Fitzgerald says MSU will be 'toughest' Spartans team ever, expects to contend for Big Ten titles

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Michigan State football fans should get ready for the "toughest" team we've ever seen.

New Spartans head coach Pat Fitzgerald was an honorary guest at the Detroit Tigers game on Thursday, which included throwing out the first pitch. Once the game began, he joined the Tigers' broadcast team in the booth to discuss the Spartans and his expectations for the upcoming season and beyond.

When talking about this particularly season, Fitzgerald said he's excited about the offense Michigan State will possess.

"I hired Nick Sheridan to run our offense, was at Alabama and Alessio (Milivojevic) is going to be a heck of a quarterback for us," Fitzgerald said. "We have a lot of weapons. We are excited about the talent we have and I'm really excited about us continuing to come together here over June and July, and then training camp in August."

Fitzgerald would later go on to say that the Spartans are going to be the "toughest" team Michigan State has ever had and has expectations of getting back to contending for Big Ten championships.

"I can expect them to see the toughest Michigan State football team that we've ever had," Fitzgerald said for fan expectations. "I expect us to be competitive and to win a Big Ten championship. We aren't going to back away from those two expectations."

Fitzgerald has a full rebuild ahead of him, with the Spartans failing to finish above .500 in each of the last four seasons. Michigan State currently owns the longest bowl drought in the Big Ten at four seasons, and their win total over-under is set at only 3.5 for this upcoming season. But with that being said, it at least appears Michigan State has the right guy in position to bring the energy needed to get things back on track.

Check out the full Fitzgerald interview during the Tigers' game below:

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