San Antonio — A costly interception, combined with two critical fourth-down conversions late by the Red Raiders, were too much for MSU to overcome, as Texas Tech came back to hand the Spartans a 41-31 loss Saturday night at the Alamodome.
San Antonio — Despite being outnumbered by the home Texas Tech fans, upbeat Spartan fans stick out at the Alamo Bowl hours before kickoff.
San Antonio — Usually tight to the vest with everything, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio surprised many people Friday by announcing that backup quarterback Keith Nichol will line up as a wide receiver and return punts in Saturday’s Valero Alamo Bowl against Texas Tech.
San Antonio — Adversity, and specifically overcoming it, has been the buzz word all week leading up to Saturday’s Valero Alamo Bowl.
Everywhere he goes, senior safety Danny Fortener has been hearing that the MSU football team’s defense has no shot of stopping Texas Tech’s potent passing offense.
As much as MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio may want to move past it, the fact that 12 players have been suspended from the Valero Alamo Bowl and two others have been removed from the team is something that will follow the Spartans to San Antonio, Texas.
Of the four wide receivers listed on the MSU football team’s depth chart for the Valero Alamo Bowl, only one came to campus on scholarship — sophomore Keshawn Martin.
Even though the football team was up and down this decade, there were plenty of talented players to wear the Green and White.
I couldn’t speak. My eyes were sprung open wide as a garage door, my legs seemingly bolted to the ground beneath me and my breathing heavy and panicked.
The most difficult thing about picking MSU’s male player of the decade is that there are many different ways to approach the question.
Nine MSU football players have been charged with assault for their actions in the Nov. 22 altercation at Rather Hall.
This year’s MSU football team would have beaten last year’s team. Now, obviously, you can look at the records and see that last year’s team won nine games, compared to six this season — but this year’s team was better in almost every statistic, and if a few breaks had gone the other way, the teams’ records could have flip-flopped.
As Sunday’s bowl game news conference commenced, there was one big elephant in the room that made its presence known from time to time.
Notre Dame already has been looking for a new football coach, and now the Fighting Irish also are looking for a new quarterback and wide receiver.
Despite recent struggles on and off the field for the MSU football team, university officials have said their support for head coach Mark Dantonio never has been stronger.
The feeling MSU head coach Mark Dantonio gets when he receives the call that his team is going to a bowl game never fades. Dantonio received that call for the third straight season Sunday as he learned the Spartans will play Texas Tech in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Jan. 2, 2010 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
The MSU football team will meet Texas Tech in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Jan. 2, 2010, Athletics Director Mark Hollis announced Sunday night.
Head football coach Mark Dantonio broke his public silence to reporters at an impromptu news conference Saturday at the Skandalaris Football Center and addressed the disciplinary action against the players suspended for their involvement in the Nov. 22 assault at Rather Hall.
The size, speed and strength displayed by high school football players doesn’t always translate to the rugged Big Ten Conference. Sometimes, players live up to those expectations.
Isaiah Lewis ended his high school football career without a state championship ring. His No. 1 goal entering college is to make sure his collegiate career doesn’t end the same way.