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Michigan vs. Michigan State: First-Year Coaches Battle for Bowl Bid
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Michigan vs. Michigan State: First-Year Coaches Battle for Bowl Bid

Associated Press  

Michigan State and Michigan clash in a pivotal Big Ten matchup on Saturday night with both teams vying for bowl bids. The Wolverines' passing attack has been struggling, while the Spartans' rushing attack is one of the most potent in the conference. Key matchup revolves around Michigan State's running game against Michigan's defense, which has been giving up over 131 …

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Michigan State coach Jonathan Smith drew players away from Oregon State, persuaded Spartans to stay
4 months ago

Michigan State coach Jonathan Smith drew players away from Oregon State, persuaded Spartans to stay

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! EAST LANSING, Mich. — Jonathan Smith seems to be the coach Michigan State needs nearly a year after sexually charged allegations against Mel Tucker rocked the program. These guys want to be here, they love football and we’re going to put this thing together.” Michigan State’s …

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Michigan State hires Jonathan Smith away from Oregon State, hoping he turns around another program
1 year ago

Michigan State hires Jonathan Smith away from Oregon State, hoping he turns around another program

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! The 44-year-old Smith was 34-35 over six seasons at Oregon State, including an 8-4 mark this year as the program earned at least eight wins in consecutive seasons for the first time in more than a decade. “Jonathan has a proven track record of success, building …

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Quarterback Allar expected to play when No. 11 Penn State faces Michigan State
1 year, 1 month ago

Quarterback Allar expected to play when No. 11 Penn State faces Michigan State

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! BARNETT’S FUTURE It remains to be seen whether Friday is Harlon Barnett’s last game as Michigan State’s head football coach. “I do want this job as the head football coach,” said Barnett who played at Michigan State and served in various assistant coaching roles with the …

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Nebraska plays Michigan State on the road, win away from being bowl eligible for 1st time since 2016
1 year, 1 month ago

Nebraska plays Michigan State on the road, win away from being bowl eligible for 1st time since 2016

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Nebraska has a shot to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2016 and to at least keep a share of first place in the Big Ten West Division. Michigan State desperately needs a win after losing six straight games since former coach Mel Tucker …

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Michigan State hearing officer rules Mel Tucker sexually harassed Brenda Tracy, her attorney says
1 year, 1 month ago

Michigan State hearing officer rules Mel Tucker sexually harassed Brenda Tracy, her attorney says

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! A Michigan State University hearing officer has determined that former football coach Mel Tucker sexually harassed and exploited rape survivor and activist Brenda Tracy, according to her attorney, Karen Truszkowski. Tucker’s agent, Neil Cornrich, said the hearing officer’s report was filled with “countless factual and legal …

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A rivalry too toxic? Michigan, Michigan State grapple with the future
1 year, 2 months ago

A rivalry too toxic? Michigan, Michigan State grapple with the future

New York Times  

Strains of “The Victors,” Michigan’s fight song, reverberated inside the stadium’s cinder-block tunnel as players from Michigan State trudged to their locker room. “It is now an EMBARRASSMENT to be a Spartan for the first time in my life,” a fan named Brad Lazorka wrote in an email to Michigan State’s president and board of trustees. !” In a telephone …

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Michigan State tells football coach Mel Tucker it will fire him for misconduct with rape survivor
1 year, 3 months ago

Michigan State tells football coach Mel Tucker it will fire him for misconduct with rape survivor

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Michigan State informed suspended football coach Mel Tucker on Monday that he will be fired without compensation for misconduct involving activist and rape survivor Brenda Tracy in a sordid case that dates back more than a year. “The notice provides Tucker with seven calendar days to …

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Michigan State football after Mel Tucker: Spartans coaching job pluses, minuses and candidates
1 year, 3 months ago

Michigan State football after Mel Tucker: Spartans coaching job pluses, minuses and candidates

New York Times  

Michigan State needs a new football coach. Michigan State was willing to spend at a national championship level because Tucker led a top-10 team at the time and because Tucker had leverage — MSU didn’t want to lose another coach to LSU. The timing is better this time around Luke Fickell might be Michigan State’s coach right now if Mark …

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Updated: Who could replace Mel Tucker? Michigan State football coaching candidates
1 year, 3 months ago

Updated: Who could replace Mel Tucker? Michigan State football coaching candidates

New York Times  

Mel Tucker is done as head coach of Michigan State football after what has been a stunning few weeks of allegations and revelations at the university. Jake Dickert, Washington State, head coach The 40-year-old Dickert has done an impressive job providing desperately-needed stability in a program that has been rocked by every issue imaginable the past five years. Other candidates …

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Mel Tucker, Michigan State football coach, faces suspension without pay amidst sexual misconduct investigation
1 year, 3 months ago

Mel Tucker, Michigan State football coach, faces suspension without pay amidst sexual misconduct investigation

Hindustan Times  

On Sunday, Michigan State University made the announcement that it has suspended its head football coach, Mel Tucker, without pay, while awaiting the resolution of a sexual misconduct investigation involving him. EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN - SEPTEMBER 09: Mel Tucker head coach of the Michigan State Spartans looks on before a game against the Richmond Spiders at Spartan Stadium on September …

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Kim, Carter power Michigan State’s 45-14 win over Richmond
1 year, 3 months ago

