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FOOTBALL

Football runs in the family for MSU wide receiver Monty Madaris

Monty Madaris, redshirt-junior wide receiver and defensive back at MSU, played for the skinny bricks alongside his cousin Rodriguez. Lined up across the backyard on the roughnecks were the boys’ other cousins, Greg and Michael Means Jr. While also in the Eastside of Cincinnati, their cousin Isiah Gentry was growing up a few years behind the six-year-olds’ makeshift league. Madaris, Means Jr. and Gentry, all products of Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati and all wide receivers, now play NCAA Division I football across the Midwest, with Means Jr. being a redshirt-junior at Akron and Gentry a redshirt-freshman at Minnesota.

FOOTBALL

Dantonio downplays senior day, Cook still in question and more notes on MSU football

Before No. 6-ranked MSU (10-1 overall, 6-1 Big Ten) takes on Penn State (7-4 overall, 4-3 Big Ten) this Saturday head coach Mark Dantonio held his weekly press conference, here are a few takeaways from Dantonio's statements to the media: Some things come before sports Before Dantonio began speaking about football he took time for some special acknowledgements. "First and foremost, just want to acknowledge and let everyone know at the University of Michigan and Chad Carr's family that we're deeply sorrowed by his passing on Monday.

FOOTBALL

MSU keeps playoff hopes alive with win over Ohio State

Before the football season began, many Spartan fans had Nov. 21 circled on their calendars. In a season full of lofty expectations, MSU knew that the game against Ohio State would be the most important of the season. No. 9-ranked MSU (10-1 overall, 6-1 Big Ten) upset No. 3-ranked Ohio State (10-1 overall, 6-1 Big Ten) 17-14 in Columbus in front of a record-breaking crowd at Ohio Stadium of 108,975 people. 

FOOTBALL

VIDEO: Football reporters recap MSU victory over Ohio State

The No. 9 MSU football team (10-1, 6-1 Big Ten) defeated No. 3 Ohio State (10-1, 6-1 Big Ten), 17-14, off a last second 41-yard field goal from junior kicker Michael Geiger.  The victory puts MSU in control of its own destiny in terms of the Big Ten Championship and potentially the College Football Playoff. Watch our football reporters recap the wild victory below.