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Spartans, Badgers to engage in evenly matched contest, Big Ten battle up for grabs
Here’s the breakdown for the upcoming Big Ten battle between the Spartans and the Wisconsin Badgers.
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Wisconsin staff places drinking restrictions on football-goers
If you show, you blow. A new policy at University of Wisconsin, Madison for football games this fall requires students who have been removed from prior games for drunken behavior to submit to a Breathalyzer test for future admittance.
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Blowout loss shows Lions' true colors
Hang on folks, I’m pulling the emergency break. It’s now safe for everyone to jump off the Detroit Lions bandwagon — don’t crowd, one at a time will do.
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Injuries shake up depth chart
Senior offensive lineman Mike Gyetvai had never played guard until last week but that didn’t stop him from doing what head coach Mark Dantonio called “a tremendous job” against Notre Dame.
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Spartan revenge
The Spartans won an emotional 31-14 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday, vindicating last year’s heartbreaking loss and sending the Fighting Irish to their first 0-4 start in school history. Almost one year ago, MSU football took a shot to the heart when Notre Dame came back from a 16-point fourth quarter deficit to win in Spartan Stadium on a cold, wet, windy night.
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Broken promises
Notre Dame football head coach Charlie Weis broke a sacred promise to his football team and fans by losing to MSU 31-14 on Saturday. In the summer of 2006, Weis told the Notre Dame faithful that they would never have to worry about losing to the Spartans again.
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Real test for MSU begins next weekend
Not a bad start, Spartans. Only you, Wisconsin, Purdue and Ohio State are undefeated in the Big Ten. You’re on top. But you’ve done this before. You started out 4-0 in 2005, 3-0 in 2006 — this isn’t news to you. You know the season isn’t won in four games. You know the season doesn’t really start until Big Ten play.
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By the book
Junior quarterback Brian Hoyer fumbled the ball twice Saturday against Notre Dame — but one of those fumbles wasn’t by accident. The Spartans decided to try for the first down on fourth-and-one from the Fighting Irish 30-yard line with around three minutes left in the third quarter.
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Spartans defeat Notre Dame
Playing at a school with a lot of history, the Spartans decided to make some of their own on Saturday when they defeated Notre Dame 31-14 – handing them their first ever 0-4 start. MSU also became the first team to ever win six consecutive games at Notre Dame Stadium.
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Heisman watch
Going into the fourth week of the college football season, these six candidates are the frontrunners.
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Word on the street
How did you feel after last year’s football team lost to Notre Dame? The State News asked five students who attended the game.
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MSU takes categorical edges against slumping Irish
The breakdown: How MSU and Notre Dame match up.
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Victory & defeat
Four weeks into the 2006 season, the MSU football team imploded. With a 16-point lead at the end of the third quarter, the Spartans thought they had it in the bag, but the rain storm grew stronger, and so did the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame scored 19 unanswered points, beating MSU 40-37. The MSU players and coaches walked off the field soaked in rain and sweat.
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Spartans still see themselves in underdog role
The Spartans have been here before. They began the 2006 season 3-0. They began the 2005 season 4-0. They finished both of those seasons without a bowl game.
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Prognosticators
Prognosticators predict the outcomes of this weekend’s college football showdowns.
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MSU welcomes first road game
MSU head coach Mark Dantonio has made it known one of the keys this season for his football team is to win the fans back. After the team’s 3-0 start, the Spartans are closer to achieving that goal, and the unified, white-clad student section has loudly voiced its support at Spartan Stadium.
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Saint-Dic scores conference honors
Senior defensive end Jonal Saint-Dic may have earned his nickname “Sackmaster” as a joke early in his MSU football career, but his play this season has been nothing to laugh at. The Big Ten Conference noticed this week when they named Saint-Dic co-defensive player of the week.
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Determined defense
The Spartans know that if they’re going to gamble, they’d better at least try to cover their losses. MSU did exactly that Saturday in its 17-13 victory over Pittsburgh at Spartan Stadium.
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Spartans find ways to battle adversity, win
MSU head coach Mark Dantonio has yet to hold a press conference without using a favorite quote from former MSU head coach George Perles: “They all count one.” Well, Saturday’s 17-13 victory over Pittsburgh should at least count one-and-a-half.
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Toughing it out
Prior to Saturday’s game, MSU was the least penalized team in the Big Ten, but its 125 penalty yards against Pittsburgh accomplished a feat the Spartans had not reached in three seasons.