MSU running back Javon Ringer picked up where he left off last week with 282 yards on 43 carries — both career highs — to go with two touchdowns as the Spartans beat Florida Atlantic 17-0 on Saturday.
The MSU men’s soccer team found the back of the net 11 minutes into Friday’s game and were able to hold onto the one goal lead throughout the game’s duration, defeating Buffalo 1-0 in the Spartans’ first game of the Wolverine Classic.
1. Florida Atlantic’s win total has improved in each of the last three seasons. In 2005, the Owls were 2-9.
Jesse Johnson remembers the day vividly. He was 5 years old and sitting with his grandfather in section eight, row 142, seats one and two of Spartan Stadium, when he let everybody in the row know they were sitting with a future MSU football player.
Smith is no pushover — he’s a legitimate Division I quarterback who has garnered the attention of NFL scouts.
If MSU linebackers/special teams coach Mike Tressel was given a blank sheet of paper and asked to draw up the prototypical special teams player, chances are he could do it pretty quickly.
In a secondary filled with veteran cornerbacks and safeties, freshman Johnny Adams knows he’s low on the pecking order — and his teammates aren’t afraid to remind him either.
Every now and then, a TV analyst or newspaper columnist makes a wise-crack about kickers. By noting that kickers don’t hit, don’t get hit and simply stand on the sidelines kicking footballs into a net, they try to make a point by saying kickers aren’t football players.
Until Sunday’s 4-2 loss against UC Davis, the MSU men’s soccer team hadn’t given up four goals in a game since Oct. 12, 2003. Strong defensive play is something head coach Joe Baum has always stressed to his teams while serving at MSU, and he isn’t satisfied with his squad giving up seven goals in two games this weekend.
After starting the season 0-3, the MSU volleyball team began to work more on teamwork and defense, something head coach Cathy George said helped the team slow down the action on the court. The change worked, as the Spartans moved to 3-3 on the season last weekend, winning the Delaware Invitational.
When the cross country team competed in the Jeff Drenth Memorial 5K two weeks ago, it was looking for an idea of how competitive it will be this year.
After two weeks of nagging injuries, the MSU football team’s defensive line is back to full health and ready to take on another stout opposing offensive line this week.
Simone Jardim has been hired as the new head coach of the MSU women’s tennis team.
After putting two seconds of thought into the Detroit Lions’ 34-21 embarrassment against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, I have decided to rescind my fanship from the only NFL team I have ever known.
MSU head coach Mark Dantonio wanted his team to make a statement in the home opener Saturday. He wanted the Spartans to run the ball effectively, block up front and display the toughness he hopes will come to define the program.
Games like Saturday’s football home opener against Eastern Michigan are the reason junior defensive end Trevor Anderson joined head coach Mark Dantonio in transferring to MSU two years ago.
It wasn’t quite as high scoring or dazzling as games in the past, but the outcome was just the same — victory for MSU. The Spartans women’s soccer team held off Loyola 2-0 on Sunday afternoon at DeMartin Soccer Stadium at Old College Field — extending their overall record to 5-0, a feat only achieved three other times in the program’s 22-year history.