The competition between sophomores Jairus Jones and Isaiah Lewis has been tight through early spring practices, with both players pushing each other for the starting strong safety job.
Spring football is a time for position changes, and the MSU football team is working on some key switches as spring football continues. One of those is senior Todd Anderson’s move from the defensive line to fullback, where he’s listed as No.
Extra notes from MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio’s Monday press conference.
Sophomore tight end Dion Sims has been reinstated to the MSU football team for spring practice, head coach Mark Dantonio said Monday. Sims was suspended from the team after being charged with receiving and concealing stolen property in September 2010 and was sentenced to a year of probation on Dec.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio took the podium on the day prior to the first day of spring practice.
The MSU football team lost a lot from the defense of the Big Ten championship team, but returns plenty of offensive firepower.
Fifteen MSU football seniors workout for NFL scouts on Wednesday.
On his first day of fourth grade, Justin Caine bent over to tie his shoe. Leaning forward, a tumor in his head slid forward, slicing his brain.
What might have started as a leisurely night of drinking for two MSU football players ended with a police chase, a Taser-charge to the back and a night in jail. Junior tight end Brian Linthicum and freshman linebacker Max Bullough were arrested at about 1:45 a.m.
The MSU Athletics Department has yet to release a statement about the recent arrest of two MSU football players during spring break. MSU Associate Athletics Director John Lewandowski said the Athletic Department will not issue a statement until MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio has a chance to address the arrest of junior tight end Brian Linthicum and freshman linebacker Max Bullough. The two were arrested in Aspen, Colo., early Thursday morning. Linthicum was arrested for misdemeanor third-degree assault, and Bullough was arrested for minor in possession of alcohol, Aspen police Sgt.
Two MSU football players were arrested in Colorado early Thursday morning. Tight end Brian Linthicum was charged with third-degree assault and eluding arrest and linebacker Max Bullough was charged with a minor in position and eluding arrest, said an officer from the Pitkin County Jail. MSU Associate Athletics Director John Lewandowski said he does not know how this incident might affect the players’ status on the team and is waiting to talk to MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio. Linthicum will be a senior next season and had 18 catches for 230 yards and a touchdown last season. Bullough, a sophomore next season, had 23 tackles and an interception as a freshman last season. Both are next scheduled to appear in Pitkin County Court on April 19.
The NFL Scouting Combine kicked off Wednesday in Indianapolis and with players arriving, there are four former Spartans who will be working out for the NFL scouts.
Most years, if my team isn’t in the Super Bowl then I watch with no rooting interest. This year, however, thanks to one unsuspected source, when Sunday rolls around and Super Bowl XLV kicks off, I will be all in for the Green Bay Packers. Now I know I’m not alone, and leading up to Sunday’s game most people are expressing their distaste toward Steeler Nation.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio called his fifth recruiting class maybe the best one he’s had since he became the head man.
MSU football announced Tuesday that offensive line coach Dan Roushar will be promoted to offensive coordinator one month after former coordinator Don Treadwell took the head coaching job at Miami (Ohio).
There will be an informational meeting for potential football walk-ons at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the Pentecost meeting room of the Duffy Daugherty Football Building.
The dust finally has cleared, and the New Year’s Day disaster area that was the Citrus Bowl Stadium in Orlando, Fla., has been cleaned up.
After being bowled over by No. 15 Alabama on Saturday, 49-7, in the Capital One Bowl, the Spartans can look to several offensive and defensive returners to look forward to a potentially exciting 2011.
In a game in which six different Alabama players had catches or runs of 20 yards or more, the Spartans’ secondary could do little to contain the Crimson Tide’s attack and watched Alabama break several big plays in Saturday’s 49-7 loss.
Alabama dominated MSU dominated the line of scrimmage, especially on defense, on the way to a 49-7 Capital One Bowl victory Saturday in Orlando, Fla.