Big Tentacles: Gordon Gee, Mark Dantonio, recruiting, and more.
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It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday.
Johnny Ginter discusses dealing with the aftermath of the retirement of Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee. (Eleven Warriors)
All the Dantonio's Men.
Chris Vannini profiles Michigan State head football coach Mark Dantonio and his staff. (Off Tackle Empire...
Michigan State Football: Spartans could go to two-QB system
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio reiterated the fact that Andrew Maxwell is the Spartans' starting quarterback on Tuesday, according to Mike Griffith of MLive.com.
"As I said after the spring game, right now Andrew Maxwell is our quarterback,'' Dantonio said, "and we're moving in that direction, but we've got to play well.''
Although...
Mark Dantonio tweets picture of Michigan State’s eventual football locker room
On June 19, the Michigan State University Board of Trustees will meet to put the final stamp of approval on a $20-million project to upgrade the north end of Spartan Stadium. A two-level building on the stadium’s north end is nearly set to be constructed to house both teams’ locker rooms, an officials’ room, an equipment room and a post-game media center.
Michigan State...
Michigan State football: 2014 Big Ten schedule observations
On Thursday, Big Ten officials announced the schedules for the 2014 Big Ten football season. The season will be the first year that the Big Ten will consists of 14 teams, with new members Maryland and Rutgers each making their debut seasons in the conference that year.
For the first two seasons, each Big Ten team will play 4 non conference games and 8 conference games, playing the...
Spartan recruit's bad rap
There is one thing we know for sure about Pennsylvania high school football recruit Jay Harris: the three-star wide receiver won't be playing for Mark Dantonio at Michigan State this fall.
The why, however, is a little less clear.
On Tuesday, Harris made news when he told the Philadelphia Inquirer that he had chosen to walk away from his football career , which included a commitment...
Via Fox Sports
May 15, 2013
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Michigan State Football: Spartans offense takes second sping scrimmage
EAST LANSING — Even in the spring the Michigan State Spartans football team can’t help but have a close game, as junior running back Nick Hill scored with a 7-yard touchdown run with over a minute left to play to give the offense a 28-26 victory in the Spartans second “situational” scrimmage.
The offense needed more than 26 points in the two-hour, 123 play scrimmage to come...
Urban Meyer plans to speak with B1G coaches about their terrible recruiting
If you weren’t sure who the Alpha-male was in the B1G, look no further than Urban Meyer at Ohio State. He wants to bring a bit of that SEC spirit to the conference, especially after seeing a down year in recruiting. Not his recruiting, after all, Ohio State ended up with a Top 5 class according to all the major scouting sources. The only other team to receive such high honors was...
Mark Dantonio’s Post Game Interview
After the Eastern Michigan Vs. Michigan State game, Mark Dantonio took the podium for the weekly post-game interview.
If you’ve seen any Dantonio Post-Game interview, you’ve probably seen him calmly answer questions. Not here.
In this interview, Dantonio was short, snarky, mean, and looked just flat out infuriated. For a good reason- MSU looked awful against Eastern Michigan...
MSU's Dantonio says Michigan not a "threat"
Since Brady Hoke took over Michigan's football program, all of the talk has been the rivalry between "Ohio" and "that team up north."
This week, though, Mark Dantonio reminded everyone that Michigan State shouldn't be forgotten.
In an interview with ESPN.com, Dantonio fanned the flames of the Spartans-Wolverines rivalry with a single phrase.
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Via Fox Sports Detroit
April 18, 2012
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Depth at tailback gives Dantonio no clear-cut candidate
EAST LANSING, Mich. Just because you start the season as Michigan States No. 1 running back doesnt mean youre going to finish there.
Thats certainly been the trend of late, and it was one of the messages coach Mark Dantonio sent during a news conference to preview spring practice, which opened Tuesday for the Spartans.
Asked how junior LeVeon Bell is approaching his role as the...
Via Fox Sports Detroit
March 27, 2012
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