After the passing game struggled to get off the ground in a 20-3 loss to No. 11 Notre Dame (3-0) on Saturday, the No. 21 MSU football team will spend this week looking for explanations and solutions to the offense’s weak showing.
Campus police reported about half as many arrests as the last Notre Dame home game, and the East Lansing Police Department, or ELPD, also said numbers were surprisingly low.
Head coach Mark Dantonio said it was a “tough day at the office.” Junior linebacker Max Bullough called it an “eye-opener.” Offensive coordinator Dan Roushar said it was “frustrating.”
It was the interceptions Max Bullough and Chris Norman just couldn’t quite grab. It was the touchdown that bounced off Bennie Fowler’s hands. It was the near-blocked punt that became a roughing the kicker penalty. On a night when Notre Dame appeared to make every big play, the Spartans couldn’t manage to just get out of their own way. By the end of the night, No.
The morning after most home football games, East Lansing is comparable to a party war zone -— streets filled with broken glass, lawns littered with red solo cups and trash scattered throughout the city.
Fou Fonoti was unavailable to play against Notre Dame on Saturday, and a foot injury is expected to keep him out for an extended period of time.
When Mark Dantonio looked at the box score following Saturday night’s game, he had one simple statement: “There’s not a lot there.” It was a struggle from start to finish, as the No. 10 MSU football team (2-1) fell to No. 20 Notre Dame (3-0) 20-3, with the Spartans offense never managing to reach the red zone.
For the defense, it was the first time this season an offensive touchdown was allowed. For junior quarterback Andrew Maxwell, it was the first time all season he was sacked (and then the second, third and fourth times soon after). And for the juniors and younger, it was their first ever loss in Spartan Stadium.
The No. 20 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (3-0) took an early 14-0 lead and cruised to a 20-3 victory over No. 10 MSU (2-1), as the Spartans offense failed to muster any real threat.
It was a half to forget for the No. 10 MSU football team (2-0), as the Spartans trail No. 20 Notre Dame (2-0) 14-3 at the end of the first half.
It began in 1897. Back then, MSU was “State Agricultural College.” Notre Dame was “Notre Dame” — it always has been. Playing in South Bend, Ind., the Fighting Irish trounced the Spartans — then the Aggies — by a score of 34-6 in the first-ever meeting between the two football teams.
For the second time in three weeks, the No. 10 Spartans (2-0) will host a prime-time matchup bathed under the lights at Spartan Stadium, as No. 20 Notre Dame (2-0) travels to East Lansing for the Battle for the Megaphone.
The spectacle of a highly hyped prime-time game returns to East Lansing this weekend, when the No. 10 MSU football team (2-0) takes on No.
For Le’Veon Bell, it was the longest four seconds of his life. As the 2010 MSU football team lined up for a fake-field goal to beat Notre Dame in overtime, the play was designed for punter Aaron Bates to throw a pass to Bell, but the running back was taken to the ground and thought the game had been lost.
No. 10 MSU’s defense has yet to allow an offensive touchdown. The Spartans rank 12th in the nation in total points allowed, fifth in pass efficiency defense, 11th in rushing defense and eighth in overall defense.
The last time No. 20 Notre Dame (2-0) traveled to Spartan Stadium, head coach Mark Dantonio received a grave reminder that there’s more to life than football.
Flash forward a week and the offense has gone from stumbling to startling, with eight receivers totaling more than 14 yards receiving in the No. 10 MSU football team’s (2-0) 41-7 victory over Central Michigan (1-1).
On Saturday, the No. 10 MSU football team improved to 2-0, knocking off Central Michigan (1-1) 41-7 in Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Midway through the No. 10 Spartans’ (2-0) 41-7 thrashing of Central Michigan (1-1) on the Chippewas’ home turf Saturday afternoon, something became very apparent — Andrew Maxwell is going to be just fine.
The next step to completing the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, or FRIB, was determined Friday when the MSU Board of Trustees approved a $55 million budget for construction of the exterior walls of the nuclear physics facility.