So exactly how excited should I be about this year’s football recruiting class? Links: Mark Dantonio Introduces 2009 Recruiting Class From official MSU site. MSU recruits: Meet the class of 2009 Photos. Impact players: Baker, Caper, Fowler, Norman, Sims Edwin Baker is Emmitt Smith, but with LaDainian Tomlinson’s speed! High school football stars talk about [...]
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Educate the Blogger
Posted in football discussion, tagged dion sims, edwin baker, football, recruiting on February 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It's Morrill Act Melee Day!
Posted in football discussion, tagged postage stamp on November 22, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Go (Michigan) State!
MSU-Penn State Combo Meal: Links, Graphical Preview, and Discussion Thread
Posted in football discussion, game preview, links, tagged football, penn state on November 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Basketball Links MAUI 2010 FIELD We’re going to Hawaii in two years. Ford Field bid for Final Four denied There won’t be another Final Four in Detroit until at least 2017. FanHouse NCAA Hoops BlogPoll: No. 9, Purdue Boilermakers T-Mill of Off the Tracks previews the Purdue basketball season for FanHouse. Football Links A room [...]
Friday Links and MSU-Purdue Mini-Game Preview
Posted in football discussion, game preview, links, tagged football, purdue on November 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Basketball links first: Joe Rexrode shares his thoughts on the exhibition win vs. Northern. Likes Dahlman to be the #10 guy in the rotation and thinks Green may still redshirt. Luke Winn judges the Old Spice Classic to have the best field of the nearly 30 preseason college basketball tournaments. Inside the Hall pegs Raymar [...]
Discussion Thread: MSU-Wisconsin and Green-White Basketball Scrimmage
Posted in football discussion, tagged football on October 29, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Just one link: ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg reports that, due to not playing an FCS patsie, MSU still controls its own destiny with respect to the Rose Bowl. I wouldn’t book your plane tickets to Pasadena just yet, though. Regarding the upcoming football game vs. the Badgers: At noon on Saturday, I anticipate I’ll be frolicking [...]
MSU-Ohio State Links and Discussion Thread
Posted in football discussion, links, tagged ohio state on October 17, 2008 | 11 Comments »
There’s still time left to take a shot at winning a free copy of College Basketball Prospectus 2008-09 by sharing your best Spartan memories. Links from enemy territory: Eleven Warriors game preview. Says Dantonio is “a 24th level defensive wizard.” Buckeyes have a problem turning red zone trips into TDs. Defensive line is depleted. Men [...]
MSU-Northwestern Links and Discussion Thread
Posted in football discussion, links, tagged football, northwestern on October 9, 2008 | 14 Comments »
With Northwestern on its bye last weekend, the prolific Lake the Posts has been even more prolific than normal in producing MSU-vs.-Northwestern content: A primer on the recent series between the two teams. Summary: Mucho scoring. Assorted tidbits on the two teams. Depressing tidbit: Northwestern has 3 more Big Ten wins than MSU does since [...]
MSU-Iowa Links and Discussion Thread
Posted in football discussion, links, tagged football, iowa, tony mandarich on October 3, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Hawkeye Sports News gives us their take on the Spartan football team and provides a statistical comparision between MSU and Iowa. On offense, the Hawkeyes look a lot like us: run-heavy. On defense, they look quite a bit better–albeit against weaker opposition. Big Ten Country says this is a must-win game for both teams. The [...]
MSU-IU Links and Discussion Thread
Posted in football discussion, links, tagged football, indiana on September 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
First, a few basketball links: Eric Lacy reports that Athlon has MSU ranked #14 in their preseason magazine. Tom Herzog talks about the student part of being a student-athlete. He’s an applied engineering sciences major. (Hat tip: Spartan Sports Page.) 24 hours straight (roughly) of basketball on the ESPN family of networks to tip-off the [...]
Michigan State-Notre Dame Links and Discussion Thread
Posted in football discussion, links, tagged football, javon ringer, notre dame on September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A few links from opposition territory: A defense of the indefensible: Charlie Weis (guest post at Rivalry, Esq.). Michigan’s miscues against the Irish set to a whimsical musical score (The House Rock Built). Attempting to debunk the idea that Michigan handed the game to Notre Dame (Kelly Green). There’s not much in the way of [...]
