I edited my post while you were typing yours. I think it's easy to underestimate the extent to which players/commits/coaches will either lie for their school about a jersey being cool or the extent to which their passion for their school will make them like anything, even if it falls far outside their personal aesthetic, and even if they'd hate it elsewhere.
If you want an unbiased "what recruits think" take on an MSU jersey ... ask kids at Louisville, University of New Mexico, and Washington. Don't ask kids at MSU, or anywhere within the conference for that matter.