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.
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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.
The State News football beat writers Nathaniel Bott and Stephen Olschanski preview the MSU football game vs.
A lack of tackling has been an issue for the MSU football team this year, and missed wrap ups have helped contributed to a woeful 109th in third-down defense and a highly uncharacteristic six sacks through six games. The past members of the “Spartan Dawg” defense have not had issues like this one, whether it be former linebackers like Max Bullough and Denicos Allen or secondary standouts like Trenton Robinson or Isaiah Lewis.
The learning of sophomore safety Khari Willis has been swift. The quiet well mannered kid from Jackson, Mich.
The MSU football team will travel to College Park, Md. for their second Big Ten road game and their third night road game of the season. They look to recover from a brutal homecoming loss and battle the University of Maryland Terrapins, who have lost their last two games after getting off to a hot 4-0 start under first year head coach D.J. Durkin.
There are no easy answers for MSU's defense. No simple tweaks, no unburden-some adjustments. If it's technique, it's fixed by experience.
For the first time in Mark Dantonio’s head coaching career, a team under his leadership has lost four straight games.
The State News football beat writers break down MSU's 54-40 homecoming loss to the Northwestern University Wildcats. MSU now drops to a 2-4 overall record and 0-3 conference record. MSU has now lost four-straight and the Spartans are also in the midst of a three-game losing streak in the Big Ten, the longest under head coach Mark Dantonio.
Homecoming weekend in East Lansing was capped of with what MSU head coach Mark Dantonio called a “must-win” football game against Northwestern.
Spartan Stadium filled up quickly with fans and cheers as redshirt-freshman Brian Lewerke walked onto the field to take command of the offense for the Spartans first offensive drive. A game of scores and responses resulted in Lewerke and the Spartans trailing Northwestern 19-17 at halftime of MSU’s homecoming game.
Follow along with The State News football writers, Stephen Olschanski and Nathaniel Bott as they cover MSU football's matchup with Northwestern.
The State News football beat writers Nathaniel Bott and Stephen Olschanski discuss the college football matchup between Northwestern (2-3 overall record, 1-1 Big Ten) and MSU (2-3 overall, 0-2 Big Ten). The Spartans are looking to snap a three-game losing streak and shake up play calling in the midst of a quarterback controversy.
The MSU football team and head coach Mark Dantonio will be looking to snap a three game losing streak––something that has happened two other times at MSU under Dantonio––against the Northwestern University Wildcats on homecoming weekend.
If it weren’t for a 10-10 tie on a cloudy and biting November day in 1966, the seven men sitting in the front of 101 Conrad Hall wouldn’t be here.
MSU football’s pass rush has been next to non-existent, only garnering a total of five sacks throughout their first five games. Players like junior Malik McDowell, a preseason All-American and senior Demetrius Cooper, whose five and a half sacks last season were supposed to translate to more production, have failed to get to the quarterback.
MSU football is having its roughest stretch since 2012, when MSU won their last regular season game to become bowl eligible. But, at the same time, they won that bowl game with former quarterback Connor Cook entering the game and leading MSU to victory, paving the way for his future success.