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Against All Odds, 2025 Week 10: Superstition

I am not a very superstitious person by nature. I believe that it just isn't the way. But when you see so many things that you don't understand, it really makes one wonder. The Michigan State Spartans suffered yet another loss on Saturday, this time an overtime loss on the road to Minnesota. But it wasn't so much that it happened as how it happened that is so frustrating. In many ways, the Spartans played well enough to win. Redshirt freshman quarterback Alessio Milivojevic was sharp in his first career start. The Spartan defense forced seven punts and one missed field goal, and Michigan State generally dominated the box score. But the Spartans also found a way to make just enough mistakes to allow the Golden Gophers to be tied at the end of regulation. If one had a magic wand and the ability to change to result just one out of about ten different plays, Michigan State would have won the game.  Then, once the game made it to overtime, it seemed like Stevie Wonder himself ...