1. Maybe not a win for the ages, but one this era of MSU football badly needed

EAST LANSING — If Jonathan Smith is to have a successful tenure at Michigan State, there will be bigger wins and more impressive performances coming out of halftime.

But, for this moment, where this program is, this was a big one — a 42-40 double-overtime win over Boston College on Saturday night at Spartan Stadium that, perhaps, set the Spartans ’ season on a different trajectory than if they’d lost.

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