I think It's pretty likely that Sparty is better than us this year. I think Indiana is likely a better team than Northwestern plus Sparty was on the road and we were at home. We don't play Sparty, but we have six common opponents this year. Those will be pretty good measuring sticks.
MSU might be down this year.....after having several phenomenal seasons in a row. Iowa has stunk every year since 2010, except for last season. No, Sparty is not in worse shape than the Hawks.