With the addition of EthanTaylor on Friday, Michigan State’s 2026 four-member basketball recruiting class moved to #1 in the nation, according to 247Sports. Three athletes have already signed, and Taylor will hopefully have his paperwork in soon to make it official. The class is well diversified across the positions with point guard Carlos Medlock Jr., […]
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At least there has been one team worth watching on Saturday besides Spartan Football. MSU hockey continues to roll as they complete a sweep over Notre Dame in South Bend. MSU won 4-1 on Friday and 3-1 on Saturday to make their win streak hit 9 and 4-0 in B1G. MSU did a better job […]
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The game started about as good as we could have hoped for. Michigan State kicked off and immediately forced a three-and-out after a Penn State fumbled snap led to a ten-yard loss on 3rd. The Spartans took over at their 43 after the punt, and on 1st down, Elijah Tau-Tolliver found a hole on the […]
24 days ago | 1 read
Okay TOC Nation, we only have three more games to get through this season. Our Spartans are taking on another team on a six-game losing streak. Penn State comes to town having already fired their coach this season. This will be the last game at Spartan Stadium this year. The game kicks off at 3:30 […]
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Hey everyone, here are the results of the two survey questions we posted earlier this week. First up, we wanted to gauge how optimistic we are on our chances this weekend against Penn State. Turns out, not very optimistic at all. Just over 1 in 5 think MSU will finally get a Big Ten win. […]
25 days ago | 3 reads
We got some great news on Friday afternoon. Ethan Taylor, one of the top players in the 2026 recruiting cycle announced he would be attending Michigan State University next season. Standing over 7 feet tall, Taylor is widely considered the #2 center in the class, that according to both 247Sports and Rivals. Rivals has him […]
25 days ago | 3 reads
Happy Friday, TOC. We are back with another round of our version of The Price Is Right. Michigan State hosting Penn State tomorrow in the last true home game of the season. Here are our predictions for this game, as well as some picks on the other top games of the week. In the comments, […]
25 days ago | 3 reads
We usually reserve this article for just hockey, football, and basketball. But since the women’s soccer team is in the NCAA Tournament now, we will include them. We have a lot of games coming up to keep you from ever having to wait long for a Spartan game. Friday, November 14 Women’s Soccer: Michigan State […]
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This was one of those games that was over before it finished. The Spartans were simply a much more talented team than the Spartans, and it was going to very difficult for the Spartans to keep up with the Spartans. Okay, that’s enough of that. I can’t use the word “Spartans” anymore. Here’s a brief […]
26 days ago | 2 reads
After an exciting victory over Arkansas on Saturday, Michigan State Men’s Basketball returns to the Breslin Center tonight for a 6:30 PM tipoff against the San Jose State Spartans. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. SJSU, of the Mountain West Conference, is coming off a 15-20 season and enters this game […]
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The 2025 edition of the Battle for the Land Grant Trophy might as well be called the Dissapointment Bowl. Your 3-6 Michigan State Spartans will play host to the 3-6 Penn State Nittany Lions at 3:30 this Saturday afternoon for Senior Day. Both teams will be in search of their first Big Ten conference win […]
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I hardly have it in me to write this. Kind of wish I did not see some of you already talking about it in the comments of the last article. Okay, here goes… Apparently, MSU football was involved in some recruiting illegalities during our former coach’s tenure. The official statement from the university states that […]
27 days ago | 3 reads
Hey TOC Nation, we got two more survey questions for you this week. First up, we want to know what your expectations are for this Saturday’s football game. A pair of 3-6 teams on 6-game losing streaks do battle. Which one can end their streak? Second, after picking up an early season win over a […]
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It’s 11/11. How appropriate then that we are going to be previewing a pair of teams that seem to keep rolling snake-eyes this year. I sat down with Brian Bennett from Black Shoe Diaries to discuss this year’s Nittany Lions team. Let’s see what he had to say. 1. Based on how last season finished […]
28 days ago | 0 reads
After coming up just short against the Washington Huskies by way of penalty kicks in Sunday’s dramatic Big Ten Championship bout; the 12-3-6 Michigan State Women’s Soccer squad has punched their ticket to the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The Spartans were also runners-up in the Big Ten regular season standings, with a 7-1-3 conference record. Despite […]
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It was a great day for the Michigan State athletic department on Saturday, and I was there to take it all in. Well, I was a few minutes late to the basketball game because I stuck around for the hockey press conference. The action continued on Sunday with a Big Ten championship on the line […]
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First and foremost allow me to be another voice in saying what a disgrace by the Big Ten Network to not get one of these games on for better viewership. This is some special hockey being played, future stars and a caliber of game that is far more entertaining than some of the garbage that’s […]
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With #1 Michigan State Hockey completing the sweep of #3 Penn State just prior to tipoff, Spartan Nation could turn its attention to basketball and the Breslin Center crowd appeared to be ready for Arkansas. Coen Carr was certainly ready to match the crowd’s energy and got things started with a dunk to give MSU […]
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Here’s the open thread for MSU Basketball vs. Arkansas, TOC. GO GREEN, GO WHITE!
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This will be the second of MSU’s bye weeks this football season as they look to recharge ahead of the final quarter of the season. Looking around the college football landscape, we have yet another trio of top 25 matchups for us, the TOC writers, to make predictions on. And, in the absence of a […]
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Hey everyone, here are the results of the two survey questions we posted earlier this week. First, we had asked for your opinion on Alessio Milivojevic’s first start in a Spartan uniform. The A’s and B’s pretty much split the entire vote, with B coming ahead by just 1%. I would agree that either of those […]
about 1 month ago | 4 reads
It’s the weekend! And Munn Arena is the place to be. The #1 Spartans are hosting the #3 Nittany Lions on Friday and Saturday. Penn State beat MSU in the recruiting battle for Gavin McKenna this past offseason. McKenna is projected to be the first pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. Michigan State is, obviously, […]
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This weekend, the Michigan State football team is on a bye, which I am sure is wonderful news for many of you. Even with no action on the gridiron, there is still plenty of stuff to watch to get your Green & White fix. Our men’s basketball team has their second game of the season […]
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This weekend, the Michigan State football team is on a bye, which I am sure is wonderful news for many of you. Even with no action on the gridiron, there is still plenty of stuff to watch to get your Green & White fix. Our men’s basketball team has their second game of the season […]
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MSU Women’s soccer team is headed to St Louis for the B1G Semifinals to face UCLA on Thursday. MSU defeated Northwestern 1-0 this past Sunday thanks to the lone goal by Kayla Briggs. Head coach Jeff Hosler looks to keep the Spartans on the move. Since taking the reins in 2021, Hosler has had the […]
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