Kim, Carter power Michigan State’s 45-14 win over Richmond

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! EAST LANSING, Mich. — Nathan Carter ran for 111 yards and three touchdowns and Noah Kim threw three scoring passes to lead Michigan State to a 45-14 victory over Richmond on Saturday. “We did not take these guys lightly,” said Michigan State coach Mel Tucker. But …

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Kim, Carter power Michigan State’s 45-14 win over Richmond
1 year, 3 months ago

Kim, Carter power Michigan State’s 45-14 win over Richmond

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! EAST LANSING, Mich. — Nathan Carter ran for 111 yards and three touchdowns and Noah Kim threw three scoring passes to lead Michigan State to an 45-14 victory over Richmond on Saturday. “We did not take these guys lightly,” said Michigan State coach Mel Tucker. But …

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Michigan State wraps up drills, hoping to spring forward
1 year, 8 months ago

Michigan State wraps up drills, hoping to spring forward

Associated Press  

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State coach Mel Tucker hopes he doesn’t have this long of an offseason ever again. “Sometimes you have to get beat up and get your face kicked in before you can really lay the true foundation — and that’s happened,” Tucker said earlier this spring. “It’s gong to be about what we do next,” said …

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Seven Michigan St football players charged in tunnel melee
2 years, 1 month ago

Seven Michigan St football players charged in tunnel melee

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Seven Michigan State football players have been charged for their actions during the postgame melee in Michigan Stadium’s tunnel last month, according to a statement Wednesday from the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office. Michigan president Santa J. Ono said Wednesday in a statement …

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Spartans star Windmon among 4 more suspended in tunnel melee
2 years, 1 month ago

Spartans star Windmon among 4 more suspended in tunnel melee

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — One of the Big Ten’s top defensive players and three other Michigan State football players were suspended Tuesday for their roles in the melee in the Michigan Stadium tunnel. Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller and coach Mel Tucker announced the latest …

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No. 4 Michigan tops Michigan St 29-7 and stews about scuffle
2 years, 1 month ago

No. 4 Michigan tops Michigan St 29-7 and stews about scuffle

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Corum ran for 177 yards and scored twice, Jake Moody made five field goals and the Wolverines beat Michigan State 29-7 on Saturday night. After the game, social media posts showed at least three Spartans pushing, punching and kicking Michigan defensive back Ja’Den McBurrows in the …

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Michigan State outlasts Wisconsin in double overtime 34-28
2 years, 2 months ago

Michigan State outlasts Wisconsin in double overtime 34-28

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! EAST LANSING, Mich. — Quarterback Payton Thorne threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jayden Reed in the second overtime Saturday to lift Michigan State to a 34-28 victory over Wisconsin. The game-winning throw was set up after Michigan State’s Jacoby Windmon stripped the ball …

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Badgers, Spartans try to salvage seasons that have gone awry
2 years, 2 months ago

Badgers, Spartans try to salvage seasons that have gone awry

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! MADISON, Wis. — Call it the Big Ten’s midseason “Disappointment Bowl.” Michigan State was 15th and Wisconsin 18th in the preseason AP Top 25. And we’re doing that.” Neither team looks much like it did last year, when Michigan State finished 11-2 with a Peach Bowl …

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Washington makes statement, beats No. 11 Michigan St 39-28
2 years, 3 months ago

Washington makes statement, beats No. 11 Michigan St 39-28

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Polk’s 53-yard touchdown catch early in the third quarter was a resounding answer after Michigan State scored on the opening drive of the second half to pull within 29-14. Payton Thorne threw for 323 yards and three TDs, and led a pair of quick fourth-quarter scoring …

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No. 15 Michigan State sputters in 35-13 win over W. Michigan
2 years, 3 months ago

No. 15 Michigan State sputters in 35-13 win over W. Michigan

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! It was pretty bad.” Michigan State was fortunate Thorne’s uneven performance included four touchdowns, matching Connor Cook’s school record of throwing four touchdowns in four games. Illinois transfer Daniel Barker used only his right hand to catch a 13-yard pass for a score and Keon Coleman …

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Samson Okunlola, pancakes and Mel Tucker’s biggest test in the ’23 cycle
2 years, 6 months ago

Samson Okunlola, pancakes and Mel Tucker’s biggest test in the ’23 cycle

New York Times  

The pancakes were real. Michigan State had the perfect prop for an individualized photo shoot for five-star offensive tackle Samson Okunlola of Brockton Thayer Academy, who was in East Lansing for his official visit over the weekend. He’s trying to do that by transforming Michigan State into a legitimate national title contender, an evolution that’s impossible without landing players such …

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Plenty at stake when No. 4 Ohio St hosts No. 7 Michigan St
3 years, 1 month ago

Plenty at stake when No. 4 Ohio St hosts No. 7 Michigan St

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7 Michigan State at No. FACTS & FIGURES Ohio State leads the country in scoring with 46.3 yards per game.. Ohio State has won eight straight since losing to Oregon on Sept. 11.. The Buckeyes have won 25 consecutive Big Ten games, which is the longest streak in the conference since the Buckeyes’ national record, 30-game conference winning streak from …

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Tucker, Michigan State among biggest surprises in Big Ten
3 years, 2 months ago

Tucker, Michigan State among biggest surprises in Big Ten

Associated Press  

Mel Tucker took over a downtrodden Michigan State program before a pandemic-shortened 2020 season. The most important thing is the next play.” Tucker was the unanimous choice as Big Ten coach of the first half of the season by writers from The Associated Press who cover the conference. Hutchinson is the best player on one of the Big Ten’s top …

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