Or the going rate for a ticket will be a brief hug, and all involved parties will slog through a Nov. 28 MSU-Penn State game of little consequence. The Spartans will have a clear and navigable path to the College Football Playoff … or a standing invite to mid-60s temps and chain restaurant overload in Orlando, Fla. Connor Cook will beat the home-state Buckeyes in his first appearance at Ohio Stadium and make a case for an invitation to the Heisman Trophy ceremony in New York … or brace for five more months of analysts asking why he wasn’t voted captain. Urban Meyer will munch sadly on post-game food and MSU fans will scour the web for a picture of it … or Meyer will stand at 3-1 against Mark Dantonio and 31-0 in Big Ten regular-season games after No. 2 Ohio State (10-0, 6-0 Big Ten) beats No. 9 MSU (9-1, 5-1) on Saturday (3:30 p.m., ABC), strengthening OSU’s shot at a second straight national title and its claim as the Big Ten’s Big One. DETROIT FREE PRESS In the polls: MSU jumps to 9th, Michigan 14th Dantonio will be 2-2 against Meyer and in position for a third Big Ten championship in six years … or hoping for an 11-2 finish that would go down as a disappointment — which is a comment on what he has done with the MSU program but also on the mammoth expectations for this senior-laden, redshirt-burning team. …
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