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Spartans stay relaxed and focused during extensive weather delay
“We had guys laying down, putting games on, college football in the locker rooms, they were watching college football.”
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FINAL: MSU stuns No. 7 Penn State, 27-24, after long weather delay
The Land-Grant Trophy is back in East Lansing, as the No. 24 Spartans beat the No. 7 Penn State Nittany Lions 27-24.
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Helpful gameday information for No. 24 MSU vs. No. 7 Penn State
The No. 24 Spartans are looking to get back into the win column against the No. 7 Nittany Lions, after losing to the Northwestern Wildcats in triple overtime last Saturday 39-31.
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Football's run defense has an immense challenge Saturday in Barkley
The Spartans’ run defense will face an immense challenge this weekend against No. 7 Penn State, and more importantly Saquon Barkley.
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State News Sports Podcast: Saquon Barkley is looming
The State News Sports staff is back to talk MSU football. Sam, Souichi and Colton quickly run through MSU's loss to Northwestern then move on to Penn State. Then at the end of episode, the guys make their picks and Souichi has a hot take.
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Turnovers continue to hamper football's offense
Eight games into the regular season, there isn’t room for excuses or the cliche “Young players are going to make mistakes” phrase. The Spartans need to stop turning the ball over.
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Know Thy Enemy: Forget winter, Saquon Barkley is coming
The battle for the Land-Grant Trophy is on.
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Wide receiving core growing more confident by the week
With Lewerke’s growth, there’s been a group who’s also been growing with him, and that’s his wide receiver core.
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The State News Interviews: Joey Ellis
State News Sports Editor Sam Metry sits down with MSU Impact's Joey Ellis to talk about his experience at a mock playoff selection committee meeting hosted by the College Football Playoff.
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Football debuts in CFP poll as No. 24
Welcome back to the College Football Playoff rankings, Spartan fans.
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Dantonio's press conference goes viral when reporter's phone goes off
A video of head coach Mark Dantonio's press conference being interrupted by an errant phone made the rounds on social media Monday.
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Brian Lewerke has career day but still shows symptoms of youth
As the Spartans fell to the Northwestern Wildcats, 39-31, three wide receivers stood out as reasons MSU was able to stay in this game.
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Miscues, blown opportunities lead to shocking loss to Wildcats
Despite thousands of fans disapproving as their nails dissolved into nothingness, the No. 16 Spartans did what they’ve done all Big Ten season — take a game down to the wire.
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MSU ranked No. 24 in AP poll, unranked in Coaches poll
Despite the Spartans' triple overtime loss to Northwestern, they've barely hung on in the polls. Kind of.
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FINAL: MSU falls to Northwestern in third overtime, 39-31
The No. 16 Spartans held on against the Northwestern Wildcats Saturday afternoon, beating the Wildcats 39-31, giving MSU its first Big Ten loss of the season and making MSU 6-2 and 4-1 in Big Ten play.
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Helpful gameday info as No. 16 MSU visits Northwestern
Another week, another game for the No. 16 Spartans. MSU takes on the Northwestern Wildcats as it looks to improve its perfect 4-0 record in the Big Ten.
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State News Sports Podcast: Midseason report cards and Northwestern
Sam Metry and Souichi Terada are back to give their midseason report cards, breakdown Northwestern, and make their picks.
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MSU's run defense to be tested in the next two weeks
MSU’s next two opponents are Northwestern and Penn State, both of which feature an established rushing attack.
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After allowing 54 points last year, defense gears up for Northwestern
As the dust settled following MSU’s fourth straight loss at the time, the Wildcats put up 54 points on the scoreboard, still the most ever by an opponent in the Mark Dantonio era.
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Know Thy Enemy: Sparty visits 'Chicago's Big Ten team,' Northwestern
To better understand life as a Wildcat in Evanston, Illinois, The State News interviewed Jonah Dylan, the sports editor of The Daily Northwestern, and asked him four questions on Northwestern football.