Michigan State’s offense has gotten no better since finishing the regular season, going three-and-out on its first two drives. TCU took advantage by taking its second drive 73 yards and capping it off with a 4-yard touchdown run from Matthew Tucker to take a 7-0 lead with 5:45 left in the first quarter. A pass … Continue Reading →

Michigan State looks to close out its 2012 season with a victory and avoid its first losing season since 2009 when it faces TCU in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl kicking off from Sun Devil Stadium around 10:15 p.m. The Spartans will be without senior cornerback Johnny Adams who suffered a turf toe injury. Fifth-year … Continue Reading →

Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio essentially guaranteed his team would win on Saturday at Minnesota. He proved prophetic as Le’Veon Bell ran for a career-best 266 yards and a touchdown to lead the Spartans to a 26-10 victory and clinch a bowl berth for the sixth straight season. Bell became the second-leading rusher in Michigan … Continue Reading →

Michigan State likely put the game away, riding its horse the whole way. Junior running back Le’Veon Bell scored on an 8-yard run to put the Spartans up 26-10 with 7:25 to play. In the process, he eclipsed his career-best rushing game with 254 yards. He had 253 against Eastern Michigan. Bell is now the … Continue Reading →

Michigan State again made it a two-score game on a 30-yard field goal by Dan Conroy, his fourth of the game. Andre Sims Jr. returned a punt 44 yards to the Minnesota 7-yard line to set up the score. However, the Spartans lost six yards on the drive when a touchdown might have put the … Continue Reading →

Minnesota finally got its offense going and cut into Michigan State’s lead with a career-long field goal from Jordan Wettstein. The Gophers went 33 yards in 10 plays before Wettstein connected from 48 yards to make it 16-10 with 7:05 left in the third quarter

Michigan State opened the second half with a solid, 10-play drive that pushed its lead 1o 16-7 with 11:01 left in the third quarter. Le’Veon Bell was the workhorse again, but the Spartans stalled — as they have for much of the game — forcing Dan Conroy to connect from 43 yards for his third … Continue Reading →

The first half has been all Michigan State — literally. The Spartans hold a 13-7 lead over Minnesota, but the Gophers’ only score came on an interception returned 33 yards for a touchdown. It was one of two first-half interceptions thrown by Michigan State quarterback Andrew Maxwell that the Spartans have had to overcome. Dan … Continue Reading →

Michigan State overcame another Andrew Maxwell interception, marching 82 yards in 10 plays to take the 13-7 lead with less than two minutes left in the first half. On second down from the Minnesota 41, Maxwell fired a pass that went through the hands of Tony Lippett. However, the ball floated into the hands of … Continue Reading →

Michigan State bounced back from the interception to get back on the scoreboard, but again it failed to reach the end zone. After getting deep into Minnesota territory again, the Spartans failed to find the end zone and had to settle for a 43-yard goal from Dan Conroy, cutting the Minnesota lead to 7-6. Le’veon … Continue Reading →