Three Michigan State defensive players earn All Big Ten Honors
Michigan State linebacker Antjuan Simmons, cornerback Shakur Brown and defensive end Drew Beesley all earned All-Big Ten honors from both the coaches and media selections.
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Michigan State linebacker Antjuan Simmons, cornerback Shakur Brown and defensive end Drew Beesley all earned All-Big Ten honors from both the coaches and media selections.
Ethan Boyd's father recalls when the MSU football commit was a child. It feels like it wasn't that long ago the high school senior was.
The end of a college football season can always be a hectic one as athletes decide what’s best for them going forward. In a normal year, athletes are choosing whether to return, play in bowl games or leave for the NFL Draft.
After a developmental year for Michigan State football, star cornerback Shakur Brown has decided to forgo his final year with the Spartans and declare for the NFL Draft.
In the Big Ten Champions week, Michigan State has drawn Maryland for 7:30 p.m. next Saturday, Dec. 19 after missing an earlier matchup in the season due to Maryland having a COVID-19 outbreak within their program, MSU Athletics announced on Sunday.
Little did I know when I wrote about Michigan State’s offensive performance against Rutgers being a “roller coaster” effort, how accurate that would end up being later.
It didn't start how he expected.
Michigan State has had a history of producing some solid wide receivers and running backs. You can look back to the early 2000’s with NFL talents like Andre Rison and Plaxico Burress and to recent history with players like Bennie Fowler and Tony Lippett who have carved out roles for themselves on NFL rosters. Then running backs like Le’Veon Bell have been able to thrive as stars in the pros.
Michigan State looked like it had this one.
Payton Thorne's first career start was off to a shaky beginning.
Despite the season coming to an end, there’s a lot of questions that linger about this football team and program. As Michigan State gets set to travel to Penn State for its final home game, here’s my shot at trying to answer some of the biggest question marks that surround the program.
It wasn't Monday Night Football on ESPN.
Gruff Sparty.
After consistent support from the Spartan fan base on social media and other public platforms called for the return of "Gruff Sparty" — the retro Spartan logo — MSU football answered with a special uniform and helmet decal for the program's Dec. 12, 2020, matchup with Penn State.
A Michigan State spokesperson confirmed late Thursday night that sophomore defensive back Julian Barnett from Detroit has entered the transfer portal.
One thing became evidently clear when Michigan State was steamrolled by Ohio State on Dec. 5. The Buckeyes are in a class of their own.
Cornerback is one of the hardest positions on the football field.
The game was well in hand as Ohio State batted away Rocky Lombardi’s pass in his own endzone for an interception to put the Buckeyes up 28-0 at the end of the first.
MSU football head coach Mel Tucker wasn't happy.
I remember the first time I walked into Spartan Stadium as a freshman in college.