Welcome to the live coverage blog for the Big Ten Championship between No. 5-ranked MSU (11-1 overall, 7-1 Big Ten) vs No. 4-ranked Iowa (12-0 overall, 8-0 Big Ten).
Spartan fans came out to the Dr. Pepper Fan Fest today in masses to participate in the Big Ten Football Championship Game activities, which varied from a “Gridiron Grill” adult lounge to over 15 family-friendly events for kids. Young Spartan and Hawkeye fans were having a blast as events from Xbox 360 NCAA football matches to blow-up obstacles and even pickup basketball games were at their disposal.
Right in the middle of downtown Indianapolis with Lucas Oil Stadium in sight, there is a historic part of the city for Spartan fans to call home. The Slippery Noodle Inn, founded in 1850, is the oldest continuously operating bar in the state of Indiana.
Watch our football beat reporters preview the Big Ten Championship between No. 5-ranked MSU (11-1 overall, 7-1 Big Ten) and No. 4-ranked Iowa (12-0 overall, 8-0 Big Ten). The winner should find themselves in the College Football Playoff.
Numerous Spartan fans making the trek to Indianapolis for Saturday’s Big Ten championship, and the game pitting No. 4 Iowa and No. 5 Michigan state is bound to be great, with the winner being as close to a lock for the College Football Playoff as they could. As for the fans getting to Indianapolis on Friday or early Saturday, multiple events are taking place to enjoy the festivities before the game.
The stars are aligning for a shortened list of teams as conference championship games are set to take place on Saturday.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, a self-professed fan of MSU Football and a graduate of U-M, used his legislative power to declare Friday, Dec. 4 'Spartan Green Day' in honor of the No. 5 MSU football team.
Here is how MSU will get the job done and make its way to a College Football Playoff Semifinal game.
By Danny Payne The Daily Iowan Hi, Michigan State fans, I hope you’re doing well — should be a fun one in Indianapolis Saturday.
The goals for MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio and his Spartans have been clear all season long— reach higher.
Eight Spartans received all conference offensive recognition, four received First Team All Big Ten Honors, and two received individual awards Tuesday night during a special broadcast of the conferences all league selections and awards selections on BTN.
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.
The No. 5 MSU football team (11-1 overall, 7-1 Big Ten) defeated Penn State (7-5 overall, 4-4 Big Ten) 55-16 Saturday evening at Spartan Stadium, solidifying a share of the Big Ten East Division Championship.
ESPN’s College GameDay will be making another stop at game featuring MSU as it announced via twitter that it would be traveling to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championship game between Iowa and MSU on Dec.
No. 5 MSU (11-1 overall, 7-1 Big Ten) defeated Penn State (7-5 overall, 4-4 Big Ten) 55-16 Saturday night at Spartan Stadium to clinch a share of the Big Ten East Division title and a showdown against No. 4 Iowa (12-0 overall, 8-0 Big Ten).
No. 5-ranked MSU (10-1 overall, 6-1 Big Ten) leads Penn State (7-4 overall, 4-3 Big Ten) 20-10 at halftime.
Tag-a-long with The State News as we cover the No.5-ranked Spartans (10-1) home game and senior day against Penn State (7-4).
MSU has jumped to No. 5 in the CFP Rankings after beating the reigning national champion and then-No. 3 Buckeyes 17-14.
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.
Maya Washington, daughter of former MSU wide receiver Gene Washington, is in the process of making her first major film, titled Through the Banks of the Red Cedar, which shows how Michigan State pioneered racial desegregation in college football.