State News football beat writer Nathaniel Bott breaks down MSU’s game plan and what to expect from Illinois this Saturday, as well as lists injury updates and gives his prediction for the contest.
The MSU football depth chart has been full of surprises all season long with changes being made at nearly every position. The one constant on head coach Mark Dantonio’s depth chart has been the running back position, where three co-starters have remained since week one –– sophomores L.J. Scott and Madre London as well as junior Gerald Holmes.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio is still searching for the answers to his team’s 2-6 record.
Facing fourth and goal from the two-yard line MSU called its fourth run play in a row. And just like the first three, the last LJ Scott run ended with him spilled to the turf well short of the end zone.
Redshirt-freshman quarterback Brian Lewerke, who started two games and has appeared in four total for MSU, will miss the remainder of the season with a broken tibia.
Playing into how the loss against the University of Michigan went Saturday, the lights above head coach Mark Dantonio shut off during his post-game press conference.
The MSU football team (2-6, 0-5 Big Ten) dropped their sixth straight loss –– this one arguably the most devastating as No. 2 Michigan (8-0, 5-0 Big Ten) came into Spartan Stadium and left with a 32-23 victory, taking the Paul Bunyan trophy back to Ann Arbor with them.
The State News football beat writers break down MSU's 32-23 loss to No. 2 U-M.
In a rivalry contest that has been in the favor of the MSU Spartans for seven of the last eight meeting, they welcomed the Michigan Wolverines to Spartan Stadium for a noon matchup.
An early afternoon kickoff awaited for the MSU Spartans (2-5, 0-4 Big Ten) and the University of Michigan Wolverines (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) in the battle for the Paul Bunyan trophy.
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The MSU football team (2-5, 0-4 Big Ten) will face their toughest challenge of the year when they welcome No. 2 University of Michigan (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten) into Spartan Stadium for the biggest game the Spartans will play this season.
Fifth-year senior linebacker Riley Bullough, with the weight of four straight losses, stepped onto the field at Maryland Stadium with energy. Just over ten minutes after kickoff, he was gone, tossed from the field for targeting — unfazed.
MSU football takes on No. 2 University of Michigan at noon Saturday at Spartan Stadium. MSU, (2-5, 0-4) comes into the game a nearly 24-point underdog to the Wolverines who’ve racked up a 7-0 record overall and a 4-0 record in the Big Ten.
Staring down the opportunity to drop his sixth straight game, Mark Dantonio previewed MSU football’s matchup with University of Michigan, set for Saturday at noon.
After striding up the field on perhaps it’s most fluid and consistent drive of the game, MSU fumbled it’s opportunity to punch in a score that might have staved off the humiliation of losing five games in a row.
Two fourth quarter touchdowns by Maryland vanquished a three point MSU lead, giving the Terrapins a 28-17 win over MSU football. The Spartans now have lost five straight.
Looking to snap a four game losing skid, MSU football is tied 14-14 with Maryland after the first half.
Welcome to The State News live blog as MSU football takes on Maryland. Send your comments, thoughts, frustrations and questions to our writers.
Saturday evening in College Park, Md. is where the MSU football team will look to end their four game losing streak and pick up their first Big Ten win of the year against conference foe Maryland.