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The Spartans didn&#8217;t dominate the time of possession, the turnover battle or line of scrimmage, and as a result, they didn&#8217;t dominate on the scoreboard. &#8230; Mark Dantonio &#8230; [has] seen Michigan State play down to its competition for years, including throughout the 2015 season that saw the Spartans land in the College Football Playoff. &#8230; Michigan State let teams like Western Michigan, Air Force, Purdue and Rutgers hang around. &#8230; pushing the eventual conference champions to the limits. * * * The Spartans will get Notre Dame&#8217;s best effort &#8230;. The Fighting Irish are desperate after losing the season opener and can&#8217;t afford to drop a home game and fall to 1-2. &#8230; Michigan State is an eight-point underdog &#8230;. But the build-up to this game feels a whole lot like last season&#8217;s MSU-OSU game, in which the Spartans were 13.5-point underdogs. 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