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 […]
about 2 months ago | 4 reads
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 […]
about 2 months ago | 4 reads
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, […]
about 2 months ago | 4 reads
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 […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
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 […]
about 2 months ago | 8 reads
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 […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
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 […]
2 months ago | 4 reads
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 […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
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 […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
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 […]
2 months ago | 4 reads
What up, TOC Nation? We have two more questions for you this week, and I think the opinions on these are going to be a bit more impassioned than the fluff piece we put out over Thanksgiving. We have a new football coach and we have already seen the whole spectrum of reactions from you. […]
2 months ago | 5 reads
On the first Tuesday of December, Michigan State got its Big Ten slate underway with a home game against the Iowa Hawkeyes. I know many were worried about the trap game with a date with Duke on the horizon, and we had the news just before game time that freshman phenom Cam Ward would not […]
2 months ago | 4 reads
Our basketball team is fresh off another jump in the polls as they now sit #7 in the AP and #8 in the Coaches Poll. Tonight, we get a shot at a team who just cracked into the Coaches Poll at #25 (26 in AP) as Iowa comes to the Breslin Center. Both teams are […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
We are pinning this article to the top of the homepage as our gathering place for all player movement this offseason. We will regularly update this with any news of players leaving for the transfer portal, incoming freshmen signing their letter of intent, eventually players choosing to transfer to MSU, and, since we have a […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
Pat Fitzgerald will be the next Head Football Coach at Michigan State University. Following this announcement by the Detroit Free Press and ON3 Sports on Sunday afternoon, countless Spartan fans have shared a wide variety of opinions on the hire. From cautious approval to displeasure and even disgust, there seems to be a diverse crowd […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
Hopefully not lost in the news of MSU Football parting ways with Jonathan Smith and planning to hire Pat Fitzgerald, is an absolutely huge week upcoming for MSU Basketball. The Spartans host Iowa tomorrow to open Big Ten play before facing Duke on Saturday at Breslin Center. Here, we’ll look at what MSU will be […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
After almost two calendar years to the day, Jonathan Smith is out as the Head Coach at Michigan State. In his short tenure in East Lansing, Smith achieved zero bowl game appearances, zero rivalry game wins, and a 9-15 overall record (4-14 in the Big Ten). As of Sunday, November 30, new MSU Athletic Director […]
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