Filed under: Michigan State Spartans General Sports Freep Guest Column: Gordon Gee's comments provide flashback to MSU's fight to join Big Ten By ChrisVannini Jun 3, 2013, 10:32am CDT / new Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All sharing options Share All sharing options for: Freep Guest Column: Gordon Gee's comments provide flashback to MSU's fight to join Big Ten Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email Reid Compton-US PRESSWIRE While the focus was on E. Gordon Gee's insults, his comments about Pitt and Cincinnati provided a flashback to MSU's hurdles to join the Big Ten in the 1940s. Don't forget what John Hannah did for the school. Here is my latest Freep guest column More From The Only Colors Michigan State Hockey: Spartans land high-scoring forward Miroslav Mucha and more NCAA suspends annual signing class cap for Division I Football Michigan State Men’s Basketball 2021-2022 Season Review: Joey Hauser Michigan State baseball, once again, suffers loss to Michigan Michigan State Hockey: Cole and Christian Krygier withdraw from transfer portal Michigan State’s Jenna Magness named Women’s Track Athlete of Big Ten Championships