It began in 1897. Back then, MSU was “State Agricultural College.” Notre Dame was “Notre Dame” — it always has been. Playing in South Bend, Ind., the Fighting Irish trounced the Spartans — then the Aggies — by a score of 34-6 in the first-ever meeting between the two football teams.
For the second time in three weeks, the No. 10 Spartans (2-0) will host a prime-time matchup bathed under the lights at Spartan Stadium, as No. 20 Notre Dame (2-0) travels to East Lansing for the Battle for the Megaphone.
Two years ago, Domenic Barone played a game against Notre Dame he’ll never forget. Nearly 24 hours earlier, so did the MSU football team.
After a tough weekend that saw the MSU field hockey team fall to a pair of ranked teams, Virginia and Northeastern, the Spartans are hoping that the Auto-Owners Insurance MSU Invitational will help cure what ails them.
As the MSU volleyball team heads to Charleston, S.C., junior setter Kristen Kelsay said the Spartans have one goal in mind for their weekend invitational: improvement.
For Le’Veon Bell, it was the longest four seconds of his life. As the 2010 MSU football team lined up for a fake-field goal to beat Notre Dame in overtime, the play was designed for punter Aaron Bates to throw a pass to Bell, but the running back was taken to the ground and thought the game had been lost.
No. 10 MSU’s defense has yet to allow an offensive touchdown. The Spartans rank 12th in the nation in total points allowed, fifth in pass efficiency defense, 11th in rushing defense and eighth in overall defense.
?In the last game before the start of the Big Ten season, the MSU women’s soccer team defeated Western Michigan on a goal by senior forward Olivia Stander that moved her into a tie for 10th all time on the career scorers list.
When electrical engineering freshman Seth Purucker woke up Wednesday morning, he never thought he would be attending all of the MSU men’s basketball games for free this season. But as Izzone tickets went on sale just after midnight on Wednesday, Purucker was one of 20 students who received free tickets from the Student Alumni Foundation, or SAF, and the athletics department after making a half-court shot at the rock on Farm Lane on Wednesday morning.
The MSU volleyball team heads to Charleston, S.C., this weekend to play in their final invitational prior to the start of Big Ten play. The Spartans already played on the road once this season in Storrs, Conn., but they’re hoping to use this weekend as a test run for what they’ll experience in conference play, head coach Cathy George said.
The last time No. 20 Notre Dame (2-0) traveled to Spartan Stadium, head coach Mark Dantonio received a grave reminder that there’s more to life than football.
Most people feel comfortable belting out their favorite tune in the shower, but when it comes to singing in front of Simon Cowell, that’s a completely different story. In many ways, this season for the MSU women’s soccer team can be seen the same way. No disrespect to Bowling Green and Eastern Michigan, but the Big Ten is the Simon Cowell of the season.
This past weekend might not have gone exactly according to plan, but the MSU field hockey team is determined to wring as many positives as they can out their two losses to Virginia and Northeastern.
With the Big Ten season just days away, the MSU women’s soccer team (5-1-1) wraps up nonconference play against Western Michigan (4-3-0) at 5 p.m. on Wednesday at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field.
Heading into its final invitational of the season, the MSU volleyball team continues to look for progress.
Flash forward a week and the offense has gone from stumbling to startling, with eight receivers totaling more than 14 yards receiving in the No. 10 MSU football team’s (2-0) 41-7 victory over Central Michigan (1-1).
All the scoring for the MSU women’s soccer team happened in the second half, as they defeated the Eastern Michigan Eagles 2-0 Sunday afternoon.
The Spartans have opened the 2012 season with three consecutive invitational championships by winning the Spartan Showcase, University of Connecticut Classic and the Auto-Owners Insurance Spartan Invitational over the last three weekends. Junior outside hitter Lauren Wicinski now has garnered a pair of MVP trophies — sophomore libero Kori Moster took home the MVP from the Connecticut Classic — and no fewer than five Spartans have been named to an all-tournament team.
A rough weekend for MSU field hockey concluded with a 3-1 loss to Northeastern on Sunday at Ralph Young Field at Old College Field. The Spartans were hoping to bounce back from their double-overtime loss to Virginia on Friday, but a second-half surge by the Huskies was enough to put the game away.
Following a pair of games over a long weekend on the East Coast, the MSU men’s soccer team (2-3-1) will return to East Lansing with a loss and a win.