MSU's rankings in both the coaches and AP poll remain the same after their 35-11 win Saturday against Michigan. MSU is No. 8 in the AP poll and No. 5 in the coaches poll.
Before No. 8 MSU (7-1 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) took on Michigan (3-5 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) U-M players took a metal tent stake and drove it into the ground at the 35 yard-line.
No. 8 MSU (7-1 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) put a stake in the heart of Michigan (3-5 overall, 1-3 Big Ten) by winning 35-11 Saturday at Spartan Stadium.It was a different stake, however, that grabbed the attention of players and coaches before the game.
No. 8 MSU football used a couple of second half scores and stifling defense to roll past Michigan, 35-11, at Spartan Stadium on Saturday. The win was MSU’s sixth in the last seven matchups against U-M, including the Spartan’s fourth straight victory at home against the maize-and-blue.
Start fast, finish slow was the motto for the volleyball team on Saturday evening. The Spartans (12-9 overall, 5-5 Big Ten) lost in straight sets to No. 7 Penn State (20-3 overall, 8-2 Big Ten), 0-3 (24-26, 17-25, 21-25).
Bondy’s BetsIt’s rivalry week on the banks of the Red Cedar and that normally means expect the unexpected.
Talk radio hosts from 97.1 FM The Ticket wagered on the result of the MSU–University of Michigan game for Challenge for Charity.
MSU and U-M ROTC cadets set out on a 64-mile run from the Big House in Ann Arbor to Spartan Stadium this morning. MSU Athletic Director Mark Hollis will receive Saturday's game ball around 3:30 p.m. at Demonstration Hall field.
I feel bad for my past State News colleagues, the yearly daily columns used to be harder to write I'm sure.
Companies designing products to deter sexual assaults and other attacks aim to introduce them on college campuses, but some students working to combat sexual assault at MSU question their effectiveness.
Every year, we trade these columns back and forth, and every year, we debate the same talking points.
“Statistics are no longer numbers on a page, but faces imprinted on my heart,” human biology junior Morgan Mclane said.
Earlier this month NCG Cinema in Lansing showed a Mandarin-language film for the first time. The movie, "Breakup Buddies," was also shown in theaters in China and grossed more than $163 million in the first week.
For some of the students on campus invested in parkour, the sport is as serious as training daily and as relaxed as an excuse to jump off of things.
Students promote local produce and sustainable food at MSU Food Day sponsored by the MSU Department of Sustainability and the Horticulture Farm.
“Beat Michigan” shirts. Smack talk on social media. U-M’s block ‘M’ spray-painted green with “S-U” scrawled next to it. A taxidermied wolverine in a maize and blue vest, hanging by a noose from the back of a van with license plate “ST8 VAN” along with a banner reading, “The only good Wolverine …” parked outside the Starbucks on Grand River Avenue. There’s no mistaking it — it’s Michigan week.
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Before head coach Mark Dantonio took over the MSU football program in 2006,, the MSU-Michigan rivalry was one sided. The Wolverines had won nine of the last 11 games against MSU, including a five-game winning streak before Dantonio joined the Spartan sidelines.
The week leading up to the Michigan football game is typically an emotional one for most Spartan fans, but for the marching band, it’s also a time to participate in a long-standing tradition.Sparty Watch is an annual marching band tradition, during which members of the band gather at the Sparty statue in the week leading up to the Michigan football game.