Question: How many members exist in the conference represented by the Michigan State Spartans in the 1993 Liberty Bowl?

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The 2006 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season.  Michigan State competed as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.  The Spartans were led by fourth-year head coach John L. Smith.  Smith had compiled a combined 18–18 record in his previous seasons at Michigan State, and he was fired after the 2006 season in which the team finished 4–8.  The Spartans did, however, set the record for the greatest comeback from a deficit in college football history. The Michigan State Spartans football program represents Michigan State University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level.  The Spartans are members of the Big Ten Conference.  Michigan State claims a total of six national championships (1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1965, and 1966); the AP Poll voted Michigan State as national champion one time (1952).  They have been named national champions twice in the Coaches Poll (1952 and 1965).  The Spartans have also won two Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championships (1903 and 1905) and nine Big Ten championships (1953, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1987, 1990, 2010, 2013, and 2015). Mark Justin Dantonio (born March 9, 1956) is an American football coach and former player.  He is the current head football coach at Michigan State University, a position he has held since the 2007 season, presiding over one of the most successful eras in the program's history.  He's led the Michigan State Spartans to three Big Ten Conference championships, and seven victories over archrival Michigan in eight years.  In 2013, he coached Michigan State to its first 13-win season and the program's fifth trip to the Rose Bowl, where they defeated Stanford and finished the season ranked No. 3 in the nation.  At the time, this was only the second instance a Big Ten team had reached the 13-win mark, the other being Ohio State's national championship season in 2002, where Dantonio was the defensive coordinator.  The 2013 season also marked the first time a Big Ten team won nine conference games by double digits in each contest.  In 2015, Dantonio became the first head coach in Big Ten history to achieve at least 11 wins in five of six seasons.  On December 6, 2015, it was revealed that Dantonio's Spartans qualified for the College Football Playoff for the first time in the program's history.  The Spartans were the No. 3 seed in the Playoff and faced Alabama in the 2015 Cotton Bowl, but lost 38–0. The Michigan State Spartans college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference (Big Ten).  Since the establishment of the team in 1896, Michigan State has appeared in 26 bowl games. Included in these games are five appearances in the Rose Bowl Game.  Through the history of the program, eight separate coaches have led the Spartans to bowl games with Mark Dantonio having the most appearances with nine.  The Spartans currently have a bowl record of 11-15 (.423). The Michigan–Michigan State basketball rivalry is a college basketball rivalry between Michigan Wolverines men's basketball and Michigan State Spartans men's basketball that is part of the larger intrastate rivalry between the University of Michigan and Michigan State University that exists across a broad spectrum of endeavors including their general athletic programs: Michigan Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans.  On the field, the athletic rivalry includes the Paul Bunyan Trophy and the Michigan–Michigan State ice hockey rivalry, but extends to almost all sports and many other forms of achievement.  Both teams are members of the Big Ten Conference.  The rivalry has been evidenced both on the court and off the court.  Among the off the court elements of the rivalry, recruiting of basketball talent has resulted in battles, the most notable of which turned into the University of Michigan basketball scandal when both schools sought the services of Mateen Cleaves. The 1993 Liberty Bowl was a college football bowl game played at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee on December 28, 1993 as part of the 1993–94 bowl season.  The Louisville Cardinals accepted their invitation after their victory over the Navy Midshipmen.  The Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference also accepted their invitation.  The Louisville Cardinals defeated the Michigan State Spartans by a score of 18–7. The 2013 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season.  Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan and were led by seventh year head coach Mark Dantonio.  The Spartans finished the year 13–1, 8–0 and undefeated in Big Ten play.  By winning the Legends Division, they earned a trip to the Big Ten Championship Game, their second appearance in the championship game.  Facing No. 2-ranked Ohio State, they defeated the Buckeyes 34–24, knocking Ohio State out of the running for the BCS National Championship Game.  The Spartans received an invitation to the Rose Bowl, their first trip to the Rose Bowl since 1988.  There they defeated No. 5-ranked Stanford for the school's first Rose Bowl win since 1988. The 1999 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season season.  The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.  This was the last year for head coach Nick Saban, who left the program on December 5 to take the head coaching position at Louisiana State.  During the bowl game, the Spartans were coached by interim head coach Bobby Williams, who led the Spartans to a 37–34 victory in the 2000 Florida Citrus Bowl over the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference, with a last second, game-winning field goal by kicker Paul Edinger. The 1993 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season.  Head coach George Perles was in his 11th season with the Spartans.  Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.  The Spartans went 6–6 overall and 4–4 in conference play.  Michigan State was invited to the 1993 Liberty Bowl and was defeated by Louisville, 7–18. The Big Ten Conference (B1G), formerly Western Conference and Big Nine Conference, is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States.  Despite its name, the conference consists of 14 members (as of 2016).  They compete in the NCAA Division I; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport.  The conference includes the flagship public university in each of 11 states stretching from New Jersey to Nebraska, as well as two additional public land grant schools and a private university.

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 The Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference also accepted their invitation. The Big Ten Conference (B1G), formerly Western Conference and Big Nine Conference, is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States.  Despite its name, the conference consists of 14 members (as of 2016).