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MSU's playoff hopes ride on Big Ten Football Championship Game
The stars are aligning for a shortened list of teams as conference championship games are set to take place on Saturday.
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Gov. Snyder declares Friday 'Spartan Green Day'
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, a self-professed fan of MSU Football and a graduate of U-M, used his legislative power to declare Friday, Dec. 4 'Spartan Green Day' in honor of the No. 5 MSU football team.
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Dueling Analysis: How MSU defeats Iowa in the Big Ten championship game
Here is how MSU will get the job done and make its way to a College Football Playoff Semifinal game.
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Iowa is the last step between MSU football and the College Football Playoff
The goals for MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio and his Spartans have been clear all season long— reach higher.
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MSU football leads Big Ten with four First Team All-Big Ten offensive selections
Eight Spartans received all conference offensive recognition, four received First Team All Big Ten Honors, and two received individual awards Tuesday night during a special broadcast of the conferences all league selections and awards selections on BTN.
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Football runs in the family for MSU wide receiver Monty Madaris
Monty Madaris, redshirt-junior wide receiver and defensive back at MSU, played for the skinny bricks alongside his cousin Rodriguez. Lined up across the backyard on the roughnecks were the boys’ other cousins, Greg and Michael Means Jr. While also in the Eastside of Cincinnati, their cousin Isiah Gentry was growing up a few years behind the six-year-olds’ makeshift league. Madaris, Means Jr. and Gentry, all products of Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati and all wide receivers, now play NCAA Division I football across the Midwest, with Means Jr. being a redshirt-junior at Akron and Gentry a redshirt-freshman at Minnesota.
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Five takeaways from No. 5 MSU's victory against Penn State
The No. 5 MSU football team (11-1 overall, 7-1 Big Ten) defeated Penn State (7-5 overall, 4-4 Big Ten) 55-16 Saturday evening at Spartan Stadium, solidifying a share of the Big Ten East Division Championship.
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ESPN's College GameDay to visit Big Ten Championship game between MSU and Iowa
ESPN’s College GameDay will be making another stop at game featuring MSU as it announced via twitter that it would be traveling to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship game between Iowa and MSU on Dec.
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FINAL: No. 5 MSU defeats Penn State, 55-16
No. 5 MSU (11-1 overall, 7-1 Big Ten) defeated Penn State (7-5 overall, 4-4 Big Ten) 55-16 Saturday night at Spartan Stadium to clinch a share of the Big Ten East Division title and a showdown against No. 4 Iowa (12-0 overall, 8-0 Big Ten).
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LIVE BLOG: No. 5 Michigan State vs. Penn State
Tag-a-long with The State News as we cover the No.5-ranked Spartans (10-1) home game and senior day against Penn State (7-4).
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COLUMN: MSU and Penn State is a forced rivalry, not genuine
When Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 into law, he unknowingly created all that is great about college football.
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MSU advances toward goal of College Football Playoffs
MSU has jumped to No. 5 in the CFP Rankings after beating the reigning national champion and then-No. 3 Buckeyes 17-14.
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Dantonio downplays senior day, Cook still in question and more notes on MSU football
Before No. 6-ranked MSU (10-1 overall, 6-1 Big Ten) takes on Penn State (7-4 overall, 4-3 Big Ten) this Saturday head coach Mark Dantonio held his weekly press conference, here are a few takeaways from Dantonio's statements to the media: Some things come before sports Before Dantonio began speaking about football he took time for some special acknowledgements. "First and foremost, just want to acknowledge and let everyone know at the University of Michigan and Chad Carr's family that we're deeply sorrowed by his passing on Monday.
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Documentary showing MSU's role in desegregation in need of support for expected release date
Maya Washington, daughter of former MSU wide receiver Gene Washington, is in the process of making her first major film, titled Through the Banks of the Red Cedar, which shows how Michigan State pioneered racial desegregation in college football.
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Grandson of former U-M head football coach Lloyd Carr dies after fight with cancer
The grandson of former University of Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr, Chad Carr, has passed away after his 15 month battle with inoperable brain cancer.
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VIDEO: MSU kicker Michael Geiger reflects on game-winning kick vs. Ohio State
It was junior kicker Michael Geiger’s shot to win the game. The shot he has been waiting for all year – and he nailed it from 41 yards out.
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MSU keeps playoff hopes alive with win over Ohio State
Before the football season began, many Spartan fans had Nov. 21 circled on their calendars. In a season full of lofty expectations, MSU knew that the game against Ohio State would be the most important of the season. No. 9-ranked MSU (10-1 overall, 6-1 Big Ten) upset No. 3-ranked Ohio State (10-1 overall, 6-1 Big Ten) 17-14 in Columbus in front of a record-breaking crowd at Ohio Stadium of 108,975 people.
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MSU defeats Ohio State on last second field goal, 17-14
MSU defeated OSU by a score of 17-14 Saturday afternoon in Ohio Stadium on a walk-off 41-yard field goal by junior kicker Michael Geiger.
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LIVE BLOG: No. 9 MSU vs. No. 3 Ohio State
Welcome to the live coverage blog for No. 9 MSU (9-1 overall, 5-1 Big Ten) vs. No. 3 OSU (10-0 overall, 6-0 Big Ten).
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MSU football set for monumental match up with Ohio State
Much like last season, one thing stands in between MSU and their goals—Ohio State. Had the Spartans won that game, it could have been MSU earning a berth in the inaugural college football playoff. But ifs don't matter, because the Spartans lost, but here they are again with their dreams in front of them.