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(10/26/20 4:23pm)
For over a decade, Michigan State football had the same formula on defense: stop the run, press coverage out on the edge, aggressively blitz, and run the 4-3. The Spartan defense has been known as one of the best units in the nation under former Head Coach Mark Dantonio.
(10/26/20 1:00pm)
Butterfingers, a greased pig, the jokes go on and on when two teams play hot potato with the pigskin.
(10/24/20 10:20pm)
Michigan State head football coach Mel Tucker and his staff were secretive about what this Michigan State team would look like. One thing was clear though, this team was going to focus on the fundamentals.
(10/24/20 7:56pm)
EAST LANSING — Mel Tucker probably didn’t plan for his first game as MSU’s head coach to go like this.
(10/26/20 4:09pm)
As football returned to Spartan Stadium Saturday, officials remind the community of COVID-19 precautions in place to protect the health and safety of Spartans on game day and beyond, according to a release last Thursday.
(10/23/20 6:55pm)
The return of Big Ten football has been a long, tumultuous road. One of the main people involved in the discussions to bring back football was Michigan State President Samuel L. Stanley Jr., who was one of 14 Big Ten Presidents and Chancellors who voted to make this season reality late this summer.
(10/22/20 4:47pm)
It’s a unique year with a unique football season in unique circumstances.
(10/22/20 6:37pm)
Know Thy Enemy is a weekly Q&A where the perspective changes from the eyes of The State News to the eyes of the student newspaper of Michigan State football's opponent.
(10/26/20 2:17pm)
When it was announced last month that Big Ten football was officially playing this fall, the uncertainty of whether or not there would be fans allowed in the stands was a question many were pondering as the COVID-19 pandemic lives on.
(10/23/20 1:00pm)
On Oct. 24, two eras will be starting as two separate programs in the Big Ten, one in Mel Tucker’s Michigan State Spartans and the other being Greg Schiano’s Rutgers Scarlet Knights, face each other in Spartan Stadium at noon. With no spring practice and zero game tape to review, both teams will be facing an unknown enemy.
(10/21/20 2:39pm)
Since Michigan State football last took the field for game day, there’s been three different schedules, a “canceled” season, a new coach hired and many other hiccups along the way. Now as their Oct. 24 matchup with Rutgers inches closer, Head Coach Mel Tucker and the Michigan State Spartans are finally set to play some football.
(10/20/20 9:26pm)
A group of mayors from several Big Ten school communities signed a letter to the Big Ten Conference officials requesting practical measures to ensure safety from COVID-19 as the beginning of football season nears.
(10/19/20 7:22pm)
Editor's note: This story was updated to include new information on the location of the arrests.
(10/17/20 12:01am)
Former Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio has agreed to an indefinite furlough with the MSU Athletic Department, the Detroit Free Press reported.
(10/16/20 3:00pm)
It was the night before signing day.
(10/20/20 12:30pm)
At times in our lives, we run across people who have an inexplicable impact on whoever they meet.
(10/19/20 4:36pm)
When the Big Ten’s chancellors and presidents announced the official plans for an eight-game conference-only slate for the 2020 season, it brought the conference back into the College Football Playoff picture.
(10/14/20 7:45pm)
Michigan State University Police Department (MSUPD) issued a statement prohibiting tailgating in all parking lots and campus areas for the upcoming football season.
(10/14/20 1:19am)
Redshirt sophomore safety Michael Dowell prepares to play defense during practice on Oct. 1, 2020. Dowell is the final of three Dowell brothers to go through the Michigan State football program.
(10/14/20 2:45pm)
Mel Tucker just might’ve stole one.