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Mark Dantonio has had a successful run as the head football coach at Michigan State for the past 13 years, and that run has officially come to an end. Dantonio made the shocking announcement on Tuesday that he is stepping down as the head coach of …
Several Michigan players have referred to Michigan State as the “little brother” of the Wolverines over the years, but Ambry Thomas has a different label for the loser of this year’s rivalry game. Thomas, a junior defensive back, …
Brian Lewerke threw a costly pick-six in Michigan State’s loss to Illinois on Saturday and probably should not have been in the game. The Spartans were up 28-3 in the first half and blew the game, losing 37-34. With his Spartans up 31-24 and …
For the third time in the last four years under Mark Dantonio, the Michigan State football program is treading water. It has raised some question whether Dantonio’s job is safe, but according to athletic director Bill Beekman, that’s not …
Michigan State blew their game at home against Arizona State on Saturday largely because of a 12 men on the field penalty. The Spartans were up 7-3 on the Sun Devils but allowed ASU to score a touchdown in the final minute. Michigan State, whose …
The Tulsa Golden Hurricane were thoroughly beaten by Michigan State 28-7 in their season-opening game Friday night, though the final score does not indicate the level of domination. Tulsa was held to a school-record low -73 rushing yards. …
Michigan State looks like they will have some neon in an alternate football uniform this fall. Andrew Lind of SportsLogos.net shared an image on Twitter Friday of a Spartans football helmet that he says will be part of a neon green accented alternate …
Some bowl games simply mean more than others, and some teams have had to deal with more chaos on and off the field this season than others. That all culminates during bowl season, when several teams will compete in non-playoff bowls simply for …
The Michigan State Spartans had a real chance against the Ohio State Buckeyes entering the fourth quarter, but things got away from them very quickly. It started at the end of the third, with the Spartans down 7-6 but pinned at their own one. Instead …
The Michigan State Spartans have been assigned the bulk of the blame for Saturday’s pregame skirmish, at least in the eyes of the Big Ten. The conference issued numerous reprimands for Saturday’s events, but it was Michigan State who was …
The Michigan Wolverines didn’t even wait until the pregame walkthrough was over to renew hostilities with the Michigan State Spartans. Several Wolverine players did not get out of the way during Michigan State’s traditional on-field walk …
We’re midway through college football season, but that’s not too early to hand out some hardware for standout teams and player — for both good and bad reasons. There’s the Heisman, of course, but we’ve put together our …
We’re starting to get an idea of which college football teams are for real and which might be in for a long 2018 season. The polls can be slow to adapt to rises and falls in fortune, so we’re here to take a look at which teams are getting …
The opening week of the college football season gave us some surprising results. Highly-ranked teams looked like they couldn’t justify the hype. Five Top 25 teams fell during the opening weekend, with one going down to an unranked opponents and …
The Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal has led to questions about whether Michigan State has been taking appropriate action to handle sexual assault and violence complaints. According to a bombshell report released on Friday, the university has been …
The fallout from the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal has continued at Michigan State, as athletic director Mark Hollis is the latest university official who is stepping down in the wake of Nassar’s sentencing this week. Hollis, an MSU alum who …
