Orlando, Fla. — When No. 7 MSU and No. 15 Alabama meet on Saturday, it will be one of three Big Ten vs. SEC New Year’s Day matchups that will go a long way in determining conference standing next season. The Big Ten is 14-15 against SEC in the last 11 years.
Orlando, Fla. — When looking at No. 7 MSU and No. 15 Alabama, there is no shortage of offensive playmakers at the running back and wide receiver positions, as both teams feature game-changing talent. In their last media briefing before Saturday’s Capital One Bowl, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio and Alabama head coach Nick Saban talked about limiting huge plays and making tackles.
After an atrocious first half, the No. 20 MSU men’s basketball team managed to right its wrongs in the second half, propelling the Spartans to a 71-62 victory against No. 14 Minnesota in the Big Ten opener.
The league of the elite in college football is one of the most exclusive clubs in the world. This season, the MSU football team has been doing everything it can to get noticed and let in the door to join the rest of college football’s elite.
MSU offensive coordinator Don Treadwell has been named the head coach at Miami (Ohio).
After sustaining a C6 vertebra fracture while vaulting during practice on Wednesday, senior gymnast Kathryn Mahoney underwent surgery to stabilize the vertebra, MSU announced Thursday.
Orlando, Fla. — When MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis was campaigning to bowl officials to choose the No. 7 Spartans for a BCS game following their 11-1 Big Ten championship season, one of his main selling points was the willingness of the Green and White fans to travel anywhere in the country to watch their team play. The Spartans didn’t receive a bid to a BCS bowl, but fans are proving Hollis right in Orlando, Fla.
The MSU hockey team took third place in the Great Lakes Invitational on Thursday night with a 5-3 win against Michigan Tech.
Despite a late rally, the MSU hockey team lost the opening game of the Great Lakes Invitational, 5-4, against Colorado College on Wednesday night. MSU will play the loser of Wednesday night’s matchup between No. 10 Michigan and Michigan Tech.
After five years as an assistant and associate head coach, Helen Knull will be taking over as head coach of the MSU field hockey team, MSU announced Monday. She is replacing Rolf van de Kerkhof, who announced he was leaving MSU on Dec. 15 to become the head coach at Delaware.
During MSU’s run of six Final Fours in the last 12 years, anyone who knows anything about basketball has learned to never doubt a Tom Izzo-led basketball team in November or December. But after watching the No. 12 Spartans lose to No. 18 Texas, 67-55, Wednesday night at Breslin Center, it’s becoming harder and harder to believe in this MSU basketball team’s chances at a long run in March.
The No. 12 MSU men’s basketball team had its 52-game nonconference home winning streak broken with a 67-55 loss to No. 18 Texas on Wednesday night.
The No. 12 MSU women’s basketball team rolled over Vermont, 67-33, on their way to a 12-1 record, tying the 2004-05 squad for the best start in school history.
Junior wide receiver B.J. Cunningham will miss the 2011 Capital One Bowl with a broken foot, MSU announced Tuesday.
For 508 consecutive games, Tom Izzo has had a seat saved on the MSU sideline as the Spartans’ head coach. Saturday night, though, that seat belonged to 10-year assistant Mark Montgomery.
The Spartans find themselves as double-digit underdogs against defending national champion No. 15 Alabama in the Capital One Bowl on Jan. 1, but that should come as no surprise to the Spartans.
Alabama will bring a balanced offense and a large intimidation factor to the Capital One Bowl matchup with the No. 7 MSU football team.
After being suspended for last season’s bowl game, wide receivers Mark Dell and B.J. Cunningham are excited for this year’s Capital One Bowl matchup with No. 15 Alabama. The senior and junior worked hard in the winter with junior quarterback Kirk Cousins, which had a large impact on the success of this year’s 11-1 season.
MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo will be suspended for Saturday’s game against Prairie View A&M after committing a secondary violation, MSU announced Friday.
MSU head field hockey coach Rolf van de Kerkhof announced his resignation and has been named the head coach at Delaware, MSU announced Wednesday.