BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WDRB) – With all due respect to Michigan State, Indiana’s real opponent on Homecoming wasn’t the Spartans. It was the spotlight. It was success, and all the slippery stuff that comes with it. Satisfaction. Self-congratulation.

It was the undefeated record, the No. 3 national ranking, the $11.6 million man on the sideline, the playoff whispers, the pats on the back.

The Spartans, they were just the other guys out there in matching helmets.

For all the temptations to get distracted by the sugar rush of hype, Indiana handled it like a team that plans to stick around. No champagne hangover. No victory lap laziness. Just a five-touchdown clinic and the quiet, menacing hum of a machine that expects more in a 38-13 victory.

Michigan State led 3-0 and again at 10-7 midway

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