MSU’s dominance over Notre Dame in the trenches played an integral role in the Spartans’ 23-7 victory over the Fighting Irish on Saturday in which MSU’s linemen imposed their will on the Irish.
After the MSU football team defeated Notre Dame 23-7 on Saturday, the trailer behind the north endzone of Spartan Stadium where postgame interviews are held started filling up. One by one, members of MSU’s offensive line took the stage before senior running back Javon Ringer finally entered and stood at the podium. “Like I said before, I can do nothing without these guys standing next to me,” said Ringer, who rushed for 201 yards and two touchdowns on 39 carries. “It was a great team win and we were very, very dominant up front on both sides of the ball.”
As if there weren’t enough hype for the Spartans’ battle with Notre Dame this weekend, the Big Ten Network wants to add one more to that lengthy list — dedicated to the days leading up to kickoff.
Unless you’re a member of the MSU football program, on his family tree or part of his Fave Five, Brian Hoyer probably doesn’t care what you think about the way he plays football.
There’s little doubt MSU’s rivalry with Notre Dame has become one of the most interesting in college football.
BFew rivalries across the nation carry as much history as the one between MSU and Notre Dame. Wild comebacks, colossal upsets and breathtaking finishes have been normal in a rivalry that has been anything but.
Step right up! Step right up! Watch in awe as the prognosticators pull out magical predictions out of their prognosticatin’ hats! And then saw those predictions in half! And then put them back together again!
After Saturday’s game between Purdue and Central Michigan, the third meeting between the teams in 370 days, both sides will probably know each other like brothers.
In his less than two years at the helm of the MSU football program, Mark Dantonio has said two characteristics he wanted to see his football team embody are toughness and overcoming adversity.
The Big Ten Players of the Week were announced Monday and three Spartans made the list. For the second straight week, football senior running back Javon Ringer was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week. Ringer ran the ball 43 times and had 282 yards during Saturday’s game — both were career highs.
On many occasions, inclement weather levels the playing field and gives an underdog a better chance to win. That was hardly the case Saturday, as pass-happy Florida Atlantic had trouble moving the ball through heavy rain at Spartan Stadium.
The wind and rain that engulfed Spartan Stadium on Saturday during MSU’s 17-0 win over Florida Atlantic had many people ringing out their shirts and cursing the weather. Although that sentiment was shared by more than a few fans and players, MSU redshirt freshman guard Joel Foreman was more than happy with the weather conditions.
Saturday was the kind of day when nature is trying to tell you to stay inside, take a nap and not play football. The kind of day when the only person smiling because of nonstop rain is an umbrella salesman. The kind of day when even Sparty, the most macho of mascots, had to don a poncho to stay dry.
MSU running back Javon Ringer picked up where he left off last week with 282 yards on 43 carries — both career highs — to go with two touchdowns as the Spartans beat Florida Atlantic 17-0 on Saturday.
Jesse Johnson remembers the day vividly. He was 5 years old and sitting with his grandfather in section eight, row 142, seats one and two of Spartan Stadium, when he let everybody in the row know they were sitting with a future MSU football player.
Smith is no pushover — he’s a legitimate Division I quarterback who has garnered the attention of NFL scouts.
If MSU linebackers/special teams coach Mike Tressel was given a blank sheet of paper and asked to draw up the prototypical special teams player, chances are he could do it pretty quickly.
Every now and then, a TV analyst or newspaper columnist makes a wise-crack about kickers. By noting that kickers don’t hit, don’t get hit and simply stand on the sidelines kicking footballs into a net, they try to make a point by saying kickers aren’t football players.