Bacon: The UM-MSU football rivalry has a long history, both on and

Bacon: The UM-MSU football rivalry has a long history, both on and off the field

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This Saturday, for the 112th time, the University of Michigan and Michigan State University will fight over a football for 60 minutes. During the year’s other 364 days, the two schools’ coaches, players, and fan bases produce enough adolescent sniping and sophomoric stunts to fill a book— in fact, several.

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