On a chilly cloudy day, there were people tailgating on Shaw Lane and there was a buzz in East Lansing. No, it's not the fall, but there was a record 48,000 people in Spartan Stadium to watch the annual spring game, in which the White team defeated the Green team 9-3.
Justin Caine sat in the Sparrow Hospital when he was 10-years-old on the first day of fourth grade, diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor hemorrhage, ending his dream of playing organized football. It was a tumor that had been growing since the day Caine was born, but was undetected by his family until it was too late.
The Spartans have their seventh commitment in the class of 2016 and fourth out of the state of Ohio.
Connor Cook and the White team will be eating steak tonight as Cook led the White squad to a 9-3 victory in the annual Green and White spring exhibition game. The first score of the day came from a three-yard run by senior offensive lineman Jack Allen.
In what is expected to be a big day for MSU on the recruiting trail, the first couple of dominoes fell shortly before the spring game began. Four-star wide receiver Justin Layne out of Cleveland joins Messiah deWeaver as one of the top recruits out of Ohio.
With the MSU football spring game this Saturday there will be several themes and players to watch out for in the game. Defense While all of the starters will not be playing together it will be interesting to see the Spartans on defense without defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi at the helm. Cornerback Battle The starting cornerback battle will be a big one for the team as the team must replace Trae Waynes and two-way player Tony Lippett who was starting opposite Waynes at the end of last season.
While most of their fellow classmates are sleeping in or on their way to their 8 a.m.
By Geoff Preston gpreston@statenews.com This Saturday green and white will fill the campus, grills will be lit and people will come from all across the state by the thousands to watch MSU play football. That might sound odd, considering the calendar says April and not September. Saturday will mark the annual Green and White game, which accounts for a glorified scrimmage in Spartan Stadium to send everyone into a football frenzy. About time too, the season is only a little more than four months away. Spring games across the country have become a spectate, what you will see in East Lansing on what is expected to be a cold, rainy Saturday afternoon will probably be tame in comparison to other places across the country. In Columbus, Ohio 99,391 people came out to see the defending national champion Ohio State Buckeyes play a game against each other.
The MSU women's golf program is the poster child of consistency.
Why did Shilique Calhoun elected to remain in East Lansing for his senior year and pass up the NFL?
MSU football has added two primetime games to their 2015 schedule, including the first confirmed night game at Spartan Stadium. The Big Ten conference and TV networks announced that MSU vs.
The draft has concluded and the teams are set as the Spartans get ready to kick off the annual spring game at Spartan Stadium this Saturday. And while draft rooms are a place for strategic planning and on the fly decision making, the football program kept the excitement high at the Izzo Family Media Center as early as the first pick. Brian Allen, who was named a first-team Freshman All-American by the FWAA last year at guard and center, was taken first overall by the White team.
Avoiding the harsh winds and frigid temperatures, Gene Orlando stood inside a storage room with his hands on his hips, trying to sum up the regular-season in one word. After a brief moment of processing the question, the men's tennis head coach compared the past few months as like riding a roller coaster. And just like any other high speed thrill ride, the ups and downs that MSU experienced this year has provided plenty of thrills and distress, as the road to the NCAA tournament is paved with dominance and brute force from opposing groups. "I thought we played well against some good teams," Orlando said.
All season long baseball head coach Jake Boss Jr. has made clear the importance of his seniors. He's said before that much like the football and basketball teams, team success starts with the seniors. The MSU football team has had its fair share of important seniors and upper-classmen leading the way to the 2014 Rose Bowl and the 2015 Cotton Bowl, much like the basketball team had its juniors and seniors step up on their way to the Final Four.
When applied engineering sciences senior Nawar Dimitry came to MSU as a freshman in the fall of 2010, the former high school football and basketball player was looking for a team to stay active in and compete. Thus, it wasn't long before Dimitry stumbled across the MSU Rugby Football Club.
The MSU football team got some good news just days before the spring exhibition game.
Born in Detroit, Michigan and playing basketball for Central Michigan, Suzy Merchant always had a passion for the sport of basketball.
On a cold and gloomy Tuesday afternoon the baseball team cruised to a 9-2 victory over the Toledo Rockets.
Since March 25, MSU baseball has gone 11-5, they now sit at 22-16 with a 7-5 record in the Big Ten after starting the season below .500. A key factor in the team's recent stretch has been the play of senior first baseman Ryan Krill.
Senior guard Travis Trice became a NCAA tournament hero with his weekly heroics, helping the Spartans reach the Final Four for the first time since 2010.