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Spartan football season tickets all sold out

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

Despite many fans suspecting that ticket sales might be down this season, MSU announced today that all season tickets for MSU football have been sold out. It is just the fourth time that season tickets have exceeded 60,000.
Michigan State has played before a sellout crowd in 47 of its last 52 home games, including […]

Lots of little changes around the Big Ten

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

Today’s Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that there will be lots of subtle changes in Big Ten football this season.
Northwestern will lean on quarterback Brett Basanez to run coach Randy Walker’s spread offense.
Michigan State will do the same with quarterback Drew Stanton, who passed for passed for 1,600 yards and ran for nearly 700 more in […]

Spartan defense hopes The Swarm is back on the attack

Friday, August 26th, 2005

Steve Grinczel of MLive.com reports that after having a +11 turnover margin in 2003, good for second in the Big Ten, the Spartans slipped to ninth in the conference in 2004 with their -5 turnover margin. MSU also slipped from a Big Ten leading 45 sacks in 2003 to ninth in the conference with […]

Burning questions for MSU football, Big Ten roundup: Iowa pretty in pink

Friday, August 26th, 2005

Dave Dye of the Detroit News tries to answer some of the burning questions that MSU fans have coming into the season including who will be replacing Dave Rayner as placekicker.
Q. How does Michigan State replace Dave Rayner, the team’s career leader in scoring, field goals and extra points?
A: The heir apparent, junior-college transfer John […]