As season opener nears, many starting positions remain unknown for MSU football
With the beginning of the season just days away, many question marks still remain for what the 2021 Michigan State football team is going to look like.
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With the beginning of the season just days away, many question marks still remain for what the 2021 Michigan State football team is going to look like.
For the first time since the 2019 Pinstripe Bowl against Wake Forest, the Michigan State football team will play in front of a packed stadium Friday night as they hit the road to open the 2021-22 season at Northwestern.
The offseason is finally over for Michigan State football as they enter the final days of preparation for the season opener on Friday against Northwestern.
The biggest question entering the 2021 season for Michigan State is who will be under center on Sept. 3 against Northwestern. It has been no secret all summer that MSU does not have a starting quarterback set for the season as Anthony Russo and Payton Thorne have been competing for the job to lead the offense.
The Michigan State roster was already set in place when Mel Tucker arrived in East Lansing in February 2020. The national signing day was quickly approaching and then the pandemic came and shut down all efforts to try to improve the roster immediately.
Alan Haller will be Michigan State’s new Athletic Director to replace current Athletic Director Bill Beekman, according to a report from Chris Solari and David Jesse at the Free Press.
Michigan State Football returns to action Sept. 3 in an away season-opener against Northwestern. After ending the 2020 conference-only season 2-5 under Michigan State Head Coach Mel Tucker, the Spartans will be looking to bring new energy to Spartan Stadium and against their opponents.
With 20 new transfers on Michigan State's football roster, there are a lot of new faces in new places, especially in the secondary. There is one mainstay though who has made 20 consecutive starts and will likely go the whole season as the face of the secondary: senior safety Xavier Henderson.
In his weekly press conference, Michigan State Head Coach Mel Tucker addressed the state of Michigan State football's ever-changing roster. Most notably, the hero of Michigan State’s improbable victory against Michigan last year is currently not with the team as they enter the final days of the preseason.
Michigan State football invited students and fans to Spartan Stadium to meet the team on Monday, August 23, 2021. During the open practice, fans watched the players run drills and scrimmage, green versus white.
The Big Ten, Atlantic Coast Conference, or ACC, and Pac-12 have announced an agreement between the conferences called The Alliance, which will lead to annual matchups between teams within the conferences in football and men’s and women’s basketball as well as future federal legislation efforts and future decisions within the NCAA.
After a tumultuous first season at the helm dictated by the COVID-19 pandemic, head coach Mel Tucker and the MSU football team could be seen as entering year one of the new regime after their first full offseason together.
Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Michael Gadola has dismissed a former Michigan State University football staffer’s case, citing failing to timely file a brief calling for an appeal.
Michigan State football Chief of Staff, Geoff Martzen, officially resigned after spending one season on Mel Tucker’s staff.
The first full offseason for Mel Tucker and his coaching staff has been a rollercoaster so far. The football program has welcomed in recruits from around the nation as Tucker tries to revamp the talent on the roster and brand of MSU football after not being allowed to host recruits in his first year as head coach due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Michigan State University's Homecoming, "Spartans Journey Together," begins on Sept. 27 and lasts until Oct. 2. This year's theme highlights the bond of the Spartan community in forging a brighter world.
Tom Shanahan was looking for something to devote his attention to during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The start times for six games in Michigan State football's upcoming season have been announced after ESPN, Big Ten Network and Fox announced the schedule for the first three weeks of the season for the Big Ten.
Michigan State Football is looking to make it 81 straight NFL draft’s where a player has been selected off of the Spartans’ roster and three players off of the defense look to make that a reality.
Tempo is what defines modern day college football these days and during the Michigan State Spring Game, it’s apparent that tempo has made its way to East Lansing.