Looking to limit distractions during his team’s biggest week of the season, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio has limited media availability to the football team’s leaders and has closed practice for the third straight week.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio held a “brief” practice for his team Sunday night, something he said he rarely has done in his three years in East Lansing.
Well, who saw this coming? I don’t think too many. The MSU football team has limped to a 1-3 start and hasn’t beaten a Football Bowl Subdivision team in 10 months (a 21-7 victory against Purdue last November).
Coming into the season, the MSU football team’s defense was expected to anchor the team to a solid season and another Jan. 1 bowl game. Although still possible, the team’s 1-3 start, in which the defense has given up an average of 33.3 points in three losses, has left many asking questions about what’s gone wrong.
Madison, Wisc. — Following two heartbreaking losses, the Spartan football team came out flat to open the Big Ten season, losing to Wisconsin, 38-30 on Saturday.
The MSU football team’s play during the nonconference season has been anything but a dream.
MSU vs. Wisconsin Noon, ESPN JN: At what point does this snowball stop rolling and accumulating loss after loss?
Indiana vs. No. 23 Michigan Records: Indiana (3-0 overall, 0-0 Big Ten), Michigan (3-0, 0-0) Where: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor When: Noon on Saturday TV: ESPN What does it mean? Both teams are unbeaten, but Indiana hasn’t defeated the Wolverines since 1987 and U-M has won 30 of the last 31 in the series. Player to watch: U-M quarterback Tate Forcier.
MSU’s defense has been a disappointment. And that’s an understatement.
Freshman linebacker Chris Norman has been waiting to be unleashed. The kid who has been nicknamed both “The Punisher” and “Road Runner” is one of the best recruits in the Mark Dantonio era.
When three guys are neck-and-neck for a starting position, it sometimes means no one is good enough to step up.
The Spartans head into Madison, Wisc., with a 1-2 record to take on the undefeated Badgers this weekend.
After consecutive losses, the Spartans football depth chart had some significant changes on both sides of the ball.
Mark Dell had an extra jump in his step this week at practice because he knew the week would end differently than the previous two.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio believes his team only is a couple of plays away from being a 3-0 football team.
In this “What have you done for me lately?” society, it’s not surprising Kirk Cousins is taking heat for his last minute interception Saturday against Notre Dame.
For the second straight game, the MSU football team’s defensive backfield was picked apart by a veteran quarterback.
Immediately following the MSU football team’s 33-30 loss to Notre Dame, I felt the same as every other Spartans football fan.
Kirk Cousins walked off the field at Notre Dame Stadium surrounded by a frenzied mob, a blank expression on his face.
Senior receiver Blair White has proven his 2008 campaign was no fluke. After breaking out with 30 receptions during the final six games of last season, White has continued to have hot hands in 2009, leading the team by a wide margin in both receptions and yards.