The Spartans couldn’t have been much higher heading into the game with No. 15 Iowa (6-2, 3-1). MSU was undefeated, winning its first eight games of the season for the first time in 44 years. And as the only Big Ten team without a loss, the then-No. 5 Spartans were in the driver’s seat to win an outright conference championship.
After a performance against Northwestern that earned him Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week, junior quarterback Kirk Cousins followed up with an outing he’d like to forget.
The No. 11 MSU hockey team (3-0-3) held on for a 2-1 victory against Alabama-Huntsville (1-6-1) on Saturday, following a devastating tie on Friday.
In preparation for its first game of the season Thursday, the MSU women’s basketball team held its annual Green and White scrimmage Sunday at Breslin Center.
The MSU women’s cross country team won its third Big Ten Championship on Sunday at the Thomas Zimmer Championship Cross Country Course in Verona, Wis.
In the seniors’ final game at DeMartin Stadium at Old College Field, it was a battle against the Hawkeyes (7-9-3, 0-7-2) to keep the Spartans’ (9-5-4, 3-3-3) postseason hopes alive and place them in a do-or-die situation against No. 18 Ohio State next weekend.
In its final regular season game, the No. 11 MSU field hockey team defeated Northwestern, 3-2, on Sunday in Evanston, Ill.
For the second straight weekend, the MSU volleyball team was defeated in both of its away matches, this time falling 3-0 to both Wisconsin on Friday and No. 6 Illinois on Saturday.
Despite two late goals by the No. 23 MSU men’s soccer team, the Spartans lost, 3-2, in overtime Saturday at Michigan.
MSU relied on goals by sophomore defenseman Matt Grassi and junior forward Brett Perlini and strong goaltending from junior Drew Palmisano to win, 2-1, against Alabama-Huntsville.
For the first time all season, the No. 5 MSU football team will wake up Sunday morning with something other than a zero in the loss column.
Falling to No. 18 Iowa, 37-6, Saturday at Kinnick Stadium, No. 5 MSU suffered it’s first loss of 2010 after starting the season 8-0.
The No. 11 MSU hockey team gave up three goals in the final four minutes and started a series with a tie for the third straight weekend.
Facing No. 16 Illinois on Friday. the MSU women’s soccer team found themselves in a situation they have not been in for exactly one year and four days.
MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis announced Friday that the MSU football team added a three-game series with Boise State beginning with a season-opening game at Spartan Stadium in 2012.
Senior cornerback Chris L. Rucker was reinstated to the MSU football team Thursday and will have the option of traveling to Saturday’s game against No. 18 Iowa if he chooses, MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio said Thursday.
Five years since making the decision to become a Spartan, Gordon has put together a career that easily would make him the star player of many defenses throughout the country. But no matter what Gordon has been able to accomplish in his four years as a starter at MSU, he always has played in the shadow of fellow senior linebacker and All-American Greg Jones.
A little more than two weeks ago, when MSU head coach Mark Dantonio suspended senior cornerback Chris L. Rucker for being charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, or OWI, I had an immediate gut reaction: It was nice watching you in a Spartan uniform, Chris, good luck at the next level.
For MSU senior safety Marcus Hyde and junior quarterback Kirk Cousins, Saturday’s highly anticipated game between No. 5 MSU and No. 18 Iowa is even more significant as the two have personal connections to the Hawkeyes.