Coach Mark Dantonio said during his weekly news conference Tuesday he's "not going to make any more comments about this situation," in regards to the back-and-forth between him and Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh.
Two days after Michigan State fell to now-No. 5 Michigan 21-7 Saturday afternoon, there's still a back-and-forth exchange going on between the two programs.
Coach Mark Dantonio said in his teleconference Sunday he thought the whole situation Saturday, before and after Michigan State’s (4-3, 2-2 in Big Ten) 21-7 loss to the 5th-ranked Wolverines (7-1, 5-0) was “juvenile.”
Injuries are building up for the Spartans, and while coach Mark Dantonio said “you can’t have that attitude” when it comes to blaming poor offensive production on injuries, they do play a factor.
In the 24th-ranked Spartans 21-7 loss to the Wolverines the defense allowed 183 yards on 53 rushes.
After re-entering the AP top 25 following a 21-17 road victory at Penn State, then-No. 24 Michigan State football fell out of the rankings once again.
Junior quarterback Brian Lewerke revealed after Michigan State's loss to the Wolverines Saturday that he has been having issues with his right shoulder since playing Penn State last weekend.
Right before No. 24 Michigan State and No. 6 University of Michigan kicked off their contentious rivalry game Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium, U-M junior linebacker Devin Bush Jr. started stomping on the Spartan head logo in the middle of the field.
The Spartans (4-3, 2-2 in Big Ten) fell to the Wolverines (7-1, 5-0) 21-7 Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium, sending the Paul Bunyan Trophy to Ann Arbor.
Felton Davis III was charted off the field with an achilles injury during the first half of Saturday's game against the Wolverines.
With 6:11 left in the first quarter, No. 24 Michigan State and Michigan entered a weather delay because of lightning in the area.
Watch the Spartans preview their matchup against the Wolverines Saturday for the Paul Bunyan Trophy.
No. 24 Michigan State will try and exploit sixth-ranked Michigan's No. 1 pass defense Saturday in the battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy.
This week The State News talked to The Michigan Daily's football reporter Max Marcovitch to dive into the Wolverines' season ahead of No. 24 Michigan State football's matchup with No. 6 University of Michigan.
University of Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said the Michigan State-U-M rivalry could use a break from the cliches and trash talking, which has been a large part of the in-state rivalry over the years.
Here’s an incomplete timeline of when and how the rivalry got a little criminal in recent years.
For the unlucky fans who did not have the chance to get tickets for the MSU vs. U-M game Saturday, Oct. 20 at Spartan Stadium the day they went on sale, they will have to pay a hefty price as gameday nears.
Whether if they were 0-6 or 6-0, linebacker Joe Bachie said the 24th-ranked Spartans wouldn’t prepare for No. 6 Michigan any differently.
The MSU and University of Michigan rivalry is arguably one of the biggest rivalries in sports, academics and anything else you can possibly imagine within the state of Michigan. There’s very little love lost between the fans and students of the two universities, causing a lot of bad blood.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Michigan State does not upset eighth-ranked Penn State without the A+ effort from their defense, which has been the heartbeat of the team throughout coach Mark Dantonio's tenure in East Lansing.