A 9-3 overall record, 5-3 conference record and a berth in the Capital One Bowl versus the No. 7 ranked MSU Spartans would be considered a successful season at most programs across the country. Not at Alabama.
The last time the MSU hockey team faced off against Michigan on March 13, the Spartans watched their rivals skate off with a 5-3 win at Munn Ice Arena that ended the Spartans’ CCHA Tournament run and NCAA Tournament hopes.
The Big Ten will begin bowl season Dec. 28, and, as has been the case in previous seasons, will go in having to earn every ounce of respect it’s going to get.
Jamie Burns has been a Spartan his whole life, going to MSU sporting events since childhood. Burns, now a biosystems engineering freshman, went to every home football game this year and made trips to Ann Arbor University Park, Pa., and Evanston, Ill., to watch games. Now, he and his family have one final destination and one final game in one of the best seasons in MSU football history — Orlando, Fla., for the Capital One Bowl.
Despite extending its winning streak to six games, head coach Suzy Merchant was “disappointed” in the No. 15 MSU women’s basketball team’s 55-48 win over Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis remembers pulling into Jenison Field House during the ticket sales of the Cold War game between MSU and Michigan in 2001 and being surprised to see the line stretch around the parking lot. But, as Hollis said this week, that is the appeal of bringing a game outdoors and restoring hockey to its natural roots.
The MSU gymnastics team will host its annual Green and White meet at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Jenison Field House, as it prepares for the upcoming season, which begins in the spring.
What they say is true: Everything is better in 3-D. Except maybe the scoreboard of MSU’s matchup with Syracuse. In conjunction with Comcast Corp., ESPN and MSU gave participants the opportunity to watch the nightcap of the Jimmy V Classic, matching MSU and Syracuse, in 3-D.
Last week, when the MSU men’s basketball team lost to No. 1 Duke, head coach Tom Izzo said he was able to take a number of positives away from the game despite the loss. Tuesday night, after the No. 7 Spartans fell to No. 8 Syracuse, 72-58, Izzo had a much different attitude toward his team’s performance.
Don’t tell MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant that two straight wins over nationally ranked teams mean that her team is Final Four bound at this point in the season. MSU will take on Wisconsin-Milwaukee at 7 p.m. tonight at Breslin Center.
Pond hockey has lost its place in the hockey world, and it’s something MSU hockey head coach Rick Comley is disappointed about. The Spartans will get their chance to take their game outside at the Big Chill at the Big House on Saturday at Michigan Stadium.
Each game in the NFL’s week 13 had playoff implications. With every loss, teams are falling further out of the race. With the playoffs now in view, welcome to week 13’s good, bad and ugly.
On Monday men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo explained that Tuesday’s game against No. 8 Syracuse, which almost exclusively plays a 2-3 zone on defense, will be another style for his players to experience before possibly facing it in March.
The No. 7 MSU football team will spend the holidays in Orlando, Fla., for the third time in four seasons to play against No. 15 Alabama in the Capital One Bowl, MSU announced Sunday.
I know the system is a joke. I know it makes no sense to send an 11-1 Big Ten championship team that’s ranked No. 7 in the country to the Capital One Bowl, the same bowl it played in two years ago when it had a 9-3 record and finished behind Penn State and Ohio State in the conference.
The MSU Extension 4-H youth group held its annual Day with the Lady Spartans event Sunday at Breslin Center.
For the second consecutive game, the No. 25 MSU women’s basketball team (7-1) took on a ranked opponent. Perhaps out of their element, No. 17 Texas traveled to the chilly state of Michigan for a showdown with MSU and were defeated, 71-57.
MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo long has used the anyone, any place, any time thought process when putting together his team’s schedule. But after Saturday’s 74-39 win against Bowling Green at Breslin Center, Izzo said he is a little concerned with how the constant traveling to play big games is affecting his players.
When Lansing resident Marilyn Bria entered Munn Ice Arena on Saturday with her husband, she was anxious for MSU to light the lamp early and jump ahead of No. 20 Ferris State.
Scoring an early goal sometimes is all it takes to get an offense going, as the MSU hockey team found out this weekend.