Senior forward Bryan Lerg said it’s always been his dream to be captain. Now, it’s reality. Lerg will serve as captain of the MSU hockey team for the 2007-08 season.
Coming off the program’s first national title in 21 years, MSU head coach Rick Comley said he’s more driven now than he’s ever been. “That’s the feeling I have sitting here, right now,” Comley said Tuesday at MSU Media Day. “These are golden years for me … it’s such a great school and a great program, there’s so much pride taken from winning a national championship, I’m just hungry to do it again.”
Two MSU men’s soccer players picked up Big Ten weekly honors after MSU’s 3-0 win at Wisconsin on Sunday.
The influence of MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo stretches far past basketball, as he showcased Saturday.
To put it lightly, it was a pretty good weekend for the MSU women’s tennis team. At the Spartan Invitational held this weekend at the Wilson tennis courts, the Spartans routed their competition, going 30-1 in singles matches and 11-2 in doubles.
Madison, Wis. — The real MSU finally showed up Saturday as the Spartans lost 37-34 at Wisconsin. We finally know this team can compete with the best. We finally have a reason to be excited and inspired.
A standing ovation from opposing fans, a legitimate congratulatory video message from the previous record holder and a grizzled veteran running around like a rookie. If only all hallowed records could fall like that.
Madison, Wis. — After sitting out a majority of the past three games injured, senior safety Nehemiah Warrick could not wait to smash pads with an opponent again. Wisconsin wide receiver Kyle Jefferson felt the brunt of that on Saturday.
Wisconsin athletics was celebrating both at home and in East Lansing on Saturday. The MSU volleyball team (9-7 overall, 0-4 Big Ten) felt the same pain in East Lansing as the MSU football team did in Madison.
The CCHA announced on Sept. 25 at its annual media day that it will use a two-referee, two-linesman system for 14 of the league’s exhibition games this season as the NCAA looks to make a change in officiating system.
MADISON, Wisc. – Penalties and two failed midfield conversions late in the game turned an MSU upset into an MSU tragedy as the Spartans lost to No.-9 ranked Wisconsin 37-34.
The State News recently caught up with Spartans football legend Carl Banks to discuss where MSU football has been and where it is going. Banks played as a linebacker at MSU from 1980-83 and became the first non-kicker at MSU to receive first team All-Big Ten honors three consecutive seasons.
Here’s the breakdown for the upcoming Big Ten battle between the Spartans and the Wisconsin Badgers.
If you show, you blow. A new policy at University of Wisconsin, Madison for football games this fall requires students who have been removed from prior games for drunken behavior to submit to a Breathalyzer test for future admittance.
Prognosticators predict the outcomes of the weekend’s upcoming Big Ten football showdowns.
At this point in the season, records aren’t going to say it all. The Spartans come out of the nonconference schedule 4-0, but face it, the competition hasn’t been exactly stiff. Their toughest opponent was Pittsburgh, and they’ve been here before, only to collapse for the remainder of the season. So here’s how the Spartans look heading into their Big Ten conference schedule.
Junior quarterback Brian Hoyer is the first to admit he took some risks against Notre Dame on Saturday. He took a risk throwing a bomb downfield to junior wide receiver Devin Thomas, only to have his pass intercepted in the end zone.
A winless MSU team heads to Wisconsin on Saturday to take on the undefeated Badgers as it opens Big Ten play.
The Heisman Trophy is awarded each season to college football’s most outstanding player. Seven candidates currently lead the nation, but the trophy isn’t won four weeks into the season.
The MSU women’s tennis team is gearing up for what it hopes to be a successful weekend at the Spartan Invitational.