Michigan State tight end Jack Velling and his fellow Oregon State-turned-Spartan teammates are in the Big Ten now, but while at OSU, they 'felt disrespected' not being selected as one of the teams to be moved from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten.
When it was revealed that Oregon, Washington, UCLA and USC would be moving to the Big Ten almost a year ago, Jonathan Smith's Oregon State squad "felt disrespected," according to new Michigan State tight end Jack Velling, who, of course, followed Smith from Corvallis.
While the Beavers program, itself, did not make the cut to move to the Big Ten, Velling and his other Beaver-turned-Spartan teammates -- quarterback Aidan Chiles and offensive lineman Tanner Miller -- are now there, and they have an opportunity to use that feeling of "disrespect" against the new Big Ten teams.
Of course, Michigan State will still face the other new Big Ten teams down the road. Coach Smith will have an advantage when that happens, having coached in the Pac-12 over the last six seasons. Smith and his Oregon State team finished with a winning record against the Pac-12 in each of the last three seasons.
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