Staring down at the grass, sophomore defensive end William Gholston was holding back tears. The 6-foot-7, 280-pound lineman was not just MSU’s five-star recruit but a man who was experiencing more pain than any football game could cause him.
Looking to play college football, Marcus Rush had options coming out of high school, and although his several options included Michigan and Nebraska, the now-redshirt freshman defensive end chose MSU.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio has been rewarded with a new contract, the school announced Saturday in a joint statement from MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis.
While head coach Mark Dantonio and the MSU football coaching staff are recruiting during the bye week, tired and banged up players are using the time to recover and take advantage of a couple days off. The Spartans (4-1 overall, 1-0 Big Ten) took three days off after the 10-7 win over Ohio State (3-2, 0-1) and began practice again Wednesday. At his press conference Wednesday, Dantonio said he approaches each bye week differently, depending on the season, but as it is still early in the Big Ten season, he said the week will be a time to evaluate before moving on to No.
There it was — the Spartans had just given up a touchdown and the Buckeyes kickoff team prepared to make a last-ditch effort to recover the onside kick and score. Some will say there was no way the Buckeyes could have reached the end zone, but for senior safety Trenton Robinson, the memories of the last-second 29-27 loss to Central Michigan in 2009 were just too cruel. MSU needed to get this kick.
Three drives into the game — two for Ohio State and one for MSU — both teams had yet to make an opening statement against the other.
Walking into Ohio Stadium, you could sense it was going to be a defensive game. There were overcast skies, rain was drizzling down and it was just cold enough to see your breath.
Columbus, Ohio — In the middle of his fifth season with the MSU football team, head coach Mark Dantonio can now say he has defeated every team in the Big Ten he’s faced.
MSU holds Ohio State to 178 yards of offense on the way to beating the Buckeyes for the first time since 1999.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The MSU football team’s defense made it a long Saturday afternoon for Central Michigan quarterback Ryan Radcliff.
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.
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.
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.