EAST LANSING — It was the perfect ending to a perfect day in Michigan State -land.

Pat Fitzgerald, winding up the Breslin Center crowd mere hours after being announced as the Spartans ’ new football coach (on his 51st birthday, no less).

Launching the massive "For Sparta" fundraising campaign, which is meant to bring in $1 billion dollars for upgrading athletic venues and “enhance the student-athlete experience” (on Giving Tuesday, no less).

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