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Dantonio emphasizes fundamentals in spring football
Tuesday marked MSU’s fourth practice of the spring and only the team's second in full pads.
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Dantonio: Spartan football looking to build off 2013 success
It's been just 82 days since the Spartans brought home the Rose Bowl trophy, but MSU already is preparing for the 2014 season.
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Football Pro Day draws coaches, scouts to East Lansing
This afternoon inside the walls of the Duffy Daugherty Building, the chance to chase a childhood dream was there for many former Spartan football players.
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21 recruits commit to football team
It’s one of the only days of the year when a fax machine is relevant: national signing day. Head coach Mark Dantonio and the MSU football program officially introduced one of the best classes in recent program history Wednesday with the commitment of 21 players.
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National Signing Day much-anticipated for MSU
There will be no games played on Wednesday, but it stands as one of the most important days on the college football calendar.
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Reports: 2015 football recruit body slams security guard, charged with assault and battery
Jayru Campbell, a 2015 quarterback recruit and verbal commit to MSU, is in police custody and has been charged with assault and battery after body slamming a Cass Tech High School security guard on Wednesday, according to media reports. A video of Campbell slamming the security guard leaked across the internet and other social media after the altercation occurred on Wednesday. Cass Tech football head coach Thomas Wilcher told Detroit television station WXYZ that Campbell
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Football team celebrates at Breslin, now focused on 2014 season
Nearly a week after bringing the 100th Rose Bowl trophy back home to East Lansing, the No. 3 MSU football team already is starting to write its next chapter for the 2014 season.
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Column: Don't dwell on Notre Dame loss, savor MSU's football success
Tonight, Florida State and Auburn will square off in the BCS Championship Game, seeking the college football crown.
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MSU alums reunite for Rose Bowl, create Spartan Nation in California
If the term Spartan nation ever was appropriate, it would have been for the setting in Pasadena. Fans, students and alumni pulled out all stops for the 100th rendition of the most sport’s most iconic game. At the game, MSU fans accounted for approximately 50-60,000 of the 95,000-plus attendees.
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Linebacker Kyler Elsworth seals MSU's Rose Bowl victory over Stanford
PASADENA, Calif. – Before the game, it was about the middle linebacker. After the game, it was about the middle linebacker. When senior linebacker Max Bullough’s college career was proclaimed dead via an email in the wee hours of Dec. 26, it jolted the MSU community which was readying itself for the biggest game in more than two decades.
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MSU ends Rose Bowl drought with victory over Stanford
PASADENA, Calif. – MSU ended its longest Rose Bowl drought since its maiden voyage to Pasadena, Calif., in 1954 with a 24-20 victory against Stanford in the 100th anniversary of the legendary game. The Spartans lost the first quarter, but dominated the final three in front of an amped up crowd, most of which was draped in green.
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SPARTANS BEAT STANFORD IN 100TH ROSE BOWL GAME
The No. 4-ranked MSU football team rallied in the second half to beat No. 5 Stanford in the 100th Rose Bowl matchup.
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MSU students, alumni take in the Rose Bowl from East Lansing
While some Spartan fans cheered and basked in the nearly 70 degree weather of Pasadena, those in snow-stricken East Lansing celebrated with similar spirit, relishing in a night 26 years in the making. Jean Jorgensen graduated from MSU in 1984.
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Spartans trail Stanford 17-14 at halftime of 100th Rose Bowl
PASADENA, Calif. – What many pegged as a physical, low-scoring affair and one of the most even matchups of the bowl season is living up to its billing through 30 minutes.
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Students who traveled to watch the Rose Bowl enjoying 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity'
PASADENA, Calif. – Christmas presents. Early graduation gifts. Loans from family. Secret stashes from summer jobs. Begging. These are the common avenues MSU students took to secure the necessary financing required to travel to see MSU play in the 100th rendition of the Rose Bowl.
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A quarter-century in the making, Rose Bowl is here
PASADENA, Calif. – Mark Dantonio proclaimed it and made good on his word. After the head coach told his team last winter “you will be the ones,” he fulfilled his own prophecy by leading No. 4 MSU to the Rose Bowl – the program’s first since 1988.
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MSU's Rose Bowl pep rally brings together 27,000 Spartans
LOS ANGELES — Standing on a stage in the heart of LA Live Plaza in Los Angeles, athletic director Mark Hollis laid down the understatement of the year. “How about this little party?” he asked the crowd in front of him. Except the celebration was anything but “little.” The crowd in front of Hollis was a 27,000-person sea of green and white, all gathered to support the first MSU football team to reach the Rose Bowl in a quarter century. The crowd was nearly three times the size of what officials expected, according to vice president of the Michigan State University Alumni group of Los Angeles Libby DuBay, who graduated from MSU in 1985.
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East Lansing bars, restaurants to host Rose Bowl festivities
For the MSU students and football fans unable to travel cross country to Pasadena, those spending New Year’s Day in East Lansing can still enjoy Rose Bowl events and numerous food and drink specials. Bars such as Dublin Square Irish Pub, and Harpers will be featuring half-off drinks all throughout the day to keep the Spartans in spirit. Harpers Bartender Ben Davis said in addition to the drinks, starting at 1 p.m and continuing thoughout the night there will be a $7.95 all-you-can-eat tailgate buffet featuring wings, pizza, cookies, burgers, fruit, salad and more. Contributing to the festivities, Davis said the Sparrow Tailgate Show with sports broadcasters Mad Dog,Tim Staudt and Jack Ebling will be held before the game begins. Crunchy’s East Lansing will host a $2 tailgate beginning at 1 p.m., featuring $2 Screwdrivers, Bloody Mary’s and Labatt and Miller Lite drafts.
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Column: MSU's Rose Bowl appearance makes years of Spartan struggles worth it
LOS ANGELES — There’s certainly a lot at stake tomorrow for MSU as a football team and as a university community.
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Column: Bullough's suspension creates more than on-field problems for Spartans
Yes, the Spartans are going to miss Max Bullough on the Rose Bowl turf Jan. 1. The announcement of the senior linebacker’s career-ending “suspension in the wee hours of Dec.