Four years ago, dressed in a sweater-vest his coaches now frequently make fun of him for, then-freshman Trenton Robinson stepped foot on MSU’s campus for the first time as a teenage boy.
As the all-time leader in career receptions with 194, senior wide receiver B.J. Cunningham has made some incredible plays — making him known for his athleticism, acrobatic moves and one-handed catches.
Facing the media Tuesday, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio was asked if he had it in him to root for Michigan over Nebraska so that (with MSU winning as well) the No.
After his career game in the No. 12 Spartans’ 37-21 victory over Iowa, senior tight end Brian Linthicum was named the John Mackey Tight End of the Week on Wednesday. Against the Hawkeyes, Linthicum set a career high for receptions and receiving yards with five catches for 71 yards, and four of the five resulted in first downs for MSU.
Two wins to go for the No. 12 MSU football team — one if Nebraska loses to Michigan — before clinching a berth in the inaugural Big Ten championship game Dec.
Saturday afternoon, Mark Dantonio couldn’t stop smiling.
Led by the penetration from the defensive line, the Spartans held Iowa running back Marcus Coker to 57 yards — his second lowest total of the season.
Last season, the Spartans left Kinnick Stadium with their heads hanging as the Hawkeye crowd chanted “overrated.”
Kirk Cousins remembers the last time he played at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. He threw three interceptions — two in the first half — against Iowa in the Spartans’ 37-6 loss — their first of 2010.
This is the rematch the No. 13 MSU football team has waited for. After a little more than a year of waiting, the Spartans get their chance to redeem themselves of a 37-6 loss to Iowa in Kinnick Stadium last season. Similar to last year’s matchup, there are major implications in Saturday’s game.
With the recent child sex abuse scandal at Penn State, the school’s Board of Trustees fired football head coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier Wednesday.
The No. 13 MSU football team’s offense is known to play well at Spartan Stadium, but playing on the road has been a slightly different story.
It was quite the interesting weekend in the Big Ten. Nebraska fell to Northwestern at home, and Michigan couldn’t complete a comeback against Iowa on the road.
Sitting at the top of the Legends Division in the Big Ten, the No. 13 MSU football team has adopted a survive-and-advance mentality to get through the end of the regular season.
It’s an interesting dynamic to take control of the division but still have to talk about Saturday’s ugly 31-24 win, in which MSU allowed the conference’s worst team to hang around for 59 minutes and 30 seconds before remembering it is supposed to be one of the best teams in the country.
Despite not always being able to convert for a touchdown Saturday, the No. 15 Spartans’ offense held the game together and kept the team moving up the field against Minnesota.
An MSU team that appeared to be sleeping through the game’s first 29 minutes, finally woke up. Although they endured some shots from the home Spartan Stadium crowd, the Spartans (7-2 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) escaped Minnesota (2-7, 1-4) with a win, 31-24.
After failing to score a touchdown for the first time since the 2003 Alamo Bowl — also against Nebraska — Cousins and his team look to get back on track this Saturday (noon, Big Ten Network) in Spartan Stadium against Minnesota (2-6 overall, 1-3 Big Ten).
Sophomore linebacker Kyler Elsworth was recruited for wrestling, but turned down his scholarship to try out for the MSU football team. Now in his second year on the field, Elsworth has gone from being a walk-on to being a key player against Wisconsin — blocking a punt that was recovered for a touchdown for the Spartans before halftime in their 37-31 victory.
The No. 15 MSU football team faces a unique challenge in defending 6-foot-4, 240-pound Minnesota quarterback MarQueis Gray, and there’s probably few on the team who understand that like Isaiah Lewis.