Had it not been for Michigan State swooping in and offering Eric Smith a scholarship to play in a BCS conference, the Groveport, Ohio, native might be playing football in the Ivy League right now."I thought about (playing for an Ivy League school)," Smith said.
When the MSU football team ventures to Minnesota this October, it may need to alter its travel plans. Big Ten officials announced Wednesday the conditional change of MSU's scheduled game against the Golden Gophers at the Metrodome in Minneapolis from Saturday, Oct.
Before this season, the MSU football team was seeing nines.Almost every "expert" predicted the Spartans would once again sit near the cellar of the Big Ten conference.
The MSU volleyball team isn't playing for individual accolades this season, but when someone is performing as well as senior setter Nikki Colson has been, those honors just happen.Colson, a three-year captain from Lincoln, Neb., not only was named Big Ten Player of the Week but also was named AVCA National Player of the Week after her MVP weekend in Washington, D.C., at the American Volleyball Classic.
Auburn Hills - The event, which features the MSU men's basketball team hosting a different squad for the next five years at The Palace, will kick off Dec.
Perennial superpro Marshall Faulk, the Rams running back, has a spot on the bench for several weeks as he nurses his knee and broken bones in his hand. Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb is nearing bust status if he doesn't return from his bye week to post big numbers in Week Four. Rams quarterback Kurt Warner is on the bench. Oakland quarterback Rich Gannon is playing like he should be on the bench. Redskins quarterback Patrick Ramsey has made 300-yard passing weeks a norm. And the ageless Jets passer Vinny Testaverde is posting big stats. The NFL has been anything but predictable so far this season. Stevie E.
They weren't booing in Comerica Park on Sunday night. They were saying "Bruuuuuuce."Honest mistake, though.
Monquiz Wedlow has never been happier to hold a cheerleader's megaphone. The only problem - no one had a camera to take a picture of him and MSU head football coach John L.
South Bend, Ind. - Presents: Gifts brought to you on celebrations. Presence: A gift Jeff Smoker brings to the field. The senior quarterback was hurt and didn't fully practice until midweek.
Hopefully the handful of Spartan fans that traveled to South Bend, Ind., for the Notre Dame game learned something. Perhaps they picked up on how to be a college football fan. For those of you not lucky enough to bask in the tradition of Touchdown Jesus this weekend, allow me to fill you in on how a college football fan should and shouldn't act: A college football fan doesn't leave with two minutes remaining in the game because he or she is bored. Real sports fans know homefield advantage exists.
Thousands of hoop enthusiasts flocked to downtown East Lansing this weekend to christen the city's asphalt courts during the city's first 3-on-3 Howard Soifer Memorial Gus Macker Basketball Tournament.Albert Avenue was closed off from Bailey Street to M.A.C.
South Bend, Ind. - Greg Taplin has traveled a long way. But the 40-yard jaunt after his interception in Saturday's win over Notre Dame were the final baby steps he needed to get himself out of John L.
It had all the makings of the biggest battle of the season. The country's top team, with a 25-game win streak on the line, hosted the squad it bested in the Final Four last season.
For the second consecutive year, the MSU women's golf team won both team honors and the individual championship at the Mary Fossum Invitational this past weekend.
The No. 15 MSU volleyball team found its winning ways again, capturing the American Classic title over this past weekend in the nation's capital.Two wins on Saturday gave the Spartans a swing in recently lost momentum, as MSU lost two of three at a Nebraska tournament last weekend.
In her third year as a Spartan, junior outside hitter Michelle Kopka is finally settling in on the MSU volleyball team and in the United States. Still, she feels there is more work to be done. Kopka came to MSU via Scarborough, Ontario, and not only had to adjust to the new style of volleyball in the United States but also the new lifestyle. "When I came here initially, it was obviously a huge shock," Kopka said.
After winning its first tournament this season, the MSU women's golf team hopes to have success on its home course this weekend at the Mary Fossum Invitational. "It's a special tournament," head coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll said, acknowledging Mary Fossum's accomplishments as a 25-year head coach for the Spartans.
MSU men's basketball head coach Tom Izzo can now cross three names off the list of possible recruits for the 2004 season. Grand Ledge junior Al Horford announced his verbal commitment to U-M on Thursday, ending days of speculation that the 6-foot-8, 211-pound forward would commit to the Wolverines.
No. 7 MSU field hockey continued its home domination with a 5-2 rout of Central Michigan on Thursday.The Spartans (5-1) currently enjoy a 13-game winning streak in East Lansing - one that dates back to Oct.
It's the stuff legends are made of. And like Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, the Mike Labinjo story continues to grow each time it's told.