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Senior Bowl Preview - Part II
Michigan State fifth-year senior tight end Brian Linthicum, who set career highs for receptions (31) and receiving yards (364) in 2011, will represent the North in Saturday's Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. NFL Network will televise the 63rd annual Senior Bowl at 4 p.m. EST. Late Thursday night, Linthicum participated in a Q&A with msuspartans.com.
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15 days ago
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Three Spartans Accept Senior Bowl Invitations
Three Michigan State seniors - quarterback Kirk Cousins, tight end Brian Linthicum and safety Trenton Robinson - have accepted invitations to play in the 2012 Senior Bowl, scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 28 in Mobile, Ala. Cousins, Linthicum and Robinson will represent the North team, led by Minnesota Vikings head coach Leslie Frazier and his coaching staff. NFL Network will televise...
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23 days ago
Cunningham, Nichol Prepare For Postseason All-Star Games
Michigan State fifth-year senior wide receivers B.J. Cunningham and Keith Nichol have accepted invitations to play in postseason all-star games, scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 21. Cunningham, MSU's all-time leader in receptions (218) and receiving yards (3,086), will participate in the 87th East-West Shrine Game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., while Nichol, who set...
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26 days ago
Grinz on Green Blog
The primary function of a university is to prepare young people to bear the responsibilities they will encounter in the next phase of their lives. All-America defensive tackle Jerel Worthy said Thursday that thanks to Michigan State, he's more than ready to get a job. Citing his father's health and little more to accomplish at the collegiate level, Worthy indicated he is making himself...
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January 05, 2012
Grinz on Green Blog: Outback Bowl Wrap-Up
The thrill rides ridden by the Michigan State Spartans last week at Busch Gardens had nothing on the Outback Bowl they played in at Raymond James Stadium on Monday. The Spartans fell behind Georgia, 2-0, on their first offensive play from scrimmage, trailed 16-0 at halftime, had their first possession in overtime end on an interception, held the Bulldogs scoreless on their first...
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January 03, 2012
Post-Game Notes: Georgia
With its 33-30 triple-overtime victory over Georgia, Michigan State tied the school single-season record with its 11th win. The Spartans also won 11 games in 2010. . . . MSU has won 22 of its last 27 games, dating back to the beginning of the 2010 season. The 22 wins over the last two seasons is the highest two-year total in school history. . . . In addition, the Spartans have won...
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January 02, 2012
Outback Bowl Update: Dantonio Press Conference
Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio met with the media on New Year's Day morning for the final time before the Outback Bowl. Dantonio talked about the senior farewell at the end of Saturday's practice, the possibility of back-up quarterback Andrew Maxwell seeing action, and how the bowl week went in Tampa.
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January 01, 2012
Cousins Joins Gruden For FFCA QB Mini Camp
The football master and the accomplished student met in a cluttered, nondescript one-room television studio located on the back row of a commercial complex. For more than an hour, former Super Bowl-winning coach and Monday Night Football analyst Jon Gruden and MSU quarterback Kirk Cousins engaged in non-stop, fast-paced banter touching on shotgun jet sweeps, Mark Dantonio's coaching...
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January 01, 2012
Maxwell Prepares To Take Over Reins As Starting QB
It's not like Andrew Maxwell is doing anything special to prepare for the series, or two, he may, or may not play, against Georgia in the Outback Bowl. As the backup to Michigan State three-year starting quarterback Kirk Cousins, Maxwell has been on constant high alert to take the field at a moment's notice for every game over the past two seasons.
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December 30, 2011
Grinz on Green Blog: Outback Bowl Update No. 4
Once Darqueze Dennard got over the disappointment of not going to the Rose Bowl, it didn't take long to realize that playing Georgia in the Outback Bowl was the next best thing as far as he's concerned. MSU's starting cornerback from Dry Branch, Ga., wasn't recruited out Twiggs County High School by the big state university barely more than 100 miles north in Athens...
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December 30, 2011
Spartans Approach Bowl Like A Business Trip
Defenders of the bowl system call the current postseason setup a reward for the players. Now on his fifth bowl trip, Michigan State's Kirk Cousins, the newly named recipient of the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, said the excursions to amusements parks, banquets, beaches and hospitals are nice, but the game against Georgia in the Outback Bowl would be enough of a reward all by itself.
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December 29, 2011
Kirk Cousins Wins 2011 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
Michigan State's Kirk Cousins - the winningest quarterback in school history - has been selected as the 2011 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award winner in the NCAA® Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The announcement and trophy presentation were made Thursday afternoon by Lowe's, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, prior to the Outback Bowl Team Luncheon.
