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Sports | Football

FOOTBALL

Big Ten mobile tour to hit East Lansing

This week, the Big Ten’s “Honoring Legends. Building Leaders.” tour will be in East Lansing from Thursday to Saturday for the No. 15 MSU football team’s game against Minnesota (noon, Big Ten Network).

FOOTBALL

Lincoln letdown

October is finally over for the No. 15 MSU football team. And although the Spartans (6-2 overall, 3-1 Big Ten) concluded the most brutal stretch of their schedule with a 24-3 loss to Nebraska, they likely won’t hang their heads for long.

FOOTBALL

Spartans do just enough to top Wisconsin

The No. 9 MSU football team didn’t take it to the media and fight back after accusations of being a dirty team. The Spartans didn’t complain about getting completely disrespected by the national media, who proclaimed Wisconsin “unbeatable.”

FOOTBALL

A hail of a win

As senior quarterback Kirk Cousins heaved the ball 44 yards up the field on a Hail Mary pass, senior wide receiver Keith Nichol waited patiently to see where it would fall.

FOOTBALL

GameDay atmosphere adds to exciting Saturday

Joe Arbow thinks there was a special force driving the MSU football win against Wisconsin on Saturday. The finance junior said the presence of ESPN’s College GameDay in East Lansing added some extra hype for both the players and the fans. “(GameDay) will give us great momentum going in,” Arbow said before the game.