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Archive for October, 2005

Despite reports, MSU did not pay WJR to make the switch

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

There were early reports in the media that MSU had paid WJR to drop UM football and basketball broadcasts to become MSU’s flagship station. Some reports had the deal as high as $200,000 a year over five years. UM football announcer Jim Brandstatter even aluded to such a deal during a radio interview […]

Spartan players want to prove John L. Smith wrong

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

If you watched the Michigan State-Ohio State game on Saturday, you probably heard head coach John L. Smith’s comments as he went into the locker room at halftime. He was upset at the coaches for “screwing it up.” On Monday, the players got a chance to sound off, and, as Steve Grinczel of […]

MSU defensive backfield not giving up yet

Wednesday, October 19th, 2005

While a lot of Spartan fans can only remember the field goal debacle in Saturday’s loss to Ohio State, there was another area of concern. MSU’s secondary was burned by two long touchdown passes to Santonio Holmes and Ted Ginn. Holmes and Ginn are excellent receivers, but the defensive backfield has been a […]

Smith takes blame for OSU loss

Sunday, October 16th, 2005

MSU head coach John L. Smith is taking full blame for Saturday’s 35-24 loss to Ohio State on Saturday which was closer than the final score indicated. As Todd Schulz of the Lansing State Journal writes, close doesn’t cut it when you’re trying to win the Big Ten title.
The true shame of MSU’s 35-24 […]