Senior guard John Deyo announced Tuesday night on his personal Twitter account that he plans to transfer to Western Michigan University for his fifth season of eligibility.
Several Spartan football players have been named to preseason watch lists for various honors and awards for the 2012 season.
The third time was the charm for Seth Mitchell. Or rather, the third sport was the charm.
MSU announced the newest members of its Ring of Fame on Monday with the addition of former head football coaches Clarence “Biggie” Munn and Hugh Duffy Daugherty.
There’s only one day left to vote for the 2012 football student section T-shirt before the polling period closes on Friday.
Workers stand on an aerial lift on May 31 at the north end of Spartan Stadium as the new scoreboards are being installed.
After a standout football career at MSU and 10 seasons in the National Football League, former Spartan cornerback Renaldo Hill’s toughest challenge wasn’t banging bodies with bruising runners or chasing speedy wide receivers — it was picking up a pencil.
Early Wednesday morning, many football enthusiasts looking to purchase tickets for the upcoming season experienced difficulties and had to postpone their shopping. A new system, which is designed to provide fans with a convenient online seat-selection process, experienced technical issues and shut down for about 2-3 hours at about midnight on Wednesday when too many people tried to use it, Athletics Director Mark Hollis said.
Former MSU football player, track star and longtime administrator at Morgan State University, Jesse Thomas died last Wednesday.
The NCAA announced Thursday it will grant a residence waiver to make sophomore wide receiver DeAnthony Arnett eligible to play in 2012.
MSU football players junior defensive end William Gholston and redshirt-freshman linebacker Lawrence Thomas did not sustain any major injuries after being involved in a rollover accident Wednesday afternoon.
The score might have been 14-2 in favor of the White team, but the real winner of the MSU football team’s Spring Game was the defense. With a young offense and an even more inexperienced quarterback substituting in, there was no question that the team with the stronger defense would be victorious, and with such a low scoring game, defense was dominant on both teams. “We stepped up; we (rose) to the challenge,” said junior linebacker Denicos Allen, who played for the White team.
Despite a strong personal effort, junior defensive end William Gholston now knows what it’s like to lose at Spartan Stadium. Gholston’s Green team fell to the White squad, 14-2 during MSU’s annual Spring Football Game.
Junior defensive end William Gholston has never lost a game at Spartan Stadium. In two years, the Spartans were undefeated at home, but at least half of the MSU football team will know the losing feeling when the team plays its third and final scrimmage of the spring practice season Saturday at 1 p.m. at Spartan Stadium.
When Max Bullough earned his starting position at middle linebacker in 2011, he immediately became a leader on the MSU football team, especially within the Spartan defense. But with several key leaders graduating following last season, the junior linebacker embraces his leadership role in a new way for 2012.
Despite Saturday being the MSU football team’s final scrimmage of the spring before training camp in August, Andrew Maxwell will have to sit this one out. The knee sprain Maxwell suffered during a team scrimmage almost two weeks ago has kept him limited in practice, and although there was a chance he could return for the Spring Game on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Spartan Stadium, head coach Mark Dantonio said Maxwell is officially not playing.
The MSU athletics department announced Tuesday the Spartan football team will play two prime-time games during the 2012 season. MSU’s Aug. 31 season opener against Boise State will be played at 8 p.m. and broadcast on ESPN, while the Spartans’ Sept. 15 game against Notre Dame also has been scheduled for 8 p.m. to be broadcast on ABC.
Although the MSU football team might have lost junior quarterback Andrew Maxwell for the remaining spring practices, the Spartans are beginning to see some injured players get back on the field.
Before Tuesday’s spring football practice, head coach Mark Dantonio addressed the media and revealed that during Saturday’s scrimmage, junior quarterback Andrew Maxwell sprained his knee and may or may not return for the remaining spring practices. Dantonio said the sprain will not require surgery, but that redshirt freshman Connor Cook will take most of the reps with the first team offense and likely play for both sides in the scheduled April 28 spring game.
You don’t know John Jakubik. You might not notice the 6-foot-1, 190-pound Jakubik if you sat next to him on the bus, saw him at a party or even worked with him on a group project. But he’s getting noticed somewhere else. As a walk-on sophomore wide receiver, Jakubik quickly has made a name for himself within the MSU football coaching staff.