Michigan-Mich. St. even bigger this year (AP)

[ASFN Admin]

Rich Rodriguez has coached in just two Michigan-Michigan State games, losing them both, and yet he can sense the next matchup is different. The 17th-ranked Spartans (5-0, 1-0 Big Ten) and 18th-ranked Wolverines (5-0, 1-0) will play Saturday at the Big House without a loss between them for the first time since 1999 and with both in The Associated Press poll for the first time in seven years.

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