FOOTBALL
Spartans, Badgers to engage in evenly matched contest, Big Ten battle up for grabs
Here’s the breakdown for the upcoming Big Ten battle between the Spartans and the Wisconsin Badgers.
FOOTBALL
Wisconsin staff places drinking restrictions on football-goers
If you show, you blow. A new policy at University of Wisconsin, Madison for football games this fall requires students who have been removed from prior games for drunken behavior to submit to a Breathalyzer test for future admittance.
FOOTBALL
Prognosticators
Prognosticators predict the outcomes of the weekend’s upcoming Big Ten football showdowns.
FOOTBALL
Early grades: How football stacks up now
At this point in the season, records aren’t going to say it all. The Spartans come out of the nonconference schedule 4-0, but face it, the competition hasn’t been exactly stiff. Their toughest opponent was Pittsburgh, and they’ve been here before, only to collapse for the remainder of the season. So here’s how the Spartans look heading into their Big Ten conference schedule.
SPORTS
As season continues, Spartans develop trust, maturity with fellow teammates
Junior quarterback Brian Hoyer is the first to admit he took some risks against Notre Dame on Saturday. He took a risk throwing a bomb downfield to junior wide receiver Devin Thomas, only to have his pass intercepted in the end zone.
FOOTBALL
Bring on the Big 10
A winless MSU team heads to Wisconsin on Saturday to take on the undefeated Badgers as it opens Big Ten play.
FOOTBALL
Heisman watch: 7 top candidates in the race
The Heisman Trophy is awarded each season to college football’s most outstanding player. Seven candidates currently lead the nation, but the trophy isn’t won four weeks into the season.
SPORTS
Spartans prepare for annual tennis tourney
The MSU women’s tennis team is gearing up for what it hopes to be a successful weekend at the Spartan Invitational.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Galas approaches MSU record
As senior goalkeeper Nicole Galas approaches MSU’s career shutout record, she not only gets satisfaction from not the numbers she’s putting up, but how those numbers contribute to her team’s success.
WOMEN'S SOCCER
MSU expects to challenge in Big Ten play
After a 5-2-1 start in the non-conference season, the MSU women’s soccer team heads into the Big Ten schedule comfortable with whatever kind of game it might come across.
SOCCER
Injuries leave team, Baum uncertain about lineups
The MSU men’s soccer team has been hit with its first dose of bad news this season.
ICE HOCKEY
Coaches, front office debate cluster format
MSU head coach Rick Comley is not a fan of the way the CCHA schedules its games.
ICE HOCKEY
Spartans place high on CCHA poll
No matter who you ask, the expectations are high for the MSU hockey team this season — but depending on who you ask, opinions slightly differ.
FOOTBALL
Blowout loss shows Lions' true colors
Hang on folks, I’m pulling the emergency break. It’s now safe for everyone to jump off the Detroit Lions bandwagon — don’t crowd, one at a time will do.
FOOTBALL
Injuries shake up depth chart
Senior offensive lineman Mike Gyetvai had never played guard until last week but that didn’t stop him from doing what head coach Mark Dantonio called “a tremendous job” against Notre Dame.
FOOTBALL
Spartan revenge
The Spartans won an emotional 31-14 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday, vindicating last year’s heartbreaking loss and sending the Fighting Irish to their first 0-4 start in school history. Almost one year ago, MSU football took a shot to the heart when Notre Dame came back from a 16-point fourth quarter deficit to win in Spartan Stadium on a cold, wet, windy night.
FOOTBALL
Broken promises
Notre Dame football head coach Charlie Weis broke a sacred promise to his football team and fans by losing to MSU 31-14 on Saturday. In the summer of 2006, Weis told the Notre Dame faithful that they would never have to worry about losing to the Spartans again.
FOOTBALL
Real test for MSU begins next weekend
Not a bad start, Spartans. Only you, Wisconsin, Purdue and Ohio State are undefeated in the Big Ten. You’re on top. But you’ve done this before. You started out 4-0 in 2005, 3-0 in 2006 — this isn’t news to you. You know the season isn’t won in four games. You know the season doesn’t really start until Big Ten play.
SPORTS
Spartans play to 2-2 tie against Penn State
It was a physical day at Old College Field for the MSU men’s soccer team. The Spartans and Penn State combined for 37 fouls, 27 from the visitors, as the two teams ended the game in a 2-2 tie. “It was everything you could expect,” MSU head coach Joe Baum said. “Attacking, defending, teams flying up and down the pitch at pace. I thought it was a great soccer game.”
FOOTBALL
By the book
Junior quarterback Brian Hoyer fumbled the ball twice Saturday against Notre Dame — but one of those fumbles wasn’t by accident. The Spartans decided to try for the first down on fourth-and-one from the Fighting Irish 30-yard line with around three minutes left in the third quarter.