When most of this year’s senior class first arrived in East Lansing in 2007, the times were much different. The Spartans were loved by many, but undoubtedly Michigan was seen as a maize and blue state.
What’s more sickening? That Michigan is ranked No. 11 in the country, or that I offer the newspaper I saw those rankings in as toilet paper for my apartment?
For the 115 years since you started playing football, you’ve been obsessed with waging an imaginary battle against Michigan. Your original fight song included lines of “smash through that line of blue” and “Michigan is weakening.” Your name as the Spartans came as a direct response to Michigan being called the “Athens of the Midwest” (Athens and Sparta were rival city-states in ancient Greece. Wikipedia it. I hear that always works for class.).
After winning the Big Ten outright for the first time in program history, the Spartans are looking to continue that success with a much younger squad this season. Thursday afternoon, head coach Suzy Merchant and members of the team met with members of the media to discuss the team’s upcoming season.
The MSU volleyball team will face its biggest test of the season when it travels to Champaign, Ill., on Saturday to take on the No. 1 Illinois Fighting Illini, but the Spartans are not looking past Friday when they will face the Northwestern Wildcats in Evanston, Ill.
The Spartans (6-9 overall, 0-3 Big Ten) are coming off a tough 4-2 loss against Indiana while the Buckeyes will be looking to rebound from a 3-0 shutout at home from No. 17 Iowa.
The Spartans will open up a two-game road series this weekend at Taffy Abel Arena in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., against Lake Superior State.
Friday, the annual Midnight Madness will tip off the 2011-12 basketball season at Breslin Center. Doors will open at 9:30 p.m., and admission is free.
With her first goal of the season, Megan Marsack snapped a winless streak against Michigan that dated back to before she even stepped on campus.
After a weekend of play, the chemistry continues to grow between Tom Anastos and the MSU hockey team.
MSU junior Caroline Powers was named Big Ten Golfer of the Week, the conference announced Wednesday, after turning in a school-record 54-hole score on Oct. 9 at the Tar Heel Invitational.
The Spartans (4-6-2 overall, 1-1-1 Big Ten) struggled to find a rhythm early in the season but now are riding a two-game winning streak, as they enter the meat of their Big Ten schedule.
Prior to the MSU football team’s matchup last season against Michigan, the Spartans did everything in their power to anticipate Wolverine quarterback Denard Robinson’s every move and be adequately prepared to face the dynamic leader.
For Katelin Chaklos and the seniors of the MSU women’s soccer team, the motivation to beat Michigan is greater than ever.
MSU field hockey freshman forward Abby Barker was named Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Week after anchoring the Spartans’ offense this past weekend.
Staring down at the grass, sophomore defensive end William Gholston was holding back tears. The 6-foot-7, 280-pound lineman was not just MSU’s five-star recruit but a man who was experiencing more pain than any football game could cause him.
Looking to play college football, Marcus Rush had options coming out of high school, and although his several options included Michigan and Nebraska, the now-redshirt freshman defensive end chose MSU.
The Big Ten Conference announced Monday that MSU men’s soccer senior defender Mark Barone was named the conference’s Defensive Player of the Week.
MSU men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo and his wife Lupe donated $1 million to the MSU Athletics Department, a release from the athletics department said Monday.
The MSU men’s soccer team came away with an emotional win against Penn State on Sunday afternoon at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field. Riding a first-half goal by senior defender Mark Barone, the Spartans (4-6-2 overall, 1-1-1 Big Ten) took the 1-0 victory against the Nittany Lions (6-4-2, 0-3-0) with more than 75 alumni in attendance on an unusually warm October afternoon. “It was just one of those culminations of it being a great day for Michigan State Spartan soccer,” head coach Damon Rensing said.