Orlando, Fla. —- With one of the nation’s top rushers staring down No. 16 Georgia in Thursday’s Capital One Bowl, head coach Mark Richt is getting his players ready for a bruising game.
Orlando, Fla. —- Ever since Dec. 2, the MSU football team has been watching film and dissecting plays in preparation for Georgia.
Orlando, Fla. — The spotlights were on, the mosh pit was growing and chemistry senior Brady Compton was getting fired up. Compton and three others, including his brother, Mark, were rocking the night away at the Capital One Bowl Pep Rally with the help of the video game Rock Band.
Orlando, Fla. —- For all of its marked improvements on the field this season, the MSU football team still lacks a signature victory to place atop its 2008 résumé.
Orlando, Fla. — The common theme when comparing the Southeastern Conference to the Big Ten is this: The SEC has speed, the Big Ten has power.
MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio will receive a 60 percent raise as part of a revised contract announced Friday.
MSU senior running back Javon Ringer was named an Associated Press All-American on Tuesday, becoming the first MSU offensive position player to garner the recognition since 2002.
When sophomore linebacker Eric Gordon watches film on Georgia, he can see why the Bulldogs entered the season as the No. 1 ranked team in the country.
With snow on the ground and winter break in full effect, the MSU football team was hard at work during its fifth bowl practice on Saturday.
The No. 19 MSU football team will play in the Capital One Bowl against No. 16 Georgia in Orlando, Fla. at 1 p.m. on Jan. 1, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio announced to the crowd during the MSU men’s basketball game against Bradley.
Tickets are on sale for the Spartan Football Awards Banquet.
Although the MSU football team is anxiously waiting to see which Jan. 1 bowl game it’ll be playing in, the regular season has been in the books for nearly two weeks.
In a few days, when the sting of Saturday’s 49-18 beatdown in Beaver Stadium wears off, the MSU football team will be able to reflect on its 9-3 season. The No. 22 Spartans (9-3 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) can take pride in likely becoming the first MSU team to reach a New Year’s Day bowl game since 2000, when the Spartans stunned Florida with a 37-34 win in the Citrus Bowl (now known as the Capital One Bowl). MSU will either receive a berth in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla., or the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla.
Mark Dantonio can be described many ways. He can be called old-school, perhaps a traditionalist. Or he can be defined by any one of his Dantonioisms, such as “Stay the course” and “They all count one.”
The Spartans passed on the cupcakes and traveled out West to open the 2008 season against the Golden Bears, who were ranked as high as No. 2 in 2007. The Spartans made mistakes early and played catch-up from the opening quarter.
State College, Pa. — The last time MSU beat Penn State in Beaver Stadium, the Vietnam War had just started, Lyndon B. Johnson was president and Spartans’ head coach Mark Dantonio had yet to celebrate his 10th birthday.
State College, Pa. —- They came to Penn State following a 4-7 record in 2004, but four years and two Big Ten Championships later, the 17 seniors on the Nittany Lions are leaving as a group that brought Penn State back to national prominence.
State College, Pa. — Sometimes the explanation is as simple as it looks.
State College, Pa. — First came the light snow.
State College, Pa. —- Playing on the program’s biggest stage in 18 years, the No. 17 MSU football team stumbled and came to a crashing fall under the bright lights of Beaver Stadium, losing in convincing fashion to No. 7 Penn State 49-18.