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Defense dominates to lead Spartans to 'signature' win
MSU holds Ohio State to 178 yards of offense on the way to beating the Buckeyes for the first time since 1999.
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Defense carries MSU to 10-7 win over Ohio State
COLUMBUS, OHIO – The defense carried the MSU football team to the finish line Saturday, as the Spartans broke their streak of seven consecutive losses to Ohio State and beat the Buckeyes 10-7 in Columbus, Ohio for the first time since 1998. The defenders racked up nine sacks, three more than their total for the first four weeks of the season, setting a new team record. The first touchdown of the game happened in the first quarter when senior quarterback Kirk Cousins rolled right and found senior wide receiver B.J.
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Football looks to beat Ohio State for 1st time under Dantonio
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio has brought the Spartans a Big Ten Championship, three straight wins against Michigan and four consecutive bowl game appearances since he arrived in 2007.
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First season of new Big Ten era set to begin
In June 2010, when Nebraska became the newest member of the Big Ten Conference, the layout for college football changed forever. The addition of the Cornhuskers from the Big 12 gave the conference an even number of teams, and from that came divisions and a Big Ten Conference Championship game. MSU sits in the Legends Division along with No.
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Defense hopes to maintain dominant start
With seven first-year starters on defense to begin the season, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio and his coaching staff knew they had talent, but without experience it was hard to say how good the defense could be.
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Lippett to continue to play both sides of the ball
The MSU football team has many options as far as wide receivers go, but that won’t always be the case as many of them are seniors.
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MSU football's true identity to be seen in Big Ten play
The MSU football team’s “preseason” is over, and now it’s time for the real action to start. On Saturday, when the Spartans play Ohio State, we finally will see if their goals are achievable.
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Column: Spartans special teams need to step up to the plate
The MSU football team (3-1) has had at least one notable mistake on special teams in each of its four nonconference games, and after the disastrous mistakes against Notre Dame last weekend, head coach Mark Dantonio recognized how much of a concern special teams is.
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MSU defeats CMU with ‘explosive plays’
The MSU football team’s defense made it a long Saturday afternoon for Central Michigan quarterback Ryan Radcliff.
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Bell leads Spartan rush attack in win
MSU head coach Mark Dantonio used Saturday’s game against Central Michigan to make a statement. The Spartans can –and will – run the ball as they please. The MSU football team promised all week they were going to pound the football and as sophomore running back Le’Veon Bell said after the game, his head coach never has been one to break a promise. “If (Dantonio) says we’re going to run the ball the whole game then he means we’re going to run the ball the whole game,” Bell said. On the Spartans first two scoring drives, the team ran the ball 11 times for 84 yards and only passed once.
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Spartans dominate Chippewas, 45-7
The MSU football team wasted no time in getting an early lead against Central Michigan before clinching its final nonconference game, 45-7, Saturday at Spartan Stadium.
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Spartans bounce back, beat Central Michigan, 45-7
MSU finished with 478 yards while holding Central Michigan to 112. The Spartans grabbed four interceptions, but they also had four penalties for 20 yards.
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Spartans look to rebound against Chippewas
After last weekend’s 31-13 loss to Notre Dame, the Spartans said they returned to the drawing board with an especially critical eye to find the costly mistakes and look to eliminate them this time around. Learning as much as possible from the first loss of the season, MSU’s goals are still in tact as it looks to get back on track.
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Dantonio, Enos share long coaching history
The long history between MSU head coach Mark Dantonio and Central Michigan head coach Dan Enos makes preparing for Saturday’s game that much more difficult.
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Spartan running backs hope to ignite ground game Saturday
The Spartans’ star-studded backfield of Baker, sophomore Le’Veon Bell and junior Larry Caper was disappointing last weekend, and none of the players in the trio have truly been able to find a rhythm this season.
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Offensive line struggles worsened by injury issues
In the last week, the Spartans (2-1) have suffered three injuries to the line, but so far, the only season-ending one is redshirt freshman right tackle Skyler Burkland’s — who dislocated and fractured his ankle during MSU’s 31-13 loss to Notre Dame.
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Positives hard to find in bad loss Saturday
Believe it or not, it wasn’t necessarily all bad Saturday for the MSU football team. I know it still is probably hard to digest right now, but the Spartans did some positive things in a 31-13 loss to Notre Dame.
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Burkland out for season with injury
Skyler Burkland underwent successful surgery on his ankle Sunday, but he is out for the season and is expected to return for winter conditioning.
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Reality check
In the MSU football team’s first two games of the season, the Spartans (2-1) played lesser opponents, and the team’s weaker spots weren’t the most obvious.
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Column: Poor decisions contribute to Spartans’ loss
Two days later and the performance by the now-unranked Spartans’ offense in Notre Dame Stadium is still hard to swallow.