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December 29, 2011
Spartans Visit St. Joseph's Children Hospital of Tampa
Five members of the Michigan State football team, along with six players from the University of Georgia, visited the St. Joseph's Children's Hospital of Tampa on Tuesday afternoon. Skyler Burkland, Bennie Fowler, Tyler Hoover, Kevin Pickelman and Johnathan Strayhorn, who are all injured and unable to compete in the Outback Bowl, represented the Spartan program at the hospital...
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December 27, 2011
Grinz on Green Blog: Cunningham Shines in Big Ten Championship Game
B.J. Cunningham had more than enough reasons to celebrate, but the score of the inaugural Big Ten championship game told him he couldn't.Although Cunningham and Michigan State played well enough to win Saturday night in Lucas Oil Stadium, Wisconsin's 42-39 victory kept the Spartans from defending their Big Ten title and from going to the Rose Bowl.
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December 05, 2011
2011 Spartan Football Awards Banquet Recap
Senior wide receiver B.J. Cunningham, Michigan State's all-time leader in receptions (211) and receiving yards (3,020), has been selected Most Valuable Player (Governor's Award recipient) by his teammates at the annual Spartan Football Awards Banquet, held Sunday, Dec. 4 before a crowd in excess of 900 at the Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center.
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December 05, 2011
Big Ten Legends Division Champs Accept Invitation from Outback Bowl
For the third time in four years, Michigan State (10-3, 7-1 Big Ten) is headed to a New Year's Day bowl game, as the 12th-ranked Spartans have accepted an invitation to play No. 18 Georgia (10-3, 7-1 SEC) in the 26th-annual Outback Bowl on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, in Tampa, Fla. The Outback Bowl will be televised nationally by ABC with kickoff set for 1 p.m. EST.
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December 04, 2011
Game of Inches Eludes Spartans
Although coming up short of the Rose Bowl, Dantonio and the Spartans feel like they're close enough to reach a BCS Bowl. "I do think the two best teams in the Big Ten played today," Dantonio said. "I do think that we're worthy to compete and play at the BCS level, but you've got to get the votes to do that. I can only say that I do believe we're a BCS...
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December 04, 2011
Post-Game Quotes: Big Ten Championship Game
COACH DANTONIO: Very difficult football game. Great football game. I thought both footballteams showed a tremendous amount of maturity and toughness in terms of battling back. We started a little bit slow and played extremely well the entire first half on offense. Tough to lose it as we did, but tough take the tough times sometimes. So very difficult, the end of the football game...
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December 04, 2011
Post-Game Notes: Big Ten Championship Game
• The last six games in the Michigan State-Wisconsin series have been decided by a combined total of 31 points (all six games decided by 10 points or less).• Michigan State gained 471 yards of total offense, the most allowed by Wisconsin all season long ... MSU has recorded more than 400 yards of total offense in four of its last five games (402 vs. Minnesota, 443 vs. Iowa...
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December 04, 2011
Spartans Fall to Badgers in Big Ten Championship, 42-39
Montee Ball ran for three touchdowns including the decisive 7-yard score with 3:45 to go, leading No. 15 Wisconsin past No. 11 Michigan State 42-39 in the inaugural Big Ten championship game.
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December 04, 2011
Grinz on Green Blog: News and Notes from Friday's Press Conference
Mark Dantonio saw Wisconsin's history and raised it with a bit of Michigan State karma.
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December 02, 2011
Big Ten Championship Game Update: Mark Dantonio Press Conference Coverage
Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio met with the media Friday afternoon at Lucas Oil Stadium to preview the Big Ten Championship game against Wisconsin. Dantonio discussed several topics, including the excitement surrounding the inaugural title game, the leadership of Kirk Cousins, and the challenge of matching up against the Badger offense.
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December 02, 2011
Top 10 Spartan Linebackers: No. 3 Greg Jones
For this year's "Fans Top 10" segment, Spartan fans had a chance over the summer to vote for their top linebackers in Michigan State history. The list continues today at No. 3 with Greg Jones, a three-time All-Big Ten first-team selection and a back-to-back consensus first-team All-American who recorded 465 career tackles, good for third most in MSU history.
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December 02, 2011
Listen to the Mark Dantonio Show
The 13th and final Mark Dantonio weekly radio show was held Thursday night at Reno's East Side in East Lansing. Dantonio talked about facing Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship game and thanked the Spartan fans for their support all season long. | Podcast
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December 02, 2011
Governor's Proclamation Honors MSU Football Team
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has declared Friday, Dec. 2, as "Green Day," honoring the Michigan State University football team that will play in the inaugural Big Ten champion game Saturday in Indianapolis.
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December 02, 2011
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