5. Antonio Smith vs. 12. Ike Reese

The founding and eldest member of the Flintstones, Antonio Smith is the only one of the four to have missed out on the 2000 national championship. Smith, as a senior, helped the 1999 team to the Final Four and then had to watch as his former team cut down the nets the next year. That’s a tough break, but Smith’s career is nothing to shake a stick at. He was a quality player for MSU for four years and is one of the more prolific rebounders in school history. We know how much that means. But Smith’s attitude and toughness mattered so much to establishing what MSU basketball has become. He’s a foundational guy in ever sense of the word. And who knows if the Flintstones ever come together like they did without Smith.

He takes on Ike Reese, one of the most prolific linebackers in MSU football history. Reese had 420 career tackles, which ranks fourth all time in school history. He was a bright spot during some tough times for MSU as the Perles era ended in not-so-spectacular fashion and the Saban era was just starting to get rolling. Reese was also just intimidating as hell. He was huge, fast and an incredibly hard hitter. That’s the type of linebacker MSU fans gravitate to.

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