After four tumultuous seasons under former head coach John L. Smith, the Spartan football program found itself in a sink-or-swim situation. With the hiring of head coach Mark Dantonio last December, the program was in a state of flux.
The college football regular season is officially over, and what a year it was. Unbelievable upsets, Heisman moments and gritty leaders summarize the 2007 season.
With eight teams heading to postseason bowls, Big Ten fans are poised for a holiday season full of smashmouth football. While MSU is taking on Boston College in the Champs Sports Bowl, here’s a preview for the seven other bowl games involving Big Ten teams.
Here’s the breakdown on the upcoming matchup between MSU and Boston College.
The MSU hockey team didn’t draw a cupcake heading into its final series before winter break. The No. 5 Spartans will battle a much-improved Ferris State team this weekend in a home-and-home series with Friday’s game being contested in Big Rapids and Saturday’s game at Munn Ice Arena.
Check out what the State News prognosticators have to say about upcoming MSU athletic contests.
If all you want for the holidays is a ticket to the Champs Sports Bowl – and you’re one of the lucky few that gets one – then get ready to ditch the winter coat for your MSU football gear and enjoy the Florida weather.
Last year, Detroit Tigers president Dave Dombrowski said he wouldn’t trade Cameron Maybin straight up for Chicago Cubs superstar Alfonso Soriano.
The No. 24 MSU volleyball team is looking to make its trip to Wisconsin a long weekend.
One team held the No. 2 ranking before sputtering down the stretch, while the other team finished the regular season with consecutive wins for the first time since 1999. Before MSU and Boston College square off Dec. 28 at the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, Fla., take a look at how the two schools compare both on and off the gridiron.
MSU women’s basketball head coach Suzy Merchant still thinks her team is a “work in progress.”
With the addition of Shannon Warner and Lindsey Solberg for the 2008-09 season, the MSU women’s golf team is preparing for what could be a championship combination in the near future.
When MSU administrators learn that the football team will play in a holiday bowl game, they see more than two teams pitted against each other.
The MSU hockey team took a step forward this weekend against Lake Superior.
“A basketball-crazy community.” Those were the words MSU men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo used to describe Peoria, Ill. — the city to which No. 9 MSU travels today to face off against the Bradley Braves (6-2).
Old Dominion continued its winning streak against Big Ten teams Sunday after it defeated the No. 20 MSU women’s basketball team.
If opposing coaches go by the stat sheet, they could pretty easily choose which MSU players to put their best defender on — senior guard Drew Neitzel or sophomore guard Raymar Morgan.
Riding a four-game winless streak, a weekend series against Lake Superior was just what the doctor ordered for the MSU hockey team.
What a difference a year makes. The conference records are identical at 10-10 and the overall records are very similar from this season to last.
Bryan Lerg owns Lake Superior. With three goals on the weekend, MSU’s senior captain now has 10 goals in nine career games against the Lakers — including two in the third period Saturday, turning MSU’s tenuous one-goal advantage into a three-goal blowout.