When the MSU and the Wisconsin football teams had their first meeting earlier this season, the game was decided in the final seconds with a last-ditch Hail Mary pass to give MSU the win. The stakes are higher this weekend.
For senior wide receiver Keith Nichol and senior quarterback Kirk Cousins — the duo who combined for one of college football’s most exciting plays this season — Saturday’s rematch with Wisconsin is exactly what was expected.
MSU’s football program has been fortunate enough to have several standout quarterback-wide receiver combinations throughout the years, but none of them quite compare to the unique relationship and chemistry between seniors quarterback Kirk Cousins and wide receiver B.J. Cunningham.
Despite defeating Wisconsin once already this season, the No. 11 Spartans are headed to Indianapolis for the Big Ten championship game as the underdogs for the second time this season against the No.
On Thursday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder declared Dec. 2 MSU Green Day. According to a press release, the day will be used to honor the MSU football team and its upcoming match-up in the inaugural Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis.
MSU head coach Mark Dantonio said as his team prepares for a rematch against Wisconsin in the inaugural Big Ten championship game, the only thing changing is the heat in the No. 11 Spartans’ indoor practice facility.
The Big Ten announced another slew of awards Wednesday, this time with no members of the first-place MSU football team on the list.
No. 11 MSU (10-2 overall, 7-1 Big Ten) and No. 15 Wisconsin (10-2, 6-2) weren’t necessarily the predicted teams to be playing in the Big Ten championship in Indianapolis, and head coach Mark Dantonio said it’s because the conference’s dynamics are changing.
Four Spartans — senior guard Joel Foreman, junior defensive tackle Jerel Worth”“:http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/worthy_jerel00.htmly, senior safety Trenton Robinson and junior cornerback Johnny Adams — were among the First Team selections.
Coming out of Saturday’s 31-17 thrashing of Northwestern, one of the biggest things I noticed is the way MSU head coach Mark Dantonio is able to motivate his team.
Leading up to Saturday’s matchup with Northwestern, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio preached about finishing the job and not allowing the Legends Division trophy to “lose its shine” by being sent to Ann Arbor to share with their in-state rivals.
Can you smell the roses? I can. Alright, maybe I’m getting a little ahead of myself with that line of thinking, but I bet the Spartans can too at this point.
Despite having a trip to the inaugural Big Ten championship game in the bag, the MSU football team hopes to finish the season strong at Northwestern.
As the first Big Ten team to be declared a division champion, MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio is not in the sharing kind of mood. Especially after last season’s co-Big Ten championship — which MSU shared with Ohio State and Wisconsin — Dantonio wants the Spartans to remain the out-right Legends Division Champions, vying to be the sole conference champion, and that requires the Spartans to defeat Northwestern on Saturday in Evanston, Ill. “We want to be in charge of this division,” Dantonio said at his weekly press conference Tuesday.
As the football team’s home schedule wrapped up Saturday, so did the pregame tailgating and the postgame partying that coincides with it.
The No. 12 MSU football team dominated Indiana 55-3 in a game that really didn’t necessarily reveal much about the Spartans.
A 55-3 demolition of Indiana, in which the Spartans didn’t allow a touchdown, won the Old Brass Spittoon, clinched the Big Ten Legends Division and a spot in the inaugural Big Ten championship game and finished off back-to-back seasons without a loss at home.
When senior wide receiver Keshawn Martin stepped out onto the field Saturday at Spartan Stadium, he was on a mission and not about to lose on Senior Day. Martin played like it was his last time with home-field advantage, finishing with eight receptions for 99 yards and one touchdown — while adding a rushing touchdown — toward No.
With a dominating 55-3 victory, the 17 seniors of the No. 12 MSU football team finished the final two years of their careers without a loss at home.
Mark Dantonio’s senior class has seen it all. The 17 Spartans — many of whom were in the head coach’s first recruiting class — have helped Dantonio begin to rebuild the MSU football program, and through that, they’ve faced adversity, overcame grueling challenges and had milestone accomplishments.