8. Max Bullough vs. 9. Chuck Bullough

Choose your Bullough. Dad vs. son. Did I intentionally set this one up as an interesting first round matchup? Yes. Yes, I did. Like the NCAA selection committee, I am not immune to storylines. It’s Max vs. Chuck in the 8 vs. 9. Son vs. dad. Max was a multi-year captain at MSU and quarterbacked Mark Dantonio’s greatest defense in 2013. Of all the great middle linebackers to play at MSU under Dantonio, Bullough might be the gold standard.

His dad Chuck was no slouch on the football field. Bullough was an All-Big Ten and All-American in his day and holds the school record for most tackles in a season with an absurd 175 stops his senior season. The year before that he had 164 tackles, which is the third most in a single season in MSU history.  Bullough was a standout on the 1990 Big Ten winning football team and has had a couple stints as a coach at MSU.

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