On Jan. 12, 2015 the Spartans watched as the two teams the were defeated by in the regular season played for a national championship. After a 46-27 loss to Oregon on Sept.
MSU will beat Oregon if they limit mistakes and win the turnover differential. The Spartans are a veteran group with 20 redshirt seniors that have been here before. You have to win before you lose, at least that’s how the saying goes.
By Ryan Kostecka On Saturday, September 12, ESPN's College Gameday will kick off its weekly show in East Lansing, Michigan at 9 a.m.
The MSU football team will be hosting an informational meeting for its future walk-on tryouts at 4 p.m.
The Spartans have high hopes this year and hope to repeat what they accomplished exactly 50 years ago. A new documentary shows how the game has evolved over the years and how MSU played a crucial part in desegregating the sport.
ESPN Has announced that its program College GameDay will be broadcasting live from East Lansing at 9 a.m.
MSU football reserve safety Mark Meyers was arrested during the weekend and subsequently jailed on charges of operating while intoxicated, according to a report on isportsweb.com. According to the report, he was jailed at Ingham County Jail Sunday morning.
5 Takeaways from MSU's 37-24 win over Western Michigan. 1. Offensive line play The talent level of the offensive line was a storyline all summer long and it was on full display on Friday night. The unit kept senior quarterback Connor Cook on his feet all night long—not allowing a single sack in over 28 minutes of possession time. "They did great, they were picking up blitzes," Cook said of his offensive line.
MSU's 37-24 win over Western Michigan on Friday night was the team's first game of the season, but it was more than that.
"They all count one" head coach Mark Dantonio stressed after his Spartans defeated Western Michigan by a surprisingly close 37-24 margin.
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This nostalgic highlight video of past Spartan greats, current NFL stars, and Mark Dantonio's journey thus far makes the countdown to 7 p.m. feel slightly longer.
With the first game of the season against Western Michigan just around the corner, head coach Mark Dantonio released his updated roster. Replacing Ed Davis When senior linebacker Ed Davis was lost to a season-ending injury one of the first questions was who would replace him. That question is still unanswered.
If you go back to 2011 senior wide receiver DeAnthony Arnett was on top of the world. Arnett, hailing from nearby Saginaw, was a four-star wide receiver with a bevy offers from some of the best schools in the nations including: MSU, Michigan, Alabama, Tennessee, USC and Oklahoma among others according to Rivals.
MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio said at his press conference on Tuesday to expect 25 to 30 carries from the Broncos’ “big running back,” sophomore Jarvion Franklin. Franklin was named the Mid American Conference (MAC) Offensive Player of the Year and MAC Freshman of the Year in 2014 after rushing for 1,551 yards and 24 touchdowns.
Replacing former defensive coordinator and current Pittsburgh head coach Pat Narduzzi will be one of the main storylines of the season. Some believe that there will be a drop off, but head coach Mark Dantonio promoted two men that had been in the system the entire time that Dantonio has been at the helm in co-defensive coordinators Harlon Barnett and Mike Tressel, as they were both hired nine years ago. Senior cornerback Arjen Colquhoun expects things to remain the same despite the change. “They’ll keep the ball rolling, no one is going to drop the ball," Colquhoun said.
On two separate Mondays, August 24th and August 31st, two former MSU Quarterbacks, Brian Hoyer and Kirk Cousins, were named starting quarterbacks for their respective NFL teams.
The 2015 captains have been named: senior center Jack Allen, senior defensive end Shilique Calhoun and senior linebacker Darien Harris. The coaches have no say in the naming of the captains, the captains are named through player voting. Head coach Mark Dantonio has chosen to stick with a three captain system while incorporating a fourth rotational captain so all of his leaders get the experience. “I think (the players) did a nice job of picking the three, those guys are all guys that have played a lot of football here and have been in the program for five years," Dantonio said. After a summer of building chemistry within the team with everything from movie nights to texts letting guys know what to work on, Harris was humbled by his selection. “It’s a tremendous honor, I told the team after that I’m very thankful, very humbled and honored for this.
The offense defeated the defense, 34-18, in the second jersey scrimmage of preseason camp Saturday in Spartan Stadium according to a press release.
In what is MSU’s highest preseason ranking in the Preseason Associated Press Poll since 1967 (No. 3) the Spartans are ranked No. 5 in the AP poll which was released Sunday, Aug. 23.