A record-setting performance by junior running back Le’Veon Bell and a lockdown performance from the Spartans defense has MSU back in postseason play.
After a season of tough breaks, the Spartans finally got one to go their way, using an odd bounce to take a halftime lead. A pass deflected off the hands of sophomore receiver Tony Lippett into the hands of junior receiver Bennie Fowler for a 41-yard go-ahead touchdown to give the MSU football team (5-6 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) a 13-7 lead over Minnesota (6-5, 2-5) at the end of the first half.
There’s no questioning the importance behind the MSU football team’s (5-6 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) final regular season game at Minnesota (6-5, 2-5) Saturday.
Although the MSU football team (5-6 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) approaches Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-5, 2-5) with its back against the wall, wide receivers coach Terrence Samuel is proud of the improvements made by his position group.
Getting to know the Big Ten’s newest additions: Maryland and Rutgers.
By now, you’ve already heard of the Big Ten’s newest additions, Maryland and Rutgers. You’ve heard Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany talk about why it’s good for the conference, spinning tales of grand potential for the two haphazard athletics departments and explaining that this expands the conference’s footprint.
It’s been a tough season for Mark Dantonio and the MSU football team, but the Spartans’ head coach refuses to get frustrated.
As the MSU football team nears the end of a disappointing regular season, the Spartans head into their final game against Minnesota on Saturday looking for a win and a bowl game berth to boost them into next season.
The Maryland Board of Regents voted unanimously to accept an invitation to join the Big Ten Conference and leave the Atlantic Coast Conference beginning in the 2014-15 academic year, according to the Big Ten Network.
As MSU fans filed out of Spartan Stadium for the final time this year, it was with the same, stale taste in their mouth.
For the past two months, the Spartans (5-6 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) have seen game after game slip through their fingers.
As Mark Dantonio stood at the podium, forced to address another close loss, one word was repeated more than the rest: mistakes.
With only two games in the regular season, the MSU football team looked one last time to turn their season around, facing Northwestern at home for what would be the final game at Spartan Stadium for a group of 13 seniors.
For the first time since 2006, the MSU football team (5-6 overall, 3-5 Big Ten) has gone without a home conference win, falling to Northwestern (8-3, 4-3) 23-20 on Senior Day at Spartan Stadium.
In a low-scoring affair, the MSU football team (5-5 overall, 2-4 Big Ten) enters the locker room at halftime trailing visiting Northwestern (7-3, 3-3) 6-5 on Senior Day.
It’s going to take Chris Norman a little longer than usual to suit up Saturday.
The last time the Spartans faced Northwestern, they were playing for sole possession of the title of 2011 Big Ten Legends Division champions. MSU knocked off the Wildcats 31-17 in Evanston, Ill., ensuring the Legends Division would not be shared en route to the Spartans’ appearance in the inaugural Big Ten championship game. A year later, the scene is being set a little differently.
Even when Kurtis Drummond barely saw the field as a redshirt freshman a year ago, the safety was a playmaker. In limited playing time, he grabbed two interceptions, forced a fumble and showed an instinctive nose for the football.
Mark Dantonio said he and his football team should use last week’s bye to take some time away from the game of football, to step back and refocus on the task at hand. And the sixth-year head coach did — to an extent.
For Le’Veon Bell, there is no doubt. The Spartans will make a bowl game, and he won’t be convinced otherwise. As the MSU football team (5-5 overall, 2-4 Big Ten) prepares for its home finale against Northwestern (7-3, 3-3) on Saturday (noon, ESPN2), it will look to extend its bowl streak to six consecutive seasons.