The 9th ranked Spartans of Michigan State are rolling into Lincoln this weekend fresh off a miracle, last play victory against the 6th ranked Wisconsin Badgers. The Spartans come into the match-up with the same record as the 14th ranked Huskers, 6-1; their only loss being to Notre Dame on September 17th.

The Spartans hail from East Lansing, Michigan, a city located in the heart of the state and an hour and a half northwest of Detroit. The city heavily revolves around Michigan State University, as enrollment is 47,800 and the city’s 2010 census had the city’s overall population at 48,600. A hot spot in the city is Grand River Avenue, a tree-lined stretch of road in downtown East Lansing (reminiscent of downtown Lincoln’s O Street) featuring a diverse assortment of bars, coffee shops and restaurants  

Spartan and Husker fans looking for something to do tonight and before and after the game in downtown Lincoln can check out our downtown event calendar.

MSU Campus

As we did the past few weeks with Fresno, Seattle, Laramie, Madison , Columbus and Minneapolis, we continue to look at the cities of our Husker competitors to see how Lincoln sizes up. Below is a comparison of the city of Lincoln and the city of East Lansing and their respective downtowns.