Saturday’s matchup against No. 13 Indiana was the type of result that Spartan fans have grown accustomed to against highly-ranked teams in the past few years.
Despite an early 10-0, Indiana scored the next 47 points — resulting in an embarrassing 47-10 loss at home for MSU.
Michigan State head coach Jonathan Smith shared his thoughts following the game, and ripped the band-aid off to start his postgame press conference.
“Well, obviously that was tough,” he said. “You’re gonna get exposed against a really good team when you don’t execute well. And credit to those guys (on Indiana), sometimes we quickly just think about ourselves — those guys executed at a really high level.”
Indiana’s domination is clearly more than just a fluke. Now at 9-0 overall (6-0 in the Big Ten), the Hoosiers are a legitimate threat to compete for a Big Ten title, and if Spartan fans needed a sign, or merely an example of how quickly a program …