DETROIT, Dec. 21 (UPI) — The state of Michigan isn’t all maize and blue.
Green has officially taken over, in support of the Michigan State football team. The No. 3 Spartans take on No. 2 Alabama Dec. 31 in the Cotton Bowl, a national semifinal game.
On Monday, a crew put a giant Spartans jersey on the 26-foot-tall “Spirit of Detroit” statue in downtown Detroit. The statue stands outside the Coleman A. Young Municipal Building.
“Alabama has an outstanding football team,” Spartans coach Mark Dantonio said at Cotton Bowl media day.
“I think we all understand that. Defensively they are No. 1 in their conference and ranked one, two or three [nationally] in a variety of different situations and categories and everything. Derrick Henry, obviously Heisman Trophy winner, almost 2,000 yards rushing…He’ll be an outstanding opponent and will be a challenge for us to stop.”
In the past, the statue has sported jerseys for the Detroit Tigers, Red Wings, Pistons and Lions.
The Dec. 31 contest kicks off at 8 p.m. Thursday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
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