The road certainly doesn’t get easier ahead for MSU, but the dominance from the defense allows the offense to relax when they aren’t as consistent. Traveling to face No. 1 ranked Ohio State will be a tall task for the Spartans, but this is the perfect amount of momentum the team needed heading into the final stretch of the season.
The Michigan State Football team picked up its first victory since the second week of September, snapping a six game losing streak in a 20-17 win over Nebraska Saturday afternoon.
In the last game at Spartan Stadium this season for the Michigan State Football team, the Spartans will look to get in the win column for the first time since week two as they are set to host Nebraska. MSU has lost six straight games coming into the matchup, and will try to turn it around on senior day. Kickoff is set for 12:00 p.m. on FS1.
The Michigan State Football Team returns home to Spartan Stadium for the last time this season as they are set to face Nebraska on Saturday.
Michigan State football will be celebrating its Senior Day this weekend for their final home game of 2023 against the 5-3 Nebraska Cornhuskers. For fifth year lineman such as Maverick Hansen and J.D. Duplain, they know how special a victory would be to send them out of Spartan Stadium with a win amidst a six game losing streak.
Interim head coach Harlon Barnett and MSU football have yet to find success in the six games he has been at the helm. This weekend though, he has a chance to send the seniors out on a winning note against Nebraska for their last game at Spartan Stadium, and Barnett has been nothing but positive with his guys in order to keep the mood in the locker room from derailing.
It was a sign of similar trends for the Michigan State football team on Saturday afternoon. The Spartans dropped their sixth straight game to Minnesota, as they are still winless in conference play heading into November.
Know Thy Enemy is a Q&A where the perspective changes from the eyes of The State News to the eyes of the student newspaper of Michigan State's opponent. This week, The State News' football beat writer Nick Lundberg spoke with football beat writer Andrew Cornelius of The Minnesota Daily ahead of Saturday's Minnesota-Michigan State game.
In a quick turnaround of events, MSU Football redshirt junior defensive lineman Simeon Barrow Jr. is withdrawing his name from the transfer portal, interim head coach Harlon Barnett said during his radio show Thursday night.
Just over a year ago, redshirt senior kicker Jonathan Kim was uncertain where he wanted to play football. In 2023, he is setting records with his leg and looking to share his faith as much as possible.
After suffering a 27 point defeat last season to the hands of the Minnesota, Michigan State football will head to Minneapolis for the first time in six years to take on the four-win Golden Gophers this Saturday afternoon.
With a sense of quarterback “uncertainty” moving forward and the benching of the week one starter displayed, it isn’t crazy to think that the locker room chemistry would suffer from the coaching decisions, especially within the position room. Leavitt and Houser have said it has been the opposite for the three Michigan State quarterbacks.
The roster has gone through a lot of reconstruction, most notably with who is playing on the field week in and week out. Nevertheless, Minnesota is now on the clock, and that is the focus for Michigan State. With Barnett looking for his first win since taking over the head coaching position, there is constant adversity to be faced when put in such a tough position. Nothing has been easy for the Spartans this season, but they will continue to battle.
Following a crushing defeat to Michigan on Saturday night, Michigan State Football is likely to lose another player to the transfer portal, interim head coach Harlon Barnett announced during his weekly press conference Monday.
This year's battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy was pure domination, and the Michigan State Football Team ended up on the wrong side of it. The Spartans suffered a 49-0 loss to Michigan, which was the worst home loss ever in program history. The stat sheet was a good tale of the story for the whole night. MSU was outclassed in all phases, as they only could generate 182 total yards compared to Michigan’s 477.
Michigan State football (2-5) could not muster a single point against Michigan, while the second ranked team in the nation scored six touchdowns en route to a 49-0 win in the rivalry’s first game under the lights at Spartan Stadium.
East Lansing was filled with energy as fans of Michigan State University Spartans and University of Michigan Wolverines counted down the hours until kickoff for their annual rivalry football game.
After dropping their fourth straight game, Michigan State Football will host arguably their best opponent all year as they welcome Michigan to town for the battle of the Paul Bunyan Trophy. The Wolverines come into the matchup ranked No. 2 as the Spartans will try to pull off the significant upset. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. this Saturday on NBC.
Michigan State football, who is currently on a four game losing streak coupled with just two wins on the season, will host rival No.2 Michigan this weekend in East Lansing for the first time under the lights to decide who will bring home the Paul Bunyan trophy.
It is no secret that the Michigan State Football team has struggled as of late on the field. After winning their first two games, the Spartans have dropped four straight, and the road doesn’t get much easier ahead. This week's task for MSU is the battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy, a primetime game against No. 2 ranked Michigan, and the players know what is at stake.