Michigan State beat NW last year too in a down year. Mel Tucker has revamped this team. Their offense is very experienced, one of the top returning and quality transfers. Tucker got rid of the problem children who didn't buy into the program and brought in a stable of quality transfers at key positions. The defensive line is one of the best in the B10. LB's and CBs are the only issues for this team and they both looked pretty good against NW no less.
I didn't say UNC was the 2nd best team, the prognosticators and the polls said they were the 2nd best. They came into this game as #10. Look at Vatech's schedule. Pathetic. They, just like Clemson, should be able to run the table with that shit schedule. I expect them to be a top10 team in the polls but reality? They are more like top 25. Sending half your conference to bowls is probably poor. Most conferences send 75%. Everybody goes to bowls. Having 3 or 4 teams in the top 25 is not unusual either. The ACC is a fraud. Every time they play someone out of conference, they lose, which is why they don't play out of conference much.
I didn't say UNC was the 2nd best team, the prognosticators and the polls said they were the 2nd best. They came into this game as #10. Look at Vatech's schedule. Pathetic. They, just like Clemson, should be able to run the table with that shit schedule. I expect them to be a top10 team in the polls but reality? They are more like top 25. Sending half your conference to bowls is probably poor. Most conferences send 75%. Everybody goes to bowls. Having 3 or 4 teams in the top 25 is not unusual either. The ACC is a fraud. Every time they play someone out of conference, they lose, which is why they don't play out of conference much.