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.
The grandson of former University of Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr, Chad Carr, has passed away after his 15 month battle with inoperable brain cancer.
It was junior kicker Michael Geiger’s shot to win the game. The shot he has been waiting for all year – and he nailed it from 41 yards out.
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.
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.
MSU defeated OSU by a score of 17-14 Saturday afternoon in Ohio Stadium on a walk-off 41-yard field goal by junior kicker Michael Geiger.
Welcome to the live coverage blog for No. 9 MSU (9-1 overall, 5-1 Big Ten) vs. No. 3 OSU (10-0 overall, 6-0 Big Ten).
Whenever people describe Ohio State fans it is generally negative, but the crowd at ESPN's College GameDay couldn't disagree more. "We live in Cleveland now so we came down for the game and we brought our two-year-old and it’s just been fun," 2002 social relations graduate Laura James said. "It’s really kind of a family atmosphere and just fun to see other State fans and cheer and yell go green and go white to each other.” James will always love her alma mater, but she has been pleased with the people of Columbus and the atmosphere. “Nothing compares to East Lansing, East Lansing will always be home," James said. "It’s a little tough with all the Buckeye fans around, but it’s a great atmosphere, a lot of happy faces and everyone’s been really nice.”
Spartans branding green and white were sprinkled into the sea of scarlet red today for tailgating at Columbus, Ohio.
The MSU-OSU football game at 3:30 p.m. EST in Columbus, Ohio will surely set the playoff path for the victor, but the Spartans and Buckeyes are rising above this rivalry to support a University of Michigan family. Five-year-old Chad Carr, grandson of former Wolverines' head coach Lloyd Carr and Hall of Fame safety Tom Curtis, will be recognized by the two teams with a helmet decal.
Much like last season, one thing stands in between MSU and their goals—Ohio State. Had the Spartans won that game, it could have been MSU earning a berth in the inaugural college football playoff. But ifs don't matter, because the Spartans lost, but here they are again with their dreams in front of them.