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Players ready to forget past, look to future
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.
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Transition coming quickly in South Bend
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.
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University officials supportive of Dantonio's choice on suspensions
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.
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Spartans head to Alamo Bowl
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.
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Spartans to face Texas Tech in Alamo Bowl
The MSU football team will meet Texas Tech in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Jan. 2, 2010, Athletics Director Mark Hollis announced Sunday night.
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Dantonio: Suspended players out for bowl game
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.
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MSU seniors prove recruiting predictions not always spot on
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.
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Lewis hopes to achieve championship status
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.
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Ohio native thrilled recruiting process ended with MSU
Relief and elation: Two things Marcus Rush said he felt after his verbal commitment to join the Spartans’ 2010 recruiting class.
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Class of 2014 strong in trenches; Dantonio brings in crop of in-state talent
Dantonio’s picked out some great talent for 2014, but will they be able to surpass the power of the Victoria’s Secret-crazed sorority girls from last week’s Prognosticators? Only time will tell.
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Linebacker Jones named All-American
The awards for junior linebacker Greg Jones kept coming Thursday, as Jones was named an All-American by the American Football Coaches Association.
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Defensive end brings drive, smarts to MSU
Even on Thanksgiving, Taylor Calero was lifting weights and training to make up for lost time. Calero, a linebacker for Southfield Christian High School, missed most of his senior season after a sports hernia that occurred in March was misdiagnosed.
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Running back to get chance in backfield
Walking onto the field before his Senior Night game, Chelsea High School running back Nick Hill might have been difficult for the casual observer to spot.
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Elite 11 QB, life-long fan felt at home at MSU
Until June, Saline High School quarterback Joe Boisture was going to be a Boston College Eagle.
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Linebacker becomes 3rd generation Spartan
Some people are raised to be Spartans fans. Others are born to wear the Green and White.
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4-star linebacker headlines 2010 class
It wasn’t the physicality of the sport that first piqued William Gholston’s interest in football. Nor was it the athleticism or precision the players displayed on the field.
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8 more players suspended
Eight additional MSU football players were suspended from the team Monday after university officials identified them as being present at the Nov. 22 assault in Rather Hall.
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Weis out at Notre Dame, players to vote on bowl game
Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis was fired after five seasons, it was announced at a press conference Monday.
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Updated bowl projections: Big Ten could receive 2 BCS bids
During a week when only one Big Ten team played and a lot changed in the bowling world — of football, that is.
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A team for the ages
Ten years later, the players that comprised the 1999 MSU football team still cause Spartans’ fans to shake their heads in awe. Plaxico Burress. Julian Peterson. T.J. Duckett. Renaldo Hill. Robaire Smith. Chris Baker. Amp Campbell. Ten years later, what that team accomplished has yet to be matched by other MSU teams.