Mel Tucker on outside expectations entering season: 'Pressure is a privilege'
Mel Tucker finally got to see his Spartans in action during Saturday's scrimmage at Spartan Stadium, but some big decisions are still in the works as kickoff approaches.
Mel Tucker finally got to see his Spartans in action during Saturday's scrimmage at Spartan Stadium, but some big decisions are still in the works as kickoff approaches.
As the Spartans near Week 1, here is who to watch as the defense replaces some key starters.
Michigan State athletics will join a long list of professional and collegiate sports teams to sell cardboard cutouts of fans to put in the stands during game day.
With less than one month until kick-off, offensive coordinator Jay Johnson is filling in the missing puzzle pieces for a Spartan offense that was in desperate need of innovation.
Junior safety Xavier Henderson will step into a leadership role for the Spartan defense this season.
MSU safety Dominique Long is a three time Academic All-Big Ten selection and played in all 13 games last season.
MSU's first full-padded practice was Wednesday, and a couple of young defensive players have stuck out to new coordinator Scottie Hazelton.
MSU football has created an environment through team meetings and open conversation where even the quieter ones speak up towards social injustice.
Partnering with two major companies, the Big Ten will provide surveillance testing for COVID-19 during this year's football season.
Jayden Reed, a redshirt sophomore transfer from Western Michigan University, already had some preestablished chemistry with MSU football before he made it to East Lansing.
“My sense is that with the cuts we’ve put in place, playing the amount of football we’re planning on playing, with the TV revenue — but not revenue from tickets and other things — we should be able to break even for this year,” Beekman said.
Between redshirt junior Rocky Lombardi, sophomore Theo Day and redshirt freshman Payton Thorne, there seem to be three quarterbacks in the running for this seasons starting position.
Two Spartans who previously had opted out of the 2020 season, have reversed their decision and will see the field in just over one month.
With only one month to get his team ready to play, one thing is for certain: Tucker is bringing the heat.
MSU will kick off the 2020 football schedule Oct. 24 against Rutgers.
MSU student athletes have risen to a 12% positivity rate in COVID-19 testing.
Mel Tucker updates on what to expect from MSU football given his anything but normal first year in the role.
Michigan State Athletic Director Bill Beekman spoke on the Big Ten football season reinstatement. The season will consist of eight games starting the weekend of Oct. 24 and will look like nothing Big Ten fans have ever seen before.
MSU President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. and Athletic Director Bill Beekman weigh in on the Big Ten's decision to reinstate the 2020 football season.
The Big Ten will play college football starting Oct. 23-24.