Time for our annual (can I say “Rivalry”?) game against the Oakland Grizzlies from Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. Last year gave us the wonderful photo of two head coaches in matching sweaters. I am looking forward to seeing how these two outdo themselves this year. Oh, and there is also a basketball game. But […]
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Happy Friday, TOC Nation. Here are the results from our two survey questions this week as well as the results of the four national survey questions. If you want to partake in those questions moving forward, you can sign up for that here. The first question we asked this week turned out to be our […]
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I am really getting bored of all these light weeks in the Michigan State Athletic Department. But that is what the next 7 days will be. Still no hockey, one men’s basketball game, and two for the women. MEN’S BASKETBALL Saturday, December 20 Who: Michigan State Vs. Oakland When: Noon ET Where: Little Caesars Arena; […]
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Four Big Ten schools fired their head football coaches during, or shortly after, the 2025 season. Penn State and UCLA both made their moves midway through the season while Michigan State and Michigan did so immediately or shortly after the season’s conclusion. PSU, UCLA, and MSU have since filled their vacancies while UM is currently […]
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Hey everyone, time for this week’s survey questions. First up, we are looking back at some of the big individual performances we have seen from our basketball team. Which one has been the most impressive one of the bunch? And second, new head football coach Pat Fitzgerald is continuing to assemble his coaching staff. So […]
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Usually when I am responsible for writing the recap articles, I take notes and draft the article as the game is going on. Tonight, at halftime, I was typing out paragraphs about all the good things I was seeing. You are not going to get to read those paragraphs; I deleted them about midway through […]
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The two December Big Ten games are out of the way, and now MSU has a trio of non-major teams to get through to wrap up 2025. The stretch begins today against the Toledo Rockets. Our Spartans are favored by 24.5. I’m personally calling for a 30-point win. Got to clean up the mistakes from […]
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Just about two years ago today, Jonathan Smith, the 26th Head Coach in MSU Football history, was getting settled in to his new home in East Lansing. The hiring of the former Oregon State HC was one met with a wide variety of responses, but one key transfer portal acquisition brought with it more hope […]
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New Michigan State football coach has reportedly secured his Chief of Staff and Strength and Conditioning Coach. Justin Thind has posted that Fitzgerald is bringing on Jacob Schmidt as Chief of Staff and Joel Welsh Jr. to lead Strength and Conditioning. Schmidt comes from Northwestern where he served as Director of Football Operations and then […]
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Well, that one did not go quite the way I had expected it to. The big story before the game started was that Divine Ugochukwu would be starting at the shooting guard position. I ran the survey this past week of who would get the nod there, and I made the mistake of leaving Ugo […]
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After a full week off, an eternity when coming off a stinging loss, the Michigan State Spartans get back on the court today for their second conference game. This time they are on the road to take on the Penn State Nittany Lions. MSU is favored in this one by 12.5. Hopefully we blow way […]
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It is going to be another lighter week ahead for our Spartan teams. Hockey still is off for a couple more weeks. We have a few basketball games this week, but nothing that should challenge MSU quite like last weekend’s games. MEN’S BASKETBALL Saturday, December 13 Who: Michigan State @ Penn State When: Noon ET […]
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Happy Friday, TOC Nation. It was a quieter week in Sparta so we did not have our usual amount of reading material for you. But we still have these surveys. Hope you have been enjoying this new weekly feature. First up, we asked you who should be on the court to start the games as […]
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New head football coach Pat Fitzgerald is bringing on the first new name to his coaching staff from outside the existing crew. And it is a name that means a lot to Spartan Nation. Max Bullough was hired by MSU to be the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Max, who was a linebacker at MSU […]
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Michigan State (8-1, 1-0) will look to get back in the win column after dropping their first game of the season to Duke last Saturday. The Spartans will tip off against Penn State (8-2, 0-1) in the Bryce Jordan Center at noon Saturday (BTN). After neutral site games for the Champions Classic and Fort Myers […]
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Hey everyone, time for your weekly survey questions. Our first question comes from the Breslin where, after our loss to Duke, our question around the shooting guard position is as big as it has been all year. We want to know who you think should be getting the start at the 2-spot. Over to our […]
about 2 months ago | 5 reads
For the most part, yesterday’s basketball game between Michigan State and Duke was everything it had promised to be – two heavyweight teams exchanging blows. In the end, our Spartans fell a little short and the Blue Devils continued to be Tom Izzo’s Achilles’ heel. And as I said to friends I spoke to afterwards, […]
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At the very least, MSU needed a split this weekend against the number 1 ranked weasels. Thankfully, a gritty road performance on Saturday secured that split. In a weekend that was just really well played hockey, MSU faced something they hadn’t faced before and found a way to make the adjustments in game two. Let’s […]
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The Breslin Center crowd was ready to greet Duke for the Blue Devils’ first true road game of the season but Michigan State’s offense struggled in the early going. Kur Teng started at the 2-guard for MSU but was 0-4 from the field at the first media timeout. The Spartans were only able to manage […]
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This is the big one! Spartans Vs. Blue Devils. Izzo Vs. Krzyzewski Scheyer. Green Vs. Blue. MSU and Duke will clash in the Breslin Center to see who can remain undefeated. Game is at Noon and airing on FOX. I am going to be there and hopefully some of you will too. Gonna be a […]
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Happy Friday! MSU has some awesome games going on this weekend. But first, I need to bring up some non-MSU related sports news that has me feeling excited. Earlier today was the draw for the 2026 World Cup and the USA got, in my opinion, a very favorable group. The other teams in our group […]
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Happy Friday, TOC Nation. It has been a great week for the Green & White thus far. In case you did not see the news earlier today, MSU just pocketed some change. All of this coming on the heels of the hiring of MSU’s new football coach. We have spoken about that hire plenty here […]
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It is going to be a clash of the titans on Saturday at the Breslin Center when a pair of top ten blue blood teams square off with their perfect records on the line. The game is at Noon ET and will be televised on FOX. It is easy to say that Duke Basketball has […]
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MSU hockey has a home and home this weekend with the despised team from down the road. A sweep this weekend would almost guarantee a vault over Wisconsin and a take back of number one in the rankings. The Spartans got back on the right track over Thanksgiving by sweeping Colgate at home while the […]
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Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you all have been waiting for. Now that the 2025 football season has come to an end for Michigan State, it is with great excitement (and a little bit of relief) that I present to you: the first edition of our Spartan Basketball Film Room. Admittedly, my experience with the […]
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