From the moment head coach Mark Dantonio and the MSU football team arrived in Arizona on Christmas Eve, they’ve been mulling over a season that didn’t go according to plan.
Fans chanted “one more year,” at Bell during halftime of the MSU men’s basketball game against Loyola-Chicago, as MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio egged them on, while the junior running back was honored with the College Football Performance Awards’ 2012 Elite Running Back of the Year award.
*On Sunday, it was announced the MSU football team (6-6 overall, 3-5 Big Ten) is headed to Tempe, Ariz., to take on the TCU Horned Frogs (7-5, 4-5 Big 12) in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.
If the commercials are any indication, the MSU football team (6-6 overall, 3-5 Big Ten) can expect a wild bowl game experience when it plays TCU (7-5, 4-5 Big 12) in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl on Dec. 29 in Tempe, Ariz.
The MSU football team has accepted an invitation to play in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl in Tempe, Ariz. on Dec. 29, the MSU athletics department announced Sunday afternoon.
When the MSU football team walked off the field victoriously one week ago in Minneapolis, the Spartans (6-6 overall, 3-5 Big Ten) clinched bowl eligibility and a return to postseason play for the sixth time in Mark Dantonio’s tenure as head coach.
Before a national audience in the first game of the season, Bell established himself as the Spartans’ main offensive threat, carrying the ball a 2012 NCAA single game-high 44 times for 210 yards and MSU’s only two touchdowns.
It’s no secret junior running back Le’Veon Bell has had a phenomenal 2012. Bell has done a lot of heavy lifting for the Spartans (6-6 overall, 3-5 Big Ten) this season and, in doing so, has pieced together one of the most impressive rushing campaigns in MSU history.
After completing a grueling regular season, members of the MSU football team’s (6-6 overall, 3-5 Big Ten) junior class will use the next few weeks to decide if they’ll return to school next season or forgo their senior year to enter the NFL draft.
Facing the possibility of MSU’s first bowlless season since 2006, the MSU football team (6-6 overall, 3-5 Big Ten) bounced back to secure its sixth win and a bowl berth with a 26-10 victory at Minnesota (6-6, 2-6) Saturday afternoon.
It’s not as sexy as a Big Ten title, but in many ways, it’s equally important.
All season long, the MSU football team has been a bounce here, a bounce there, away from pulling out a few close wins.
A record-setting performance by junior running back Le’Veon Bell and a lockdown performance from the Spartans defense has MSU back in postseason play.
After a season of tough breaks, the Spartans finally got one to go their way, using an odd bounce to take a halftime lead. A pass deflected off the hands of sophomore receiver Tony Lippett into the hands of junior receiver Bennie Fowler for a 41-yard go-ahead touchdown to give the MSU football team (5-6 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) a 13-7 lead over Minnesota (6-5, 2-5) at the end of the first half.
There’s no questioning the importance behind the MSU football team’s (5-6 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) final regular season game at Minnesota (6-5, 2-5) Saturday.
Although the MSU football team (5-6 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) approaches Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-5, 2-5) with its back against the wall, wide receivers coach Terrence Samuel is proud of the improvements made by his position group.
Getting to know the Big Ten’s newest additions: Maryland and Rutgers.
By now, you’ve already heard of the Big Ten’s newest additions, Maryland and Rutgers. You’ve heard Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany talk about why it’s good for the conference, spinning tales of grand potential for the two haphazard athletics departments and explaining that this expands the conference’s footprint.
It’s been a tough season for Mark Dantonio and the MSU football team, but the Spartans’ head coach refuses to get frustrated.