Monday, January 5, 2026

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FOOTBALL

In the trenches

With 16 players in contention for playing time along MSU’s defensive line, there probably isn’t enough room on the depth chart to list every Spartans lineman who will see the field this season.

FOOTBALL

Prognosticators

It’s that time of year again! Why bother watching the games as the State News sports team and guests tell you the results of games before they happen.

VOLLEYBALL

Young Spartans head to Okla. for season-opening Sooner Invitational

The resounding theme of the offseason for the MSU volleyball team has been youth. In the offseason, the team brought in the No. 7 recruiting class in the nation according to PrepVolleyball.com, a major collegiate volleyball recruiting site. Every one of those players will have to contribute to a squad with only three upperclassmen.

FOOTBALL

Skandalaris Center brings MSU into the future

What started more than six years ago as an idea to help bring MSU back among the ranks of the college football elite is now complete, as the Skandalaris Football Center was unveiled to the public at the building’s opening ceremony Thursday.

SOCCER

Baum to step down in January

MSU men’s soccer coach Joe Baum started coaching the Spartans when gas prices were under 75 cents, when Earvin “Magic” Johnson was still in high school and when most of our parents were our age.