MSU has changed the name of its fight song from “MSU Fight Song” to “Victory For MSU,” Director of the Spartan Marching Band, John Madden, said.
Here are five things to know before the Spartans (4-0) face Purdue (1-3) in the 100th homecoming football game at noon on Saturday.
When No. 2-ranked MSU (4-0 overall) takes the field this weekend against Purdue (1-3 overall) it will be the first Big Ten game of the season, but also something more. Saturday marks the 100th edition of the annual Homecoming game for the Spartans. “We talk in terms of Michigan State football and tradition and tradition around this country, Michigan State is one of those places that has a great tradition,” Dantonio said.
MSU basketball forward Kenny Goins has undergone a successful sports hernia surgery and is expected to be out of action for six weeks, the team announced Wednesday. Goins is coming into this season on scholarship after being redshirted as a preferred walk-on last year. Preseason practices for the Spartans begin this Friday, and they begin their season Nov.
A third-party production company reached out to Spartan Athletics this preseason in hopes of filming a behind-the-scenes reality TV show of the MSU football team to air on HBO, much like the network’s popular NFL show, “Hard Knocks,” according to MSU associate athletics director John Lewandowski.
MSU Hockey already knows its talent depth but now two of the team's top returners have garnered some early conference recognition. The Big Ten Conference today released its 12 member deep Preseason Players to Watch List, and two Spartans grace this year’s list.
CBS Sports recently crowned MSU as having the top head coaching duo in basketball and football with Tom Izzo and Mark Dantonio. The title is hard to argue against, given the amount of growth and accomplishment each program has had the last eight seasons – when Dantonio took the reigns of the football program. It is nearly impossible to refute Izzo’s resume as being one of the top coaches in college basketball.
Senior wide receiver Aaron Burbridge has been nominated to the 2015 Biletnikoff Award watch list. The award will be presented to the nation’s most outstanding pass catcher on ESPN's “The Home Depot College Awards Show” on Dec.
The Big Ten has announced fifth-year senior defensive end Shilique Calhoun as its Co-Defensive Player of the Week after a career performance in the Spartans’ 30-10 win over Central Michigan.
In No. 2-ranked MSU's first game of the season sophomore running back Gerald Holmes was the second back on the depth chart. In the Spartans 37-24 win over Western Michigan in week one, Holmes carried the ball nine times for 54 yards and a touchdown. Holmes had just three carries over the next two weeks and he watched as true freshman LJ Scott went from the third back on the depth chart to co-starters with redshirt freshman Madre London.
This past weekend the MSU men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Minneapolis, MN for the Roy Griak Invitational. The No. 25-ranked men won the tournament, while the No. 6-ranked women finished in second. The Spartan men were led by junior TJ Carey, who finished in seventh in his first race as a Spartan. Freshman Ryan Robinson, also participating in his first race wearing the Green and White, finished close behind Carey’s 25:08, taking eighth-place with a 25:10. “Ryan [Robinson] went out with the lead group, where TJ [Carey] moved up gradually before the two finished the final 2,000 meters together,” Coach Drenth said to msuspartans.com. The women were led by junior Rachel Shulist, whose 21:32 gave her a fifth-place finish coming off her win at the Spartan Invitational. The second and third finishers for the Spartans were junior Alexis Wiersma and freshman Erin McDonald, who finished seventh and 32nd, respectively, with a 21:36 and 22:29. “Rachele [Schulist] went out with the leaders, while Ally [Alexis Wiersma] started a little more behind and ran really well through the field,” Drenth said to msuspartans.com. “The women did a better job of being patient and maybe were too patient. They kept cutting the score in half throughout the race.” MSU will have a break this week and will return to competition Oct.
The Spartans’ 30-10 win over Central Michigan on Saturday was unsettling even though the team finished strong. The Chippewas exposed holes in the MSU secondary, passing for 285 yards, and held the ball for 31:45 compared to the Spartans’ 28:15.
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The MSU Breakdance Club is full of ambitious hip-hop loving students looking to make friends and have fun while doing what they love. The club has been growing for the last two years and this year is no exception, said club president and mechanical engineering senior Michael Doa. “In years’ past we would have about ten to twenty kids but it was just last year that we doubled and now we have an incredibly large group compared to past years and hopefully this year will be even better,” Doa said.
The No. 2 MSU football team defeated CMU, 30-10 on Saturday to improve to 4-0 on the season. Check out these tailgate photos from the game.
The Spartans’ 30-10 victory over Central Michigan left much to be desired and raised health questions, but there were good take-aways as well. The good The Spartans’ special teams unit allowed 209 kickoff return yards and a touchdown against Western Michigan and 98 punt return yards with a touchdown against Oregon.
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MSU Volleyball began the Big Ten season with a win over Indiana Friday night. The Spartans swept the Hoosiers in the three straight sets to improve to 9-3 on the season and 1-0 in conference play.
The Spartans clashed with the Wolverines this past Friday at DeMartin Stadium, winning the game by a score of 3-0. The clean sheet gave the Spartans their first victory against their in-state rival since 2011.
No. 2-ranked MSU takes on Central Michigan on Saturday, here are The State News' football beat writers predictions. Matthew Argillander: MSU wins 41-28 Ryan Kryska: MSU wins 38-20 The game is set to air on the Big Ten Network at 12:00 p.m. EST, this is the last non-conference game of the regular season for the Spartans.