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Wide receivers look to make impact
It seems like everything is new again for the MSU football team. New coaches. A (sort of) new quarterback.
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Football facelift
When Mark Dantonio was introduced as MSU's head football coach Nov. 27, he used the word "toughness" five times in a matter of minutes when describing his philosophy.
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Hoyer ready to accept starting QB position
Brian Hoyer got his feet wet at the end of MSU's 2006 season, filling in for injured starting quarterback Drew Stanton, who has used up eligibility. He's not just a substitute anymore.
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MSU wants to press secondary more
Opposing wide receivers might want to keep some breath mints handy. MSU's defensive backs plan on getting very up-close and personal next season. The secondary, one of the most maligned units on the MSU football team during the last few seasons, is revamping its philosophy and relying more heavily on press coverage, in which defensive backs make contact with receivers at the line of scrimmage in order to disrupt their routes. "It messes up timing more than anything," secondary coach Harlon Barnett said Friday after spring practice.
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Dantonio, staff encourage goal setting
Senior SirDarean Adams has a goal. And it's not a pretty one. "Just come out and just flat-out kill somebody," he said Tuesday after MSU's first spring practice. Don't be alarmed — it's not what you think.
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Hoyer: 'Intensity' the difference in workouts
When Mark Dantonio was hired as MSU's new football head coach in November, he was quick to stress toughness and effort as qualities he demanded in his program. And even though the official start of spring practice is still several days away, Dantonio has spent all winter instilling mental and physical toughness in his players via early-morning workouts.
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MSU releases 2007 football schedule
The 12-game 2007 MSU football schedule, which includes seven home games, was unveiled Tuesday. MSU opens the season with three consecutive home games.
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Drew Stanton impresses during weekend at 2007 NFL Draft Combine
Profootballtalk.com's "The Rumor Mill" reported Sunday afternoon that several NFL teams are now considering former MSU quarterback Drew Stanton to have moved ahead of Notre Dame's Brady Quinn based on performances at the league's annual combine in Indianapolis. The Web site cites good team interviews and overall intangibles for Stanton's jump as well as Quinn's questionable ability to play on the big stage. In four years at MSU, Stanton built a career that includes back-to-back team MVP honors and the best completion percentage in Spartans history (.642).
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Newest MSU recruit has great potential
Nick Foles has MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio anticipating big things. The newest recruit for the 2007 Spartans football team, Foles signed a National Letter of Intent on Feb.
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Dantonio announces 2007 recruiting class
First year MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio announced the 2007 football recruiting class, which Rivals.com ranked No.
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4 MSU seniors to compete in football combine this month
Quarterback Drew Stanton, defensive tackle Clifton Ryan, wide receiver Matt Trannon and punter Brandon Fields all have accepted invitations to partake in the National Football League's 2007 Scouting Combine. The event is scheduled to take place Feb.
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Football welcomes fans to Breslin Center for NCAA signing day
MSU head coach Mark Dantonio will reveal the incoming class of football recruits tonight at Breslin Center as part of NCAA Signing Day. Fans have been invited to attend the event, which will consist of an autograph session and video tribute to the incoming class.
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MSU scores verbal in 4-star recruit
MSU head coach Mark Dantonio scored a verbal commitment during the weekend from Cedric Everson, a 6-foot-1 athlete from Detroit Mumford High School. Everson is a four-star recruit, according to Rivals.com, and committed verbally to become a Spartan on Feb.
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Fans invited to witness 2007 recruits
MSU football fans have been invited to join head coach Mark Dantonio when he unveils the 2007 recruiting class Wednesday at Breslin Center as part of the NCAA National Signing Day. Spartans football and Detroit Pistons announcer George Blaha is slated to serve as the host of the event.
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Stanton to represent MSU in skills contest
Senior quarterback Drew Stanton has been selected to represent MSU today in the College Football All-Star Challenge in Miami. Stanton earned team MVP honors last season after tossing 17 touchdowns for 2,252 total yards.
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Dantonio receives 2 commitments over weekend visits
MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio scored a pair of verbal commitments over the weekend. Guard Arthur Ray Jr.
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Cincinnati hires CMU's Kelly, opening door for Narduzzi at MSU
New football coach Mark Dantonio has already brought seven of his Cincinnati coaches with him to MSU.
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Dantonio, new staff on whirlwind recruit trip
Mark Dantonio is wasting no time in his effort to turn around the MSU football program. On Thursday, he penciled four names into his coaching staff: offensive coordinator Don Treadwell, defensive line coach Ted Gill, offensive line coach Dan Roushar and tackles/tight ends coach Mark Staten, who also will serve as recruiting coordinator. On Friday, he named three additional position coaches: secondary coach Harlon Barnett, linebackers and special teams coach Mike Tressel and quarterbacks coach Dave Warner. All seven worked under Dantonio at Cincinnati. "When I first found out and knew that there were possibilities about coming to Michigan State, the first thing I did was check with our staff, in terms of where they would be at with everything," Dantonio said Friday.
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7 Cincinnati assistant coaches resign, likely headed to MSU
Seven members of Cincinnati's football coaching staff have resigned on the heels of former head coach Mark Dantonio's departure and are likely to assume a role on Dantonio's staff at MSU. Tom Hathaway, Cincinnati's assistant athletics director, confirmed the resignations Wednesday afternoon and said the coaches will return to prepare and coach Cincinnati in its bowl game. The coaches who resigned are: • Offensive coordinator Don Treadwell • Tight ends coach Mark Staten • Defensive line coach Ted Gill • Linebackers coach Mike Tressel • Secondary coach Harlon Barnett • Offensive line coach Dan Roushar • Quarterbacks coach Dave Warner Defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi, Cincinnati's interim head coach, told the university it has until Dec.
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Dantonio's deal big on incentives
New MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio's five-year contract will pay him $1.1 million annually, which puts him in the bottom half of the Big Ten football coaches.