When he dropped back to pass from his own 21-yard line, Indiana quarterback Kellen Lewis had no idea it was coming. Senior defensive end Jonal Saint-Dic swooped behind him, wrapping one arm around him for the sack while using his other arm to swat the ball out of his hands.
Things didn’t go quite as expected Sunday at Old College Field. Many, including MSU men’s soccer coach Joe Baum, expected the game between MSU and No. 21 Michigan to be a one-goal affair.
Nobody envisioned the MSU hockey team opening the season like this. Simply put, North Dakota was the better team Saturday night.
MSU’s shutout against No. 21 Michigan on Sunday was its second straight blanking over a ranked team — a fact that MSU head coach Joe Baum said he’s thrilled about.
There have been two-gallon containers of Planters cashews that are less nutty than this college football season. It seems that there is a new No. 1-ranked team every week.
Here’s the breakdown on how Spartans and the Hoosiers match up.
The Heisman Trophy is the highest honor in the college football land, but the question must be asked: Does anyone want to win it?
Quotes pepper the walls inside the Duffy Daugherty Football Building. As players practice, they absorb these phrases for inspiration. Words from past and present, these quotes have a timeless appeal. They instill honor in the athletes who wear green and white every Saturday.
The Spartans trailed Northwestern by seven in the fourth quarter last Saturday, and the countdown to the return of their losing ways was ticking.
The SN prognosticators make their picks for the weekend’s upcoming Big Ten contests.
For October, it doesn’t get much bigger than this. Two titans of college hockey will collide Saturday as No. 3 MSU battles No. 1 North Dakota in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game in Grand Forks, N.D.
In hopes of reviving their lackluster Big Ten season thus far, the MSU volleyball team (10-8 overall, 1-5 Big Ten) has been practicing with a new motto: daily growth.
Spencer Thompson’s first goal of his collegiate career was perhaps one of the biggest goals of his team’s season.
Get ready North Dakota — the Spartans are coming. In its only exhibition tilt of the season, the No. 3 MSU hockey team knocked off Windsor, 6-0, Tuesday night at Munn Ice Arena and can now look full-speed ahead to Saturday’s regular season opener against No. 1 North Dakota.
The MSU men’s soccer team will face one of its toughest challenges of the season today when it hosts No. 3 Notre Dame at Old College Field. “They’re very, very good defensively, probably the best defensive team in the nation,” MSU head coach Joe Baum said.
A mystery lies ahead for the No. 3 MSU hockey team. The Spartans will face Windsor at 7:05 p.m. tonight at Munn Ice Arena in the team’s lone exhibition contest before facing No. 1 North Dakota on Saturday.
Now that he’s had time to reflect on the loss, head coach Mark Dantonio re-evaluated some of his play calling decisions made in Saturday’s overtime loss to Northwestern.
After just starting full practices Saturday, MSU hockey coach Rick Comley said he saw what he expected to see during the Spartans’ annual Green and White intrasquad scrimmage Sunday inside a sweltering Munn Ice Arena.
Professional athletes need to start thinking with their heads — that is, before they lose them. With Miami Dolphins quarterback Trent Green suffering his second concussion in as many years Sunday, it’s time athletes re-evaluate how they want to live the rest of their lives.
Growing up as a sports fan, I had a pretty fair idea that I wanted to become a sportswriter after I figured out that I didn’t possess a Reggie Miller-esqe jump shot. So, I opted to dream about joining the other side of the sports world, and thought I had a good gist of what it all involved.