When MSU football takes on Alabama in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Eve, thousands of Spartan fans will huddled around big screens from East Lansing to Mackinac.
MSU alumni Ron and Diane Posa have been waiting for the Spartans to make it to this stage for a long time, but when MSU takes on Alabama in the College Football Playoff Semifinal on New Year's Eve the Posas will be cheering for the Tide. This is because their son Chris Posa is a junior offensive lineman for Alabama — the only player from Michigan on the Crimson Tide's roster.
The No. 1 MSU men's basketball team opens up Big Ten play on the road against the Iowa Hawkeyes (9-3) Tuesday. Tipoff is scheduled for 9 p.m.
Carl Izzo, the father of current MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo, passed away on Monday, according to a university spokesman. He passed away in Appleton, Wisconsin. Izzo was 90 years old.
The Cotton Bowl game featuring the matchup of MSU vs. Alabama is right around the corner, and it's never too early to start making plans. Last-minute plane tickets to Dallas might be out of the question for most people, but that doesn't mean it's impossible to have a good time back in East Lansing.
A recent video, 'Destiny in Dallas,' highlights MSU's underdog status as the team nips at the heels of No. 2 Alabama. If this one doesn't give you goosebumps, we don't know what will.
Nick Saban has established himself as college football's most successful head coach of the past decade. But before obtaining his four national championships in nine years, he made a decision to depart MSU prior to his 1999 team's Citrus Bowl matchup against Florida.
Freezing rain and icy conditions are in the weather forecast for mid-Michigan on Monday and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. Ice accumulations of one quarter to one half of an inch are possible by 5 a.m.
As Spartan fans prepare to make the trip to Dallas, Texas for the Cotton Bowl national semi final against Alabama, travelers should be wary of harsh weather that has been striking the area for the past
The world was a much different place back in 1965, but since then the MSU football team has reestablished themselves as one of the elite programs in the country, trying to repeat history and achieve national success.
The week of CFP preparation has begun for the No. 3-ranked MSU football team as it arrived at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport late on Christmas evening.
According to Forbes' 'College Football's Most Valuable Teams 2015' list, the Spartans have the 19th most valuable football program in the country.
A civil lawsuit between MSU and ESPN Inc. involving 301 student-athletes' crime records will end with the release of student-athlete information following nearly two months of stagnation.
Stores selling apparel and memorabilia related to MSU’s recent Big Ten Championship victory and upcoming appearance in the 2015 College Football Playoff are seeing mixed sales results. The Student Book Store saw a substantial jump in sales, causing them to hire additional staff for the holiday season. “If we weren’t going to a bowl we probably would have sucked it up and not hired anybody” SBS assistant manager Mike Wylie said. Other stores haven’t enjoyed the same sales spike. Campus Street Sportswear manager Tom Tatum said people seem to be waiting to see if the team makes it to a national championship.
Top 10 plays of the 2015 MSU football season so far
With senior captain guard Denzel Valentine out with a knee injury against a talented Oakland team one thing was clear for MSU players and coaches -- someone needed to step up.
For much of the No. 1 MSU basketball teams's 99-93 overtime victory against Oakland Tuesday night, the Golden Grizzlies had the Spartans right where they wanted him. But much like they've done so many times in this season, this time without their star senior guard, the Spartans came together, as they overcame a double-digit deficit to defeat Oakland in overtime and improve to 13-0 on the season, the best start in school history. The Grizzlies jumped out to a 27-13 lead within the first ten minutes of the game. And junior Oakland guard Kay Felder was as good as unguardable.
In its first game without star senior guard Denzel Valentine, who will miss the next few weeks due to a knee injury, the No. 1 MSU basketball team Oakland came out competitive from the start and held a 27-13 lead near the midway point of the first half of Tuesday night's contest from The Palace of Auburn Hills. From there, MSU did manage to cut the Oakland lead to 27-19 but the Grizzlies would score seven straight to go back up 34-19 at the 7:16 mark of the first half. After that, MSU went on a quick 9-0 run to close Oakland's lead to six, 34-28. But Oakland continued to pile it on and took a 50-37 lead into the half.
Welcome to the live blog for tonight's men's basketball game between No. 1 MSU and Oakland University, ask questions and follow along throughout the game.
Football is a sport that requires a lot of mental fortitude, the minute another player is in your head and you hesitate even for a brief moment you have lost. There's that cliched quote that sports are 90 percent mental and 10 percent physical and while there is no way to truly quantify this, it really does take a sound mind to make it in football.