With about 13,000 students holding tickets, almost 1,500 students decided watching MSU play one of its biggest games of the season against Wisconsin wasn’t worth chancing the rain or holding off on a few drinks. If you expect to see a championship-caliber team the rest of the season, I suggest you give the Spartans championship-caliber fans.
Coming off a third-consecutive win against rival Michigan last weekend, MSU hopes to keep momentum in its direction and continue an undefeated season. One week after routing Penn State, Illinois looks to do the same to MSU.
A probation officer for senior cornerback Chris L. Rucker recommended Wednesday the player serve 21 days in jail for breaking his year-long probation that stemmed from involvement in a November 2009 assault, according to court records.
Coming off a 33-13 win against Penn State last weekend, Illinois enters Saturday’s game at MSU as confident as it’s been in a long time and looking for its second road upset. Here are four key matchups in Saturday’s game.
Senior cornerback Chris L. Rucker was arrested early Sunday morning for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and causing property damage with a vehicle.
The MSU run defense has had its fair share of opportunities to prove itself to start the Big Ten season. After shutting down Wisconsin and Michigan, the Spartans will face another strong running team in Illinois.
When football head coach Mark Dantonio briefly addressed the media at Skandalaris Football Center on Sunday, he said he already is looking ahead to No. 13 MSU’s homecoming matchup against Illinois next Saturday.
After being cut by the Washington Redskins on Saturday, former second-round pick and MSU wide receiver Devin Thomas was picked up by the Carolina Panthers.
In the final moments of No. 13 MSU’s 34-17 win against Michigan, as MSU fans chanted loudly and were the only voice heard in the Big House, one thing became apparent: MSU has a stranglehold on this rivalry.
Being outrushed by about 80 yards in the first quarter, the No. 13 MSU football team knew a better effort was needed if it was going to win its third in a row against Michigan.
The No. 17 MSU football team knocked off archrival No. 18 Michigan, 34-17, in a dominant performance Saturday at Michigan Stadium.
Since Mark Dantonio’s arrival in 2007, a new standard has been set at MSU. The reign of dominance by Michigan has shifted and the state of Michigan has become a two-team war.
It hasn’t happened since 1967, but on Saturday, the No. 17 MSU football team believes it can hand archrival Michigan its third straight loss in the rivalry.
State News football reporter Jeremy Warnemuende writes that Michigan’s arrogance must come to an end now that the Spartans have taken over the rivalry in the annual State News-Michigan Daily dueling columns
As the No. 17 MSU football team prepares for in-state rival No. 18 Michigan, all eyes are on U-M quarterback Denard Robinson. On Saturday, the Wolverines will meet an MSU defense that is coming off its best performance of the season in a 34-24 win against Wisconsin, in which it tackled well and held Wisconsin’s power rushing attack to 165 yards.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio plans to return to the coaches’ box Saturday against No. 18 Michigan after watching the No. 17 Spartans’ last two games on TV.
The extra buzz around campus in advance of Saturday’s game between the No. 17 MSU football team and No. 18 Michigan hasn’t escaped the notice of players.
It didn’t take long for MSU senior linebacker Greg Jones to start thinking about Saturday’s game against No. 18 Michigan. As time was winding down in No. 17 MSU’s 34-24 win against No. 20 Wisconsin on Saturday, Jones already had begun preparing for the Spartans’ biggest rival.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio was released from Sparrow Hospital at noon Monday, after a blood clot was discovered in his leg Thursday.