Michigan State men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo believes head football coach Pat Fitzgerald is the right man to lead the Spartans back to success. But he knows Fitzgerald needs the fan base's support, urging fans to stick with the program while it's rebuilding.
MSU offensive lineman Nick Sharpe will not face further criminal charges after the Clinton County Prosecutor's Office declined to pursue charges.
Aidan Chiles spent two seasons going against Joe Rossi’s defense in practice, and now he returns with a throwback wing-T offense and the best efficiency numbers of his career. Rossi knows the quarterback, but not the scheme, and the Spartans’ depleted defense has little room for error.
Aidan Chiles returns to Spartan Stadium on Saturday with No. 25 Northwestern to face the Michigan State team he left and the quarterback who replaced him. Chiles is off to a strong start in Evanston, while Alessio Milivojevic and the winless-in-conference Spartans look for their first Big Ten win.
Michigan State football head coach Pat Fitzgerald apologized for his middle-finger incident at Monday's press conference. His apology comes after his reaction to a controversial flag that came late in the fourth quarter against Illinois.
Michigan State football head coach Pat Fitzgerald faces his former squad for the first time since his firing in 2023. In his 17 seasons coaching at Northwestern, Fitzgerald developed an understanding of what it takes to rebuild a football team from the ground up, which he hopes will translate to MSU.
The Michigan State football team celebrated its Homecoming in exhilarating style, completing a 17-point comeback and sending the game into overtime. The Spartans, however, couldn't cap off the win, ultimately falling to Illinois 38-37.
Michigan State fell 38-37 in overtime to Illinois after trailing 23-7, but its second-half rally, sparked by a 13-second turnaround in the third quarter, showed the fight Pat Fitzgerald is trying to build. Despite a fourth straight loss, the Spartans played their most complete half of the season and avoided a third straight Big Ten blowout.
After two blowout losses, Michigan State’s season hinges on a two-game homestand against Illinois and Northwestern that could either revive its bowl hopes or bury them for good.
Michigan State fans have varying levels of patience through five weeks of head coach Pat Fitzgerald's first season as a Spartan. Some fans are still holding onto hope, while others are growing more frustrated with the recent struggles.
While MSU has cycled through coaches and kept struggling, quarterback Katin Houser has grown into one of the Big Ten's most experienced starters. He returns to Spartan Stadium on Saturday with Illinois.
The Michigan State football team eliminated turnovers and negative plays in its matchup against Wisconsin, but still struggled to score points. The Spartans solved some of the problems that plagued them the prior week, only to encounter new ones.
The Michigan State football team returns to Spartan Stadium for its annual Homecoming game against Illinois with a chance to give a frustrated fan base something to believe in again. The Spartans must show progress and the ability to compete in the Big Ten in front of their alumni before more fans lose faith in the direction of the program.
Michigan State pulled a rolling Alessio Milivojevic for Cam Fancher in the middle of a drive at Wisconsin, and the move stalled the Spartans' best chance to stay in the game. It raises a bigger question about whether the quarterback swap is stunting Milivojevic's development.
Michigan State traveled to Wisconsin to face a Badger offense led by dynamic quarterback Colton Joseph. He brutalized the Spartans on the ground, rushing for 141 yards to lead Wisconsin to a 31-3 victory.
Michigan State enters its Big Ten road debut against Wisconsin, trending in the opposite direction of the Badgers, who have tallied three straight victories. The Spartans will need to exploit Wisconsin's few weaknesses if they want a chance of overcoming the Badgers in Madison.
Joe and Julie Serra made a $10M commitment to FOR SPARTA, directed to the future of MSU football and Spartan Stadium.
MSU football's defense ranks 45th nationally but can't get to the quarterback or take the ball away, and now it faces Wisconsin's dual-threat Colton Joseph with its linebackers and cornerbacks banged up. The Spartans' best hope may be Joseph's own habit of throwing interceptions.
Michigan State is averaging 22 points per game, last in the Big Ten, and just 11.5 against Power Four opponents. Turnovers and sacks are the biggest reasons why, and Wisconsin's top-30 defense is next.
Graduate running back Cam Edwards' injury leaves Michigan State searching for answers in a run game that was already struggling to find consistency. It will be up to graduate running back Jaziun Patterson and others to step up as the Spartans enter the heart of the Big Ten schedule.