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FOOTBALL

Team makes comeback in Indiana

Bloomington, Ind. - After four straight blowout losses, the indefinite suspensions of two team captains and the firing of former head coach Bobby Williams, the MSU football team took out its frustrations on Indiana. The Spartans (4-6 overall, 2-4 Big Ten) played like everyone expected them to play all season, beating the Hoosiers (3-7, 1-5) 56-21 at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

SPORTS

HARDY:Spartan season turning into daytime drama

Daytime television couldn’t have written a better script with more dramatic flair for 100 men who dress in green and white each fall Saturday. These are the games of our lives. Previously on “All My Spartans”: Bobby discovers Jeff’s substance abuse problem, confronts the junior signal caller and suspends him indefinitely.

VOLLEYBALL

Weekend trip puts damper on teams chances

Columbus, Ohio - It wasn’t the prettiest of weekends, and for the MSU volleyball team, it was downright ugly. The Spartans dropped both of its matches this weekend, losing in three games to Indiana on Friday night, and then falling in four games to Ohio State on Saturday night. Going into the weekend, the Spartans were hoping to pick up a pair of wins escalating to the forefront of the conference.

SPORTS

Grapplers place 8 in tourney

The MSU wrestling team got a good look at its competition by hosting 18 teams and about 400 wrestlers at the MSU Open this weekend at Jenison Field House. And head coach Tom Minkel said he was very pleased with where his team stands after its second tournament of the year. “The level was really high and intense this weekend.

FOOTBALL

Rogers sets career record for receiving touchdowns

As the Spartans rolled over the Indiana Hoosiers 56-21, junior wide receiver Charles Rogers returned to his early season form that shattered records and had many whispering Heisman. On Saturday, the 6-4, 205-pounder compiled 168 yards of total offense with two touchdowns on just seven touches.

ICE HOCKEY

SPORTS UPDATE: Niagara upsets icers

Freshman left wing David Booth did his best to shake the rust out of the Spartans on Friday night, but 13th-ranked MSU still succumbed to heavy underdog Niagara, 2-1, at Munn Ice Arena.Booth scored 41 seconds into Friday’s game, but that was all MSU (4-3-0 overall, 3-1-0 CCHA) could muster for the entire night.

ICE HOCKEY

SPORTS UPDATE: Icers redeem themselves against Niagara in overtime nail-biter

The Spartans are nothing if they aren’t dramatic this year.In what is becoming the norm, the MSU hockey team played a hard-fought and tense game Saturday night at Munn Ice Arena - and this time, the Spartans came out on top.Sophomore left wing Brock Radunske was the hero for the second time in three games Saturday, slapping home a game-winning overtime goal to lift MSU to a 5-4 victory over Niagara.Radunske’s tally with 1:07 left in the extra period helped erase the memory that No.

FOOTBALL

SPORTS UPDATE: Gridders break losing streak, thrash Indiana

Bloomington, Ind. - After being blownout the past four weeks and seeing its head coach fired Monday, the MSU football team took out its frustrations on Indiana. The Spartans (4-6 overall, 2-4 Big Ten) played like everyone expected them to play all season, beating the Hoosiers (3-7, 1-5) 56-21 at Memorial Stadium.

VOLLEYBALL

SPORTS UPDATE: Buckeyes pummel netters

Columbus, Ohio - The Spartans arguably had their worst performance of the season Saturday night.MSU committed hit a dismal .164, committed, 11 service errors, and allowed Ohio State to tally 12 service aces en route to a 25-30, 31-29, 17-30 and 18-30 drubbing in St.

BASKETBALL

Freshman out 4-6 weeks with fracture

Freshman guard Maurice Ager suffered a stress fracture in his right foot Wednesday night and will be out for four to six weeks. Ager won’t be needing surgery, but will wear a boot for the next couple of weeks. “I’m getting tired of stress fractures,” MSU head coach Tom Izzo said.

SPORTS

Watts next for U

Interim head coach Morris Watts has 42 years of coaching experience - not one of them as a head coach, though. He’ll get three games as the Spartans’ football season winds down.

SPORTS

Michigan hopes to repeat weekend success

No. 13 Michigan at MinnesotaFresh off a 49-3 mauling of MSU, Michigan looks for its 14th consecutive win over Minnesota.But more than the “Little Brown Jug” will be at stake Saturday when the Wolverines and Golden Gophers meet.

SPORTS

Moss no longer dismissed

Senior tailback Dawan Moss has been reinstated on the MSU football team, according to junior linebacker Monquiz Wedlow. MSU Sports Information Director John Lewandowski said at interim head coach Morris Watts’ discretion, Moss is now suspended indefinitely. Wedlow, speaking at the Black Student Alliances’ town hall meeting Thursday night in the Union, said Watts made the decision at a team meeting Thursday, allowing Moss to rejoin the team.

SPORTS

Team reels from Williams firing

Not much has gone right for MSU this season, and the result was Monday’s firing of head coach Bobby Williams. The Spartans (3-6 overall, 1-4 Big Ten) have struggled with high expectations from day one.

SPORTS

Bottom feeders look to improve status in conference ranks

Coming into the 10th game of the season, the MSU football team has lost a great deal - three more games than it’s won, two team co-captains and a head coach.The Spartans (3-6 overall, 1-4 Big Ten) will be playing without junior quarterback Jeff Smoker (indefinitely suspended) for the third-straight game, senior tailback Dawan Moss (dismissed from the team) and head coach Bobby Williams (fired Monday night).Williams was adored by many of the players and some are wondering if interim head coach Morris Watts, the offensive coordinator, can get the troops to rally behind him.MSU junior linebacker Monquiz Wedlow said the team is not going to give up and still has intentions on finishing the season strong.

SPORTS

Heisman watch

Last week was a crazy one for college football. But it helped Heisman voters sort through the contenders and pretenders.Dark horses such as N.C.