For the greater part of the 2016 MSU football campaign, two things were certain. Uncertainty and criticism. No position, no personnel, no coach, no decision seemed to get by unscathed.
Defying all odds, the MSU Spartans (3-8, 1-7 Big Ten) welcomed No. 2 Ohio State (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten) to East Lansing and barely fell to the heavily-favored Buckeyes 17-16.
Winds were howling in East Lansing as the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten) entered Spartan Stadium in a matchup with MSU (3-7, 1-6 Big Ten) that hasn’t seen the home team win since 2007.
Welcome to The State News live blog for MSU football's matchup with No. 2 Ohio State. Follow along with football writers Stephen Olschanski and Nathaniel Bott by sending them your tweets, comments, questions and thoughts about today's game.
State News sports editor Casey Harrison and football writer Stephen Olschanski discuss the impending Ohio State beatdown, the College Football Playoff and MSU basketball Kentucky.
Saturday afternoon will mark the final time that the 2016 senior class will step onto the field at Spartan Stadium. The game will have an extra meaning to those guys, as well as MSU head coach Mark Dantonio, whose 7-2 record on senior day has sent his seniors out with a victory.
State News football beat writer Nathaniel Bott (Twitter: @Nathaniel_Bott) breaks down what to expect from MSU-Ohio State, gives an injury report and offers his prediction for the contest. The Spartans play host on senior day to the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes, who since their lone blemish on the road to No. 8 Penn State have outscored their next three opponents 148-26, winning all three contests.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio took his usual spot at the podium in Spartan Stadium on Tuesday to preview Saturday’s game against the No. 2 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes.
On a lowly day in 1998 MSU football had nothing but hope to play as it reached Ohio Stadium in Columbus.
The battle of this year’s bums of the Big Ten turned out to be nothing more than a cask of pent up frustration finally splintering then exploding all over Spartan Stadium on Saturday as MSU captured its first win in nearly seven weeks. In the time between wins, the FBI sifted through a trove of newly found Clinton emails and came up empty handed, the Cubs won the World Series, the United States elected Donald Trump as President-elect, Dos-a-Cero came to an end and Ohio State fell from the top five only to wind up at No. 2 by Sunday.
The MSU football team (3-7, 1-6 Big Ten) was able to end their seven game losing streak in emphatic fashion this past Saturday –– a 49-0 beat down of lowly Rutgers. The victory had the Spartans in good spirits, as head coach Mark Dantonio said it seemed like “we'd won the championship,” the way the locker room celebrated the victory.
For seven weeks the only consistency for MSU football was that no matter the scheme, the personnel nor the play calls, nothing would avoid another week of losing.
The Spartans were able to sing their fight song with the student section for the first time since Sept. 2
Spartan Stadium played host to a match-up that pitted the only two teams in the Big Ten without a conference win yet against each other. One came out hungry for that victory as MSU football (3-7, 1-6 Big Ten) cleaned their plate in an emphatic 49-0 beatdown of Rutgers (2-8, 0-7 Big Ten).
A chilly November afternoon welcomed MSU football (2-7, 0-6 Big Ten) into Spartan Stadium as they play host to Rutgers University (2-7, 0-6 Big Ten) as both teams fought for their first conference win of the year.
Welcome to the live blog for MSU football's matchup with Rutgers. Follow along with State News football writers Stephen Olschanski and Nathaniel Bott as they cover the game.
State News football beat writer Nathaniel Bott (Twitter: @Nathaniel_Bott) breaks down what to expect from MSU-Rutgers, gives an injury report and offers his prediction for the contest.
MSU head coach Mark Dantonio took the podium on Tuesday in what he described as a “broken record” as the team has yet to improve upon the things he has consistently talked about during the Spartans seven game losing streak. The offense against Illinois was only able to generate nine points in their first six possessions, all which found their way into Illinois territory.
Sports desk editor Casey Harrison and features desk editor Connor Clark discuss the current state of affairs concerning MSU football. Do personnel changes need to be made? Is U-M's Jabrill Peppers deserving of the Heisman?
For all intents and purposes, let’s say MSU beats Rutgers next Saturday. Then we can assume an Ohio State team that just manhandled No. 10 Nebraska embarrasses the Spartans in East Lansing and MSU proceeds to fall to No. 12 Penn State to end the season. That would mean MSU football finishes the season 3-9 with one Big Ten win just a year removed from a College Football Playoff appearance.