As students flock back onto campus and incoming freshman take in the wonders of MSU’s massive landscape, they might hear a rumbling noise coming from Spartan Stadium or Jenison Fieldhouse. Just as students return to their dorms and houses, the student athletes embark on a new season of fall sports.
Tyler O’Connor stood poised in his white Nike shirt and green shorts and peered out over the media herd walking towards him — he knew the inevitable was coming. Someone would undoubtedly ask him about Connor Cook.
If the spotlight and preseason polls tell anyone anything, it’s that they wouldn’t last two hours — let alone 15 games — as fortune tellers. And if a fan base takes tremendous pride or loathing in its preseason ranking or time in the spotlight, they ought to find another needle to get their high.
MSU football announced Thursday following the last practice of preseason camp, fifth year senior quarterback Tyler O'Connor, fifth year senior linebacker Riley Bullough and fifth year senior defensive back Demetrious Cox will be captains for the 2016 season.
With just 11 days until kickoff of the 2016 football season, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio addressed the media Monday afternoon during preseason camp and named fifth year senior quarterback Tyler O’Connor as the starter for week one of the regular season against Furman.
MSU football checks in at No. 12 in the Associated Press Preseason Poll, marking the third straight season the Spartans have garnered a spot inside the AP’s top 15 and the fifth time under Mark Dantonio that MSU has started the season in the AP Top 25.
It’s hard to criticize a team that went to the College Football Playoff last season, but it’s no surprise that MSU’s defense, more specifically the secondary, proved to be the team’s Achilles' heel in the College Football Playoff.
A lot has changed with MSU football in the last 10 years — mostly because of Dantonio and his coaching staff.
With the 2016 season now less than a month away head coach Mark Dantonio and his offensive staff must find a rotation of wide receivers to accompany the new quarterback.
The MSU football team welcomed the media on Monday and held a series of press conferences for Media Day at Spartan Stadium.
Coming off a Big Ten championship, a berth in the College Football Playoff and a 12-2 record last season, MSU football is ranked No. 11 in the country in the preseason USA Today Amway Coaches Poll released Wednesday.
Choking on his words and fighting back tears, head football coach Mark Dantonio made one final statement about the life of Mike Sadler on Sunday. He took the podium, looked at his players and the crowd, stood poised and said Sadler’s jersey number, three, would always be special at MSU.
The Associated Press released its first Top 100 list of the best college football programs of all-time Tuesday afternoon and MSU football can count itself amongst the top 25 checking in at No. 19. AP used a three category formula and points system based on AP poll appearances (one point), AP No. 1 rankings (one point) and championships awarded by AP voters (10 points) to decipher the all-time best teams.
The image was lasting; the message was clear. Mike Sadler lived on.
Of the 253 total players drafted over the weekend in the annual NFL Draft, MSU had five players going to four different NFL teams.
For the third straight year, MSU has had one of their football players go in the first round of the NFL Draft.
The MSU football team had its team banquet on Sunday and honored its graduating seniors who leave MSU as one of the most successful senior classes in program history.
The Spartans concluded their 15 spring practices with the annual Green and White Spring game on Saturday.
Tyler O’Connor has a phone, just like many of his quarterbacking counterparts in college football do. in college football do. He doesn’t keep a picture of himself or a loved one as his screen background, though. Instead, his background is a list of goals for the spring. The first goal?
The annual MSU football Green-White Spring Game ended with the White team defeated the Green team 14-11 in a game with running clocks, 12 minute quarters and even a coach’s challenge.