KEITH NICHOL RUMORS & GOSSIP

Le'veon Bell stretches (photo: David Harns)  Click here for my recap of the game Pirate ship in the north end zone (photo: David Harns) Cunningham doing pre-game warmups (photo: David Harns) Cousins practices passes (photo: David Harns) Keshawn Martin warms up (photo: David Harns) Keith Nichol (photo: David Harns) Click here for my recap of the game The Spartans "walk...

This was not what Keith Nichol envisioned coming out of high school. Far from it. He saw himself throwing touchdown passes in Norman, Okla., perhaps winning a national championship with the Oklahoma Sooners, not catching Hail Mary passes and making tackles on special teams in East Lansing, Mich. The rocky, but rewarding ride will end for Michigan State's fifth-year senior Jan...

This was not what Keith Nichol envisioned coming out of high school. Far from it. He saw himself throwing touchdown passes in Norman, Okla., perhaps winning a national championship with the Oklahoma Sooners, not catching Hail Mary passes and making tackles on special teams in East Lansing, Mich. The rocky but rewarding ride will end for Michigan State's fifth-year senior when the...

Fifth-year senior receiver Keith Nichol hopes to get a shot at the NFL. Before that, he'll play one last game for Michigan State and wants to go out with a victory. The No. 12 Spartans (10-3) will face No. 18 Georgia (10-3) in the Outback Bowl on Jan. 2 in Tampa.

(Eds: APNewsNow. Will be updated. With AP Photos.) By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer Keith Nichol's game-winning catch for Michigan State last weekend came after a long, unusual career path. Nichol was a high school star at quarterback and planned to attend Michigan State, but when coach John L. Smith was fired he decided to go to Oklahoma instead. When Sam Bradford emerged as...

One of the most controversial decisions of the college football season all but dropped Wisconsin out of the national championship hunt on Saturday night. Did Michigan States Keith Nichol break the plane of the goal line on a last-second 44-yard Hail Mary reception? Did Wisconsins defenders push Nichol back in the nick of time and force overtime?On-field officials ruled Nichols remarkable...

Keith Nichol caught a 44-yard Hail Mary on the game's final play for a tiebreaking touchdown, giving No. 15 Michigan State a stunning 37-31 win over No. 4 Wisconsin on Saturday night. With the game tied and 4 seconds left, Kirk Cousins rolled out to his right and threw one last pass. The ball went into the end zone but caromed off a Michigan State receiver back to Nichol, who...

In what may go down as one of the craziest endings in college football history, the Michigan State Spartans crushed the National Championship dreams for the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday night after completing a Hail Mary Pass as time expired. With the game tied 31-31, Kirk Cousins threw up a Hail Mary towards the end zone with just a few seconds left that somehow ended up in the...

Here’s multiple images from the ESPN telecast of the last play of the Wisconsin-Michigan State game on Saturday night: (Camera Behind Goal Line) The images are varying examples of two separate goal line camera shots shown on the ESPN telecast as Big Ten officials mulled whether MSU receiver Keith Nichol entered the end zone on the final play of regulation to give the Spartans...

Nichol is fifth on the team in receptions with 19 and has provided key blocks downfield for Spartans running backs.