Photo: Steven King/Icon Sportswire Michigan State’s upset of Ohio State last week preserved more than a shot at this year’s Big Ten title and College Football Playoff. The 1965-66 Spartans still allone hold the conference record of back-to-back unbeaten and untied Big Ten titles that they established a half-century ago. Ohio State was in position to match the 1965-66 Spartans prior to Saturday’s game. Ohio State was two Big Ten wins from adding an 8-0 record in 2015 to the 8-0 mark the Buckeyes posted in 2014 en route to their conference and national titles. But the Spartans stopped the streak with a 17-14 win in the rain at Ohio Stadium. And Michigan State’s 1965 and 1966 teams coached by Duffy Daugherty remain alone having managed the back-to-back feat in the era of uniform conference schedules. The 1965 Spartans went 7-0 and the 1966 team followed with another 7-0 record All of Michigan State’s old-timers celebrated the win over Ohio State, but it was an especially celebratory time for Clinton Jones. The Spartans’ two-time All-American halfback on the 1965 and 1966 teams enters the College Football Hall of Fame on Dec. 8 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. “That shows you how difficult it is,” Jones told Today’s U. “(Michigan State coach) Mark Dantonio made this possible. He has bridged the gap from our teams to the 21st century…
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