Tyler O'Connor is more than serviceable at quarterback After going 19-of-26 for 241 yards and two touchdowns against Notre Dame O'Connor proved his game managing forte and skill.
The last time MSU sixth-year linebacker Ed Davis played Wisconsin, he was a redshirt-freshman. He recorded a tackle for loss in that game, and seemed to bring an extra competitive fire wherever he played; whether his work on the scout team his redshirt season or his 58 tackles his junior year as a starter.
The often overlooked unit in MSU’s win over Notre Dame on Saturday was the offensive line.
On Tuesday, MSU head football coach Mark Dantonio took to the podium to discuss more impressions he got from the Notre Dame game and preview MSU’s first Big Ten conference game; a noon kickoff on Saturday against the Wisconsin Badgers.
An errant, seemingly innocent bounce of a football took a victim. Notre Dame's Miles Boykin, backpedaling and caught in a block, became a casualty of the game's largest momentum swipe.
Junior running back Gerald Holmes didn’t play against Furman in MSU's first game of the 2016 season. The team leading rusher in Big Ten play the year before stood on the sideline as thousands of fans heaped praise on LJ Scott who tore through the Paladins.
South Bend, Ind. — It was the biggest play yet of freshman wide receiver Donnie Corley’s collegiate career, and perhaps the biggest play in No. 12 MSU’s 36-28 victory over No. 18 Notre Dame at Notre Dame Stadium.
South Bend, Ind. — No. 12 MSU football prevented a near collapse against No. 18 Notre Dame Saturday night, narrowing out a 36-28 victory that came down to the final minutes.
Fifty years after the Game of the Century and three years after their last matchup, No. 12 MSU and No. 18 Notre Dame started timidly before showing flashes which ultimately resulted in a 15-7 lead for MSU at halftime. After forcing Notre Dame to punt on its first drive, MSU couldn't hold stout against the hurry-up offense of the Irish.
Follow along with The State News football writer Stephen Olschanski and sports desk editor Casey Harrison, on the live blog as No. 12 MSU travels out to South Bend, Ind.
MSU heads to South Bend, Ind. Saturday night for the 78th meeting, and the 50th anniversary of the "Game of the Century", between the Spartans and the Irish.
In this Friday edition of The State News podcast, Stephen and Casey discuss the 50th anniversary of 'the game of the century' — between No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 MSU back in 1966.
Sports editor Casey Harrison fills in for Nate Bott and joins football beat writer Stephen Olschanski in breaking down the upcoming MSU football game vs. Notre Dame. Harrison and Olschanski go in-depth and explain what it will take to win against the No. 18 Fighting Irish.
Fifty years ago during the cold third week of November 1966, former MSU football star Clinton Jones walked by publications, grabbed any clips previewing the matchup between No. 2 MSU football and No.1 Notre Dame and looked for his name.
This Saturday night at 7:30, the No. 12 MSU football team will take on the No.18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in South Bend, Ind. for the 78th time. MSU head coach Mark Dantonio and Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly have both their teams prepared for battle, ready to carry on tone of the oldest rivalries in NCAA history.
Of the caveats needed to create a rivalry, usually chief among them is a fanatical dislike which lingers on full-fledged hate.
MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio and the rest of his staff kept busy this past week with practice, recruitment, and developing a game plan for combating a high powered Notre Dame offense, led by sophomore quarterback Deshone Kizer.
State News sports editor Casey Harrison and football writer Stephen Olschanski discuss Oklahoma State's shocking upset loss to Central Michigan, the NFL hypocrisy with Cam Newton and the return of MSU football's Ed Davis.
After racking up 292 total yards and accounting for six touchdowns on the road against Texas, Notre Dame quarterback Deshone Kizer cemented himself as one of the Fighting Irish's heaviest weapons.
