Allow me to introduce you to the No. 17 MSU football team, and let me tell you why the 2010 edition is built perfectly for its first Big Ten Championship in 20 years.
After being admitted to Lansing’s Sparrow Hospital on Thursday for a blood clot discovered in his leg, football head coach Mark Dantonio was not in Spartan Stadium Saturday for No. 17 MSU’s 34-24 win against No. 20 Wisconsin. Dantonio’s release date from Sparrow Hospital has yet to be determined, but Athletics Director Mark Hollis said the head coach has and will remain in contact with the team.
After having its ability questioned for the majority of the season, the MSU defense stepped up in a big way Saturday, shutting down then-No. 11 Wisconsin in a 34-24 victory.
Using an inspired performance by the defense, the No. 24 MSU football team opened up Big Ten play with a 34-24 win over No. 11 Wisconsin.
Football head coach Mark Dantonio will not be in attendance for MSU’s game against Wisconsin on Saturday (3:30 p.m., ABC) after a blood clot was discovered in his leg.
In a career that already had undergone a major change, Keith Nichol didn’t know at the time that his hustle play at the end of the Oct. 10, 2009 game against Illinois would set off a series of events that would lead to a more unlikely change.
When No. 24 MSU and No. 11 Wisconsin face off Saturday at Spartan Stadium (3:30, ABC), there won’t be any secrets as to what the other team is going to do to win.
Even though he doesn’t have a Facebook, junior quarterback Kirk Cousins still knew about the Facebook event dedicated to him, “Shoes TIED Like Kirk Cousins Day.”
Sophomore tight end Dions Sims pleaded guilty this morning at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit on charges of receiving and concealing stolen property, said Maria Miller, Wayne County assistant prosecuting attorney. Sims alledgedly was involved in an organized operation to steal and sell 104 computers, valued at $158,000, from Detroit Public Schools.
The No. 11 Badgers and No. 24 Spartans have identical 4-0 records and aspirations of finishing near the top of the conference, but would like to take the next step and win the Big Ten.
For MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio, coaching from the press box for Saturday’s game against Wisconsin will be a different experience. But it will be a welcome one as he begins to return to coaching duties.
When linguistics junior Kyle Voelker attends MSU home football games, he has no problem participating in the fanfare and the rowdiness of the student section.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio surprised reporters by showing up at his weekly press conference Tuesday and announcing he would coach MSU’s game against Wisconsin on Saturday from the coaching box.
When senior linebacker Greg Jones intercepted the first pass of his career just five plays into Saturday’s win against Northern Colorado, offensive coordinator Don Treadwell said he couldn’t have asked for a better beginning.
MSU senior linebacker Greg Jones was named the Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week following his two-interception performance in MSU’s 45-7 win against Northern Colorado on Saturday, the conference announced Monday.
Through four games, the No. 24 MSU football team has excelled in the areas considered its biggest question marks coming in, while its vaunted passing attack, which started the season slowly, finally is making strides.
Without head coach Mark Dantonio running the show, the No. 24 MSU football team rallied behind offensive coordinator Don Treadwell as the Spartans defeated Northern Colorado, 45-7, to move to 4-0 on the season.
MSU showed no signs of letdown after last week’s thrilling victory against Notre Dame, defeating Northern Colorado, 45-7, Saturday.
After an emotional week, the No. 25 MSU football team will have to turn its focus back to the gridiron as the 3-0 Spartans look to finish out a perfect nonconference slate.
After Kirk Cousins started all but one game for the MSU football team last season, expectations were high for the junior quarterback heading into 2010. Three games into the new season though, it has been the MSU running game that has paced the Spartans and led them to a 3-0 start and No. 25 ranking in The Associated Press poll.