The 2010 MSU Football Media Day took place Tuesday, offering a preview of what Spartans fans can expect from the Green and White in the upcoming season.
With less than a month to go before the MSU football team’s first game of the 2010 season, preseason practice officially began Monday morning when the Spartans ran the team’s conditioning test.
Sunday marked the beginning of the 2010 season for the MSU football team, as players reported for physicals and team meetings. Preseason practice begins today, as the Spartans officially begin to prepare for the 115th season of MSU football.
Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis will host the inaugural Big Ten Championship football game in December 2011, the conference announced today. With the recent addition of Nebraska, the Big Ten reached 12 teams – enough to divide the conference into two divisions and host a conference championship game.
Expansion talk dominated Media Days, as coaches, players and conference Commissioner Jim Delany had plenty to say about the recent addition of Nebraska. Hearing from coaches and players was interesting, but it was what Delany had to say about the future of the Big Ten that was the most informative.
For the eighth consecutive year, MSU football fans are welcome to attend the annual “Meet the Spartans” from 5:30-7 p.m. Aug. 17 on the corners of Albert and M.A.C. avenues.
After Big Ten coaches had a chance express their opinions on the future of the conference with Nebraska as a new member, it was the players’ turn to chime in Tuesday at Big Ten 2010 Football Media Days at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago.
As senior quarterback Kirk Cousins and MSU look ahead toward the season, Cousins said all of last season’s experiences, such as the heartbreaking loss to the Notre Dame, could be what makes the team successful in 2010.
Along with coaches, players and conference commissioner Jim Delany, Big Ten Coordinator of Football Officials Bill Carollo also spoke to members of the media on Monday at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place for Big Ten 2010 Football Media Days.
When MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio spoke to the media about his team at Big Ten 2010 Football Media Days on Monday at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, the man who is entering his fourth year with the Spartans had nothing but positive things to say.
All 11 Big Ten coaches spoke to members of the media Monday at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, and every coach took questions on what is to come for the conference in the upcoming months.
As Big Ten 2010 Football Media Days began Monday in Chicago, the Big Ten released the top three teams in its preseason poll. And not surprisingly, Ohio State was chosen by the media as the top team in the conference, followed by Iowa and Wisconsin.
After going undrafted in the 2010 NFL Draft in April, former MSU wide receiver Blair White immediately was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as a free agent. White joins a team loaded with talent at the receiver position and has no guarantee of making the team once training camp is complete. However, the one-time MSU walk-on could be a valuable asset to Indianapolis or any other NFL team next season.
As the 2010 college football season approaches, the MSU football coaching staff has been hot on the recruiting trail trying to sign players for 2011. Monday, the Spartans picked up their 10th verbal commitment — safety Arjen Colquhoun out of Canada — of what looks to be a solid class. Here is a look at the players committed to MSU so far from the class of 2011.
MSU junior quarterback Kirk Cousins has been named as the 14th quarterback to be put on the Manning Award Watch List for the upcoming season, the Allstate Sugar Bowl announced Monday. The award goes to the best quarterback in the country at the end of each season.
Former MSU cornerback Jeremy Ware wasn’t projected by many experts to be selected in the 2010 NFL Draft. But he was selected by the Oakland Raiders in the seventh round of April’s draft, and ended up being the only Spartan chosen. Last Wednesday, Oakland announced it had signed Ware to a four-year, $1.85 million contract, which included a $62,450 signing bonus. After Ware made his entrance into the NFL official, The State News spoke with the new Raider about his transition to the professional ranks, his future career and his time at MSU.
MSU junior quarterback Kirk Cousins, along with 111 other college football players, was nominated to be a part of the 19th annual Allstate American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team.
When Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany welcomed Nebraska as the conference’s 12th member June 11, he also said a conference championship game soon would be in the works. The game would not be played until the 2011 season, as Nebraska doesn’t officially join the conference until then, but as possible locations for the game are being discussed, here are my top five options for the Big Ten Championship.
College football fans still have a little less than two months before the 2010 season kicks off. As the first game draws closer, the excitement becomes increasingly more difficult to contain. Fortunately, for those of us who can’t wait for some college football action, EA Sports NCAA Football 11 should adequately fill the void in the meantime.
Beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, tickets for the MSU football game against Florida Atlantic at 12 p.m. Sept. 11 at Ford Field will be on sale for the general public. Because the game is an away game, only MSU students who have bought season admission can buy tickets. Students are limited to buying three tickets and must pick them up at the visiting team’s will call on game day using two forms of ID and an e-mail confirmation.