MSU cruised comfortably to a 28-7 win, but self-inflicted woes limited the Spartans' ability to pull away Friday night.
For most of Friday night, Michigan State’s best offense was its defense. The 18th-ranked Spartans used a dominant defensive effort to defeat Tulsa 28-7 in their season opener.
Here are some things to know before Friday night’s matchup.
We talked with The Tulsa World's football beat reporter about what to expect from the Golden Hurricane ahead of this weekend's game.
Michigan State senior defensive tackle Mike Panasiuk has an interesting way of describing when the Spartan defense can sense an opposing offense beginning to wilt — he compares it to an animal attack.
There’s a lot to unpack and a lot to be discovered, but here’s what you can expect from Michigan State football in 2019.
Ahead of MSU's first football game of the season, coach Mark Dantonio hopes his players can leave the past in the past and focus on what's ahead.
This past offseason for the Spartans has not been as tranquil as others after the Spartans finished an injury-plagued season with a 7-6 record. After the 7-6 loss in the Redbox Bowl, Dantonio decided a need for change in the coaching staff.
At Michigan State Football's Media Day, defensive coordinator Mike Tressel said he expects nothing less than his players striving to be the top defense in the nation.
With the struggling offense in the 2018 season, MSU relied on its No.1 ranked defense in the country to finish off the season with a 7-6 record.
Dantonio, along with defensive players senior linebacker Joe Bachie, senior defensive end Kenny Willekes and senior defensive tackle Raequan Williams, represented the Spartans at this year’s Big Ten Media Day Conference.
During the Big Ten Media Day Conference, BTN President Francois McGillicuddy announced that the network will broadcast a documentary focusing on the MSU and U-M rivalry.
The defense ended up dominating the offense, 42-26 in the Spring Game, but what stood out was the depth of an inexperienced second and third team defense against the first and second team offense.
In a spring game where all attention was focused on senior quarterback Brian Lewerke’s first live reps since 2018, the offense displayed much more to dissect in its underwhelming 42-26 defeat.
The defense was the factor that decided the Spring Game and with last season’s bout with injuries, defensive coordinator Mike Tressel played his starters conservatively for the April 13 scrimmage.
Amidst the unrest over the prospective neon alternates, Michigan State played its annual spring game Saturday, as the defense imposed a 42-26 victory over the offense.
Hundreds of kids, ages 7-12, were able to work out with the Spartan players at four different stations, including passing, footwork and defensive drills at the annual kids clinic.
Besides the offensive changes on the field, the running backs are looking forward to working more and more with new offensive coordinator Brad Salem after Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio made the change in January.
This year’s Spring Game will have the same setup as the past three; the offensive will square off against the defense to conclude this year’s spring ball.
As the many concerns of fifth-year senior quarterback Brian’s Lewerke’s health remained the focus of the early spring, coach Mark Dantonio’s “his arm’s live” assertion following his team’s first spring practice seems to have appeased the mob.