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Jim Harbaugh and senior tight end Erick All both listed beating MSU as a priority for Michigan this season. It could represent a fundamental shift in how U-M views State, and it could cost the Spartans their biggest advantage over the Wolverines.

Things look promising on the football field, but changes in the attitude and culture of MSU's athletic department inspire even more hope.

Since the Free Press has such an insatiable appetite for intrepid reporting, here's a list of five things that would actually be worth the Detroit media looking into and scrutinizing. You know, unlike a couple of MSU football donors' tax-deduction receipts from half a year ago.

MSU's other in-conference rivalries are with Penn State (which is manufactured out of a commonality between the two schools that dates back to the Civl War era) and Indiana (thanks to a really old jar).

Michigan punter Brad Robbins tweeted a thinly veiled criticism of MSU football for bringing in a Ferrari for recruits to take photos with, despite Michigan football players having posed with a Lamborghini just three weeks ago.

MSU fans may be celebrating that they don't have a pro sports team to contend with for Ishbia's attention and money, but don't get too comfortable. Billionaires usually get what they want.

A month ago, Michigan fans were busy bashing MSU for obsessively commemorating the Spartans' win over the Wolverines on their Peach Bowl rings.

MSU AD Alan Haller confirmed that big changes are coming to the Big Ten. If that means expansion, we've identified some prime candidates to join the league.

MSU AD Alan Haller confirmed the Big Ten is "working through" changes in the wake of the SEC adding Oklahoma and Texas, as well as the NCAA allowing conference to choose its own method of determining conference championship game representatives.

This was a fun rabbit-hole to go down as we watched people in Detroit go nuts over Matthew Stafford leading the Los Angeles Rams to a Super Bowl victory, and getting a ring after over a decade of being stuck with the Lions.