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Spartan Nation Destination

Kyle Campbell
December 9, 2010

Jamie Burns has been a Spartan his whole life, going to MSU sporting events since childhood. Burns, now a biosystems engineering freshman, went to every home football game this year and made trips to Ann Arbor University Park, Pa., and Evanston, Ill., to watch games. Now, he and his family have one final destination and one final game in one of the best seasons in MSU football history — Orlando, Fla., for the Capital One Bowl.

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In many ways, Capital One is better than BCS

Jeremy Warnemuende
December 5, 2010

I know the system is a joke. I know it makes no sense to send an 11-1 Big Ten championship team that’s ranked No. 7 in the country to the Capital One Bowl, the same bowl it played in two years ago when it had a 9-3 record and finished behind Penn State and Ohio State in the conference.

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No matter what bowl, MSU fans will enjoy game

Jeff Kanan
December 2, 2010

No matter where the No. 7 MSU football team winds up — and it’s looking like Orlando, Fla., New Orleans or Miami right now — it will enjoy the warm weather and tradition-rich environment with a highly rated opponent, likely from the SEC, staring it down.

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At long last

Jeremy Warnemuende
November 28, 2010

Four years after John L. Smith was run out of town and Mark Dantonio was brought into East Lansing as the new head coach, the No. 7 Spartans (11-1 overall, 7-1 Big Ten) have a share in the Big Ten championship for the first time since 1990.

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Community reacts to MSU win, Big Ten title

Karen Confer
November 28, 2010

As MSU football players dumped containers of green and white confetti on head coach Mark Dantonio at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa., students in East Lansing and at home for Thanksgiving celebrated MSU’s first Big Ten championship since 1990.

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Liveblog vs. Penn State

Chat with State News sports reporter Pat Evans as the Spartans look to win a share of their first Big Ten championship since 1990.

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Baker's pregame 'zone' leading to success

Jeremy Warnemuende
November 23, 2010

MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio spends a little bit of time before each game checking in on his players as they prepare for the upcoming game. And each time he approaches Edwin Baker, Dantonio said there is no doubt the sophomore running back is ready to play — no matter the opponent.

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Dantonio sticks up for Spartans despite polls

Jeremy Warnemuende
November 22, 2010

Mark Dantonio is a little disappointed in how forgetful fans and pollsters seem to be this season when it comes to his No. 11 MSU football team. Back in the first week of Big Ten play, the Spartans defeated No. 5 Wisconsin, 34-24, in dominant fashion. But the Badgers are six spots ahead of MSU in the latest Associated Press poll.

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A fitting Spartan send-off

Jeff Kanan
November 21, 2010

A year ago, it would’ve been a dropped pass, missed tackle and great passing play by the opponent that would have summed up the end of a disappointing game. But on Senior Day against Purdue, this year’s class of seniors helped change the storyline and, in doing so, added stability to the football program.