On a night where the offense couldn’t get going, Le’Veon Bell wouldn’t stop. The junior running back had a career-high 44 carries for 210 yards and two touchdowns, single-handedly lifting the No.
A quick start by junior quarterback Andrew Maxwell in his first career start quickly faded, with the No. 13 MSU football squandering an early lead and allowing No. 24 Boise State to take a 13-10 lead into the halftime locker room.
Rocket. Little Giants. The Catch. Three of the biggest plays in MSU football history. Three plays that defined MSU football. Three plays that transpired under the lights at Spartan Stadium.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio doesn’t need to watch hours of game film or pore over scouting reports to know what the No. 13 Spartans are up against in their season opener against No. 24 Boise State.
No. 13 MSU vs. No. 24 Boise State Spartan Stadium Weather at kickoff: Sunny, 82°
More than just fan morale is affected when the Spartan football team is having a good season — local businesses are greatly affected as well.
With just one day before the season opener, the No. 13 MSU football team’s highly hyped defense still has a few questions left to answer.
For the first time since Oct. 10, 2009, someone not named Kirk Cousins will take the first snap of the game for MSU’s season opener against Boise State on Friday night. After waiting in the reserves for three seasons, junior quarterback Andrew Maxwell is ready to take the reins and continue the success of his predecessor.
It’s been eight months and 27 days since Will Gholston stepped on a football field and hit a quarterback, and for the junior defensive end, there’s a hunger that needs to be satisfied.
The No. 13 Spartans are three days from opening their season against No. 24 Boise State under the lights at Spartan Stadium, and for Dantonio, the excitement only is mounting.
Head coach Chris Petersen said the nationally televised matchup against the No. 13-ranked MSU football team (8:00 p.m., ESPN) will be one of the biggest challenges his team has faced in his six years as the Broncos’ head coach.
Surrounded by the trophies and accomplishments of past Spartan teams, head coach Mark Dantonio announced junior quarterback Andrew Maxwell, junior linebacker Max Bullough and senior linebacker Chris Norman will serve as the team’s captains going into the 2012 season.
Blaring Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit In The Sky” — recalling memories of “Remember The Titans” — the MSU football team took to the practice field Friday morning for its final day of two-a-day practices during fall camp. And after two weeks of practice, things are beginning to fall into place for the Spartans.
When MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio took the podium Tuesday evening at the “Meet the Spartans,”, talk of going to the Rose Bowl was on the tip of his tongue. “We continue to raise our goals as we move forward,” he said to the crowd.
Picking up right where they left off last season, the Spartan defense stole the show Sunday during MSU’s first jersey scrimmage of training camp by claiming a 74-54 victory over the offense using a modified scoring system.
In the case of junior safety Isaiah Lewis, it’s easy to wonder, “What if?” What if the referee in the inaugural Big Ten championship game last year didn’t flag him for running into the punter? What if he wasn’t instructed to go for the block? What if he had gotten a clean block and the Spartans had scooped up an easy touchdown to take the lead late in the game?
Speed. Size. Knowledgeable. Physical. Those are the words sophomore wide receiver Tony Lippett used to describe himself and the rest of the wideouts who enter this season with little to no experience.
Forty-six stretch. That was the play that permanently etched senior running back Larry Caper’s name into MSU football lore.
Junior quarterback Andrew Maxwell wants you to know he’s his own man. He isn’t going to try to be someone he’s not, replace any one player or step into another man’s shoes. Still, when his teammates look at him, they can’t help but be reminded of someone else.