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Offensive line could dictate MSU successs
Here’s the breakdown on how MSU and Penn State match up.
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Prognosticators
Check out what the State News prognosticators have to say about the upcoming Big Ten football showdowns.
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One last goodbye
In his fifth and final year wearing green and white, senior linebacker Kaleb Thornhill’s rollercoaster ride is almost over.
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Forget 6, Spartans aim to win lucky No. 7
Six wins granted MSU bowl eligibility — along with 10 of the 11 teams in the Big Ten conference.
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U-M comments in past, team looks forward
It’s been one week since MSU head coach Mark Dantonio made what some people have termed disparaging comments directed at the Michigan football team during his Monday press conference. When told his remarks garnered national attention, Dantonio’s attention was caught.
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Spartans bounce back
The Spartans were going to win this game. Outsiders might not have believed it, but all that mattered was that the players knew it.
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Purdue win spells retribution
Junior quarterback Brian Hoyer was feeling the heat after last week’s loss to Michigan, but he was on fire in MSU’s 48-31 victory Saturday against Purdue. Hoyer rarely threw a bad ball all game, completing 22-of-31 passes for 266 yards, and most of his incompletions could be credited to dropped passes. At one stretch midway through the game, Hoyer completed 11 consecutive passes.
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Spartans triumph over Purdue
Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette turned into a firing range Saturday, as MSU shot holes through the Purdue defense en route to a 48-31 victory.
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Critical contest
Tick-tock, tick-tock. The clock is winding down on the Spartans’ football season, and the team is checking to see if it improperly adjusted the clock after daylight saving time ended. Can the season really be two games away from completion?
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MSU looks to ground game for Purdue upset
Here’s the breakdown on how MSU and Purdue match up.
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Heisman watch
It’s been a recurring theme in this year’s Heisman Trophy watch: new week, new leader. And why stop now?
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In first year as a starter, Hoyer works to become more consistent passer
The football is snapped into junior quarterback Brian Hoyer’s hands, and his eyes are downfield, waiting for the moment to hurl it to junior wide receiver Devin Thomas.
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With Dantonio, MSU, U-M will become rivalry
MSU head coach Mark Dantonio appears to be many things: Tightlipped, dry, dead pan. But Dantonio blasted those character traits at his Monday press conference when discussing the Michigan Wolverines.
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Dantonio: 'It's not over'
Classless. Disrespectful. Mockery. Arrogant. Those are the words used by the MSU football team to describe how Michigan acted following its 28-24 victory at Spartan Stadium on Saturday.
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M-barrassing
They don’t understand it, either. Another Saturday and another win just out of reach for the Spartan football team, this one more painful than the rest because it came at the hands of their biggest rival. Following the game, junior quarterback Brian Hoyer was at a loss for words. He doesn’t know why his team keeps coming so close, only to fall short.
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Bending and breaking
When Michigan quarterback Chad Henne limped off the field Saturday with around seven minutes remaining in the game, Spartans fans thought they caught a break.
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Sparty on top
When Sparty storms out of the tunnel and onto Spartan Stadium’s field with the MSU flag flapping in the wind, supply chain management sophomore Brad Siciliano said he gets goose bumps.
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Making their move
Ever since head coach Mark Dantonio came to MSU, the Spartans have been seeing red. The glowing red digits on the clock he installed in their locker room remind them just how much time remains until their chance to prove they’re not “little brother.”
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MSU benefits outweigh U-M arrogance
Black 2001 Saturn SC2. That’s the car I drive — and if MSU beats Michigan, look for it on Main Street, blasting the MSU fight song.