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Spartans stumble to victory
Saturday’s postgame buzzword from head coach Bobby Williams was “breakdowns” and there were plenty of them in the messy 35-21 win over Central Michigan.
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Gridders top CMU despite early troubles
The Spartan Chariot arrived late for Saturday’s season-opening football game, bolting across the field mere minutes before kickoff.
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Sexual assault protest Saturday targets two student-athletes
MSU freshman tight end Eric Knott and redshirted freshman quarterback Damon Dowdell will not be welcomed by all to Spartan Stadium on Saturday.A group of MSU activists are organizing a protest against the two athletes.
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Rogers ready to flash smile on game day
For a guy with an outgoing personality and a winning smile, sophomore receiver Charles Rogers sure has taken plenty of flak lately from his fellow teammates.
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Spartans rally troops for season opener
When the MSU football team opens its 105th varsity season at 1 p.m. Saturday in Spartan Stadium against Central Michigan, it will be the fifth round of battle U.S.
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College football know-it-alls say MSU, Nebraska will win, split on rest
College football know-it-alls say MSU, Nebraska will win, split on rest Two weeks of college football have passed without MSU playing, but now fans can dust off their Spartan helmet grills and break out the rest of their tailgating gear.
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Tailgating Project gears up for season opener Saturday
The football players are gearing up to take on Central Michigan on Saturday at Spartan Stadium. But they’re not the only ones preparing for the game.As usual, tailgaters are getting fired up, and this year, members of the recently formed Tailgating Project are ready for them.The project, which was formed in May by university administrators, will be evaluating the activities that go on during tailgating.“This project gives us a snapshot of what is really happening at tailgates,” said Pat Enos, assistant to the vice president for student affairs and a member of the committee.The committee wants to make sure tailgating continues to be enjoyable, she said.“Tailgating is an important part of MSU,” Enos said.
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CMU no big deal? Think again before ruling Chips out; history can happen
With Saturday’s matchup between MSU and Central Michigan around the corner, the media, fans, players and coaches have been packing on the hype. But with every team comes first game jitters and questions marks.
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Van Dyke remaining positive as No. 1 spot awarded to Smoker
But Williams said senior quarterback Ryan Van Dyke took the news well, and both signal callers have made smooth transitions into their new roles.
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O-line raising eyebrows
While MSU football fans wait to hear who head coach Bobby Williams names as starting quarterback for the season opener against Central Michigan Sept.
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Labinjo and Stanledy join Thornhill to start season
The MSU football team has lost what seems like a player-a-day to injury or ineligibility, but at least its linebacker picture was cleared-up as the team concluded its second preseason scrimmage Tuesday.
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Offense smiling; time to expect changes
The specifics of MSU’s new offense have been kept top secret by the coaching staff, but it’s no surprise to many that changes are on the way.
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Vanilla Rice and Racy Lacy know whats up with Saturdays games
Vanilla Rice and Racy Lacy know what’s up with Saturday’s games The Spartans are undefeated, head coach Bobby Williams has only snapped at one reporter since school has started, and everyone’s gearing up for another exciting season.
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Henry burned by bad grades
Projected starting cornerback Cedric Henry has been ruled academically ineligible and will miss the entire season, head coach Bobby Williams said Tuesday evening.
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Media may say nay, but Spartans still believe
For the past two weeks, the MSU football team survived grueling two-a-day practices, complete with countless sprints in 90-degree heat and intense sessions in the weight room. All that hard work raised many players’ expectations for the season and the mediocre pre-season media predictions have left some of them miffed.
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What Big Ten football team will rise above the competition? Good question.
I don’t know what I’m doing. Usually I don’t admit so openly to that - I let the reader make that fairly obvious deduction based on my work. But now I’m charged with predicting the final order of finish of the Big Ten’s 11 football teams and I’m way overmatched. Have you seen these teams?
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Baker and McCoy sidelined; Knott in?
With only two weeks before the season kicks off Sept. 8 against Central Michigan, the MSU football team has some holes to patch. The team took a big hit last week when senior tight end Chris Baker and senior linebacker Ivory McCoy both suffered long-term injuries during non-contact drills. Baker tore the meniscus cartilage in his left knee Aug.