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Sports | Football 1000

FOOTBALL

Crushed expectations

It’s become a recurring Saturday nightmare for the Spartans: Keep the game close until the end, prove the team is capable of winning, but in the end, lose.

FOOTBALL

Falling apart

Junior wide receiver Devin Thomas saved his team in regulation, streaking down the sideline to catch a 40-yard bomb, but he couldn’t bail out junior quarterback Brian Hoyer in the final play of double overtime. Trailing by seven points on 4th-and-13 on the Iowa 16-yard line, the Spartans needed to move the chains or shoot for the end zone.

SPORTS

Back with a purpose

Last year, senior tight end Kellen Davis traded in his football gear for a suit. His place of business was no longer the football field — it was East Lansing’s 54-B District Court. His teammates continued to practice and worry about the next game while he sat at home on the weekends and worried about his life. Where had his life gone?

FOOTBALL

Jones possesses top potential

When MSU head coach Mark Dantonio and linebackers coach Mike Tressel were still at Cincinnati, they salivated over the prospect of recruiting freshman linebacker Greg Jones, who was a hometown high school football star.

FOOTBALL

Heisman watch

Over the years the Heisman Trophy has come to symbolize the most dynamic offensive player in college football. Six of the past seven Heisman Trophy winners have gone to quarterbacks, and in this week’s Heisman watch, the nation’s two most electrifying quarterbacks take over the top two spots.

BASKETBALL

Freshman trio has star potential

For the past year, freshman guards Chris Allen, Kalin Lucas and Durrell Summers have been lumped together as one of the best recruiting classes MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo has brought to East Lansing.