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Spartans fall in double-overtime to Iowa Hawkeyes
The MSU football team couldn’t hang on to an early lead and fell to the visiting Hawkeyes, 19-16.
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Spartans lead Iowa 10-3 at the end of rainy first half
For the first time since week two, the MSU football team (4-2 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) heads into the locker room with a halftime lead, up 10-3 on the visiting Hawkeyes (3-2, 1-0).
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Holding Back The Hawkeyes
The MSU football team (4-2 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) is less than 48 hours from squaring off against Iowa (3-2, 1-0) in its Homecoming match. And at about 4 p.m. Saturday, win or lose, you can bet the Spartans already will have forgotten about the Hawkeyes and turned their attention to the next opponent: in-state rival No. 25 Michigan (3-2 overall, 1-0 Big Ten), who is looming just over the horizon. But not a second before.
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Reviewing MSU's record before U-M rivalry game
In a defensive battle, the Spartans held the Buckeyes scoreless through almost the entire game before allowing a touchdown with 10 seconds remaining. The Spartans then had a bye week to prepare for Michigan on Oct. 15, 2011, when they beat the Wolverines, 28-14, at Spartan Stadium.
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Homecoming game critical for Spartans’ season
When the MSU football team hits the field for its 97th homecoming game this weekend, there will be more on the line than the usual celebration of returning alumni.
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Sims Jr. hopes to make impact felt on special teams
Andre Sims Jr. knows he’s crazy. The thought of 11 college football players running at you with a full head of steam and shouting obscenities triggers fear for most, but for the redshirt freshman, it draws a smile.
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Sparty holds 4th place so far in Capital One Mascot Challenge
Before Yifan Zhu came to MSU from China two years ago, she hadn’t met Sparty. To her, university mascots were just a face on a flag, not a figure you could wave to and hug.
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Injuries pose potential for Thomas at tight end
Meeting with the media Wednesday afternoon, offensive coordinator Dan Roushar revealed replacing injured junior tight end Dion Sims would be a little more difficult than initially expected.
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Jones, Norman jockey for time at linebacker position
It’s been five days since Taiwan Jones took the field against Indiana, and the sophomore linebacker still can’t shake a smile that spans from ear to ear. That’s because, for the first time in his career, Jones wasn’t on the field for the occasional play or to finish up the end of a blowout.
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Dantonio makes depth chart changes prior to Iowa game
It’s a week of change for the MSU football team (4-2 overall, 1-1 Big Ten). As injuries pile on and players begin to bloom, head coach Mark Dantonio made some adjustments to his depth chart in preparation for Saturday’s homecoming game against Iowa (3-2, 1-0).
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Defensive secondary improved by Williamson's play
The search to replace graduated safety Trenton Robinson has been a revolving door in the defensive secondary, and this week the door has stopped with redshirt freshman R.J. Williamson, following a career-high nine tackles in the MSU football team’s (4-2 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) 31-27 victory over Indiana.
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Maxwell's accuracy shows improvement
Back in August when the Spartans were midway through fall camp, offensive coordinator Dan Roushar began to see growth in his starting quarterback. Following the team’s first scrimmage — in which junior quarterback Andrew Maxwell was 16-of-29 for 162 yards — Roushar met with the media and divulged Maxwell had not thrown an interception in about five or six practices.
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Sims likely to miss Iowa game with ankle injury
Returning to the football field doesn’t appear imminent for junior tight end Dion Sims.
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Spartans come back in Indiana
Mark Dantonio didn’t have much to smile about following the MSU football team’s 31-27 victory over Indiana in Bloomington on Saturday. The Spartans (4-2 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) came into the game heavily favored to deliver another drubbing to the Hoosiers (2-3 overall, 0-2 Big Ten) after last year’s 55-3 blowout in Spartan Stadium.
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Column: Potential still abound with Dantonio, MSU
Is this really it? It’s the midpoint of the college football season, and this MSU team (4-2 overall, 1-1 Big Ten) still is as confounding and, maybe more appropriately, dumbfounding as it was when it opened the season.
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Hoosier daddy
One minute and 17 seconds. In one, quick instant the Spartans heralded defense surrendered a touchdown, and the Hoosiers’ early flash proved to just be the beginning.
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Column: Spartans can no longer afford sluggish starts
At halftime in Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon, the Spartans’ Rose Bowl dreams were on life support.
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Spartans rally from halftime deficit, escape Bloomington with 31-27 victory over Indiana
For the fifth time in six games, the Spartans rallied from a halftime deficit, this time trailing Indiana (2-3, 0-2) 27-14 after two quarters, before outscoring the Hoosiers by 17 points in the second half to knock off Indiana 31-27.
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Spartans stunned by Indiana, trail 27-14 at halftime
It was a first half unlike any other this season for the MSU football team (3-2 overall, 0-1 Big Ten), as the Indiana Hoosiers (2-2, 0-1) left the field to raucous cheers, leading the Spartans 27-14.
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Student section plans to fight cancer
If premedical sophomore Desiree Clenney could have her way, she’d like to see the student section at Spartan Stadium filled with only one color: pink.