Orlando, Fla. — The year 2009 began gloomy for the MSU football team, losing 24-12 to Georgia in the Capital One Bowl at Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium on Thursday. But with two consecutive postseason bowl appearances and a 9-4 record, the Spartans showed that come the fall months of 2009 and beyond, football could be fun to watch in East Lansing.
Orlando, Fla. — In the first half of Thursday’s Capital One Bowl against MSU, Georgia quarterback Matthew Stafford looked like he had partied a little too hard on New Year’s Eve. The junior passer overthrew receivers, missed touch passes and looked to have the energy of a sloth.
Orlando, Fla. -— Gloria Mitchell was walking outside of Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium wearing a pin on her shirt collar underneath her MSU jacket.
Orlando, Fla. — MSU and Georgia will meet in the Capital One Bowl at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium. Both teams finished 9-3. The Bulldogs represent the Southeastern Conference and were the preseason No. 1 team in the nation. Here’s an analysis of several key matchups.
The State News sports desk returns to prognosticate both the Capital One Bowl and the Rose Bowl Game.
For two weeks in January, a video went unwatched in the home of Brian Hoyer’s parents. It sat in a digital video recorder, staring back at Hoyer, a permanent, concrete, constant reminder of the night of Dec. 28, 2007.
Orlando, Fla. —- With one of the nation’s top rushers staring down No. 16 Georgia in Thursday’s Capital One Bowl, head coach Mark Richt is getting his players ready for a bruising game.
Orlando, Fla. —- Ever since Dec. 2, the MSU football team has been watching film and dissecting plays in preparation for Georgia.
Orlando, Fla. — The spotlights were on, the mosh pit was growing and chemistry senior Brady Compton was getting fired up. Compton and three others, including his brother, Mark, were rocking the night away at the Capital One Bowl Pep Rally with the help of the video game Rock Band.
Orlando, Fla. —- For all of its marked improvements on the field this season, the MSU football team still lacks a signature victory to place atop its 2008 résumé.
Orlando, Fla. — The common theme when comparing the Southeastern Conference to the Big Ten is this: The SEC has speed, the Big Ten has power.
MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio will receive a 60 percent raise as part of a revised contract announced Friday.
MSU senior running back Javon Ringer was named an Associated Press All-American on Tuesday, becoming the first MSU offensive position player to garner the recognition since 2002.
When sophomore linebacker Eric Gordon watches film on Georgia, he can see why the Bulldogs entered the season as the No. 1 ranked team in the country.
With snow on the ground and winter break in full effect, the MSU football team was hard at work during its fifth bowl practice on Saturday.
The No. 19 MSU football team will play in the Capital One Bowl against No. 16 Georgia in Orlando, Fla. at 1 p.m. on Jan. 1, MSU head coach Mark Dantonio announced to the crowd during the MSU men’s basketball game against Bradley.
Tickets are on sale for the Spartan Football Awards Banquet.
Although the MSU football team is anxiously waiting to see which Jan. 1 bowl game it’ll be playing in, the regular season has been in the books for nearly two weeks.
In a few days, when the sting of Saturday’s 49-18 beatdown in Beaver Stadium wears off, the MSU football team will be able to reflect on its 9-3 season. The No. 22 Spartans (9-3 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) can take pride in likely becoming the first MSU team to reach a New Year’s Day bowl game since 2000, when the Spartans stunned Florida with a 37-34 win in the Citrus Bowl (now known as the Capital One Bowl). MSU will either receive a berth in the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, Fla., or the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla.
Mark Dantonio can be described many ways. He can be called old-school, perhaps a traditionalist. Or he can be defined by any one of his Dantonioisms, such as “Stay the course” and “They all count one.”