As Sunday evening draws near and millions of people are expected to tune in to the sporting event that has set records as the most viewed TV program in U.S. history each of the past three years, a couple of former Spartans will get their chance to shine on one of the nation’s biggest stages.
Ted Gill has worked as a defensive football coach for nearly 40 years, but Friday it was announced that his time at MSU has come to a close.
For the first time since 1999, the MSU football team will have multiple underclassmen leaving school early to enter the NFL Draft, with running back Le’Veon Bell, tight end Dion Sims and defensive end William Gholston each announcing about two weeks ago that they’re ready to take the plunge.
With Le’Veon Bell, William Gholston and Dion Sims all headed to the NFL Draft, the MSU football team will be looking for a few fresh faces to step in and fill the void. Here are some of the players contending for a spot near the top of the depth chart.
Their paths couldn’t have been more different. The no-name, two-star high school running back with less than a handful of scholarship offers. The two-sport athlete determined to play both football and basketball at the college level. And the high profile, five-star, All-American recruit with offers from seemingly every big-name program in the country.
Football reporter breaks down early departures of Le’Veon Bell, William Gholston, Dion Sims.
The final shoe appears to have fallen Friday night for the MSU football team, when William Gholston told head coach Mark Dantonio of his decision to forego his senior season for the NFL Draft. In the report from 247Sports, the defensive end said he met with Dantonio to inform him of his decision in the afternoon and signed his NFL Draft declaration later that day. “After thinking everything over and talking to coach Dantonio, I knew it in my heart leaving for the NFL was the best decision for me,” Gholston told 247Sports.
After reports of juniors Dion Sims and Le’Veon Bell foregoing their senior seasons to enter the NFL Draft made headlines the past two days, the duo released statements along with head coach Mark Dantonio Thursday evening.
One day after a report announced junior tight end Dion Sims will forego his senior season to enter the NFL Draft, Le’Veon Bell said he will be following in his teammate’s footsteps. The junior running back announced via Twitter that he will not return for a senior season and will declare for the NFL Draft.
MSU junior tight end Dion Sims will forego his senior season and enter the NFL Draft, according to a source of ESPN college football reporter Joe Schad. Schad broke the news on Twitter Wednesday night, and said ESPN’s Scouts Inc. has Sims listed as the No.
Tempe, Ariz. – There are two types of wins, ones that are expected and might even lead to disappointment, and others that thrill, and give hope for the future of a football program.
When MSU head coach Mark Dantonio walked to the podium after his team’s dramatic 17-16 win against Texas Christian University in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl Saturday night, he smiled, sighed and spoke with what little voice he had left.
The MSU football team pulled out a win against TCU, 17-16, in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl in Tempe, Ariz., Saturday night.
When communication junior Dustin Thaler went home for winter break, he never thought he would get to see his beloved Spartans live before next season at Spartan Stadium.
From the moment head coach Mark Dantonio and the MSU football team arrived in Arizona on Christmas Eve, they’ve been mulling over a season that didn’t go according to plan.
Fans chanted “one more year,” at Bell during halftime of the MSU men’s basketball game against Loyola-Chicago, as MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio egged them on, while the junior running back was honored with the College Football Performance Awards’ 2012 Elite Running Back of the Year award.
*On Sunday, it was announced the MSU football team (6-6 overall, 3-5 Big Ten) is headed to Tempe, Ariz., to take on the TCU Horned Frogs (7-5, 4-5 Big 12) in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.
If the commercials are any indication, the MSU football team (6-6 overall, 3-5 Big Ten) can expect a wild bowl game experience when it plays TCU (7-5, 4-5 Big 12) in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl on Dec. 29 in Tempe, Ariz.
The MSU football team has accepted an invitation to play in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl in Tempe, Ariz. on Dec. 29, the MSU athletics department announced Sunday afternoon.
When the MSU football team walked off the field victoriously one week ago in Minneapolis, the Spartans (6-6 overall, 3-5 Big Ten) clinched bowl eligibility and a return to postseason play for the sixth time in Mark Dantonio’s tenure as head coach.