From the wacky to outright unbelievable, each team in college football has a unique story to tell. California is no exception. Here’s some interesting information regarding California’s rocky season from a year ago, its rivalry against MSU, and the Pac-10’s success against the Big Ten as a whole.
You know Javon Ringer. In fact, most college football fans around the country know the 5-foot-10 senior running back, who was named a third-team preseason All-American by Phil Steele’s 2008 College Football Preview.
With 16 players in contention for playing time along MSU’s defensive line, there probably isn’t enough room on the depth chart to list every Spartans lineman who will see the field this season.
During MSU’s annual spring football game last April, one of the coaches told senior cornerback Kendell Davis-Clark to go into the game as free safety.
A look at some of the matchups MSU faces in their upcoming game against California.
It’s that time of year again! Why bother watching the games as the State News sports team and guests tell you the results of games before they happen.
The new DeMartin Soccer Complex will see its first action from the Spartans this weekend as they host the MSU/Radisson Fall Classic.
The resounding theme of the offseason for the MSU volleyball team has been youth. In the offseason, the team brought in the No. 7 recruiting class in the nation according to PrepVolleyball.com, a major collegiate volleyball recruiting site. Every one of those players will have to contribute to a squad with only three upperclassmen.
Like every team across the country, the MSU football team faces questions heading into the 2008 season. How will they replace wide receiver Devin Thomas, who was the second receiver taken in the 2008 NFL Draft?
When someone is labeled as “bad at dealing with a loss,” it normally indicates that person shows poor sportsmanship or struggles at bouncing back from defeat.
The MSU field hockey team ranks 10th in the nation in a preseason poll released by the STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association on Tuesday — just a few days before heading to the Champions Invitational Tournament in Louisville, Ky.
Although the MSU men’s basketball season is miles away, a game such as MSU vs. North Carolina at Ford Field in Detroit makes the hype feel as if it is just around the corner.
It didn’t take MSU women’s soccer freshman forward Laura Heyboer long to bring her habit of winning awards to the collegiate level.
With the departure of goalkeeper Chris Austin, the MSU men’s soccer team was left with a vacancy in net.
The MSU field hockey team tied Michigan 2-2 in an exhibition game in Ann Arbor on Saturday.
The MSU men’s soccer team hit the field for the first time in an exhibition game Saturday and fell to Louisville, 2-1, in Fort Wayne, Ind.
Only four players found the back of the net for MSU during the 2007 women’s soccer season. After just one game this season, the Spartans are more than a quarter of the way to passing the 18-goal mark they posted in last year’s 19 games.
What started more than six years ago as an idea to help bring MSU back among the ranks of the college football elite is now complete, as the Skandalaris Football Center was unveiled to the public at the building’s opening ceremony Thursday.
Former MSU hockey players skated around Munn Ice Arena again two weeks ago for the Spartan Hockey Pro Camp. Assistant coach Tom Newton said the program helps keep the players connected to MSU.
State News staffers pick and review some of the best athletes, both rookies and veterans.