CLOSE MSU players and coaches are amping up for a Big Ten showdown at Ohio State. (Chris Solari/DFP) Michigan State’s Joe Bachie, left, Chris Frey, center, and Josiah Scott, right – all from Ohio – celebrate a key play in the Spartans’ win at Michigan on Oct. 7.(Photo: Leon Halip, Getty Images) EAST LANSING – When Michigan State beats Ohio State in football, it is a testament to perhaps two things above all else: coaching continuity and Ohio ties. And make no mistake about it, beating Ohio State has given Mark Dantonio’s program its trajectory — 2013 and 2015 don’t look quite the same without the wins over the Buckeyes. Ohio is part of the fabric of MSU under Dantonio. It was essential to his beginnings in East Lansing and to the Spartans’ rise, recruiting players his former boss Jim Tressel didn’t want in Columbus. MSU this year has 26…
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