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Full helping of MSU stories from the LSJ

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Daybreak this morning brings us a full buffet of MSU football coverage from the Lansing State Journal. The LSJ posted their annual MSU football season preview section today. There’s far too many stories for us to blog individually so here is a list of links to each story.
We’ll be buying a paper copy ourselves […]

JLS isn’t buying Erickson’s “poor me” act

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Idaho head coach Dennis Erickson and John L. Smith still talk to each other several times a week and remain good friends after coaching together for several years. At this point, Smith thinks he knows most of Erickson’s tricks.
David Birkett of the Oakland Press writes that Smith isn’t buying Erickson’s crying game this week.
“He’s […]

Video: John L. Smith press conference for Idaho game

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

John L. Smith talked with reporters on Monday and WILX Channel 10 was there to get the video. JLS discussed his mentor Dennis Erickson and the state of his team. We always find it interesting to listen to what questions each reporter asks to see which direction their columns are heading that particular […]

MSU football season tickets sold out

Monday, August 28th, 2006

For the second year in a row, Michigan State has sold out of Spartan Stadium football season tickets. The MSU Athletics Department reports that 61,227 football season tickets have been sold, the second-highest total in MSU history. MSU also sold 13,360 student season tickets, the most since 1991.
“This football season-ticket […]