if someone made a deal with the devil or something before that game.
We won the game but:
It pissed Khayat off to the point that the NCAA launched a 3 year investigation (Seriously? A THREE year investigation? Who has that happen to them?)
LT did nothing about it, hired Croom and to pay JWS had to get funds illegally, which ultimately cost him his job.
JWS ultimately had his legacy at MSU tarnished because of the next two seasons, and part of the reason he was allowed to stay was because of the 2001 Egg Bowl, before finally losing his job.
Kevin Fant, who outplayed Eli that game and looked like a legit QB, and maybe played the best game I have ever seen by a MSU QB, career was ultimately ruined by a morbidly obese RB, WR's who couldn't catch, a horrible o-line that allowed him to be pounded into submission, and an ill-fated meaningless QB sneak against Troy State that took away his mobillity and basically made him a sitting duck behind said o-line.
We had to endure Ron Cooper for one season.
The impending apathy led to fan resentment, and Gene ultimately lost business when the apathy spurned some posters that he banned to form their own board.
The 2001 Egg Bowl had more fallout than Hiroshima. And it's all Yoko Ono's fault.