EAST LANSING — Michigan State kept itself in a crucial rivalry game with Michigan for longer than it stuck around the past few games.

By the fourth quarter of their last two games in the Big Ten, the Spartans (3-5) had all but been written off by UCLA and Indiana by the final 15 minutes.

But against the Wolverines, MSU still had some life after scoring a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, while trailing by multiple scores.

Coach Jonathan Smith and the Spartans offense had only put seven points on the board to that point, so they got aggressive and opted to go for a two-point conversion, rather than kick the extra-point that would bring the score to 24-14.

Quarterback Aidan Chiles wouldn’t be able to get a pass to Chrishon McCray and the try failed as the Spartans got caught trying

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