East Lansing, Mich. – Michigan State’s 2,346-mile trip out west this weekend signals the start of a new era of Big Ten football for the Spartans. For the first time ever, Michigan State and Oregon will play a football game as conference opponents. Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA all joined the Big Ten conference this offseason, while Colorado, Utah, Arizona and Utah joined the Big 12. Stanford and Cal, meanwhile, moved across the country to join the ACC. That left Washington State and Oregon State to clean up the rubble. While both schools remain legal members of the Pac-12 conference, the Hu…