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Had its offense packed a little more punch, Michigan State’s 2012 season might have played out very differently. Mark Dantonio’s team fielded one of the most stifling defenses in the country last fall, but its attack kept it from living up to lofty preseason expectations.
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mlive.com —
"My mindset as a backup, whether it was at Michigan State or here in the NFL is, I want to play so well in practice that even if I'm not the guy, the coaches are going back to meetings, watching film and saying, 'I can't wait until we can give this guy an opportunity to show us what he can do on Sundays,'" Cousins told reporters Thursday after participating in the Redskins' offseason team activities.
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mlive.com —
"I'm going to try to be (the guy); I'm not going to say I am going to be the guy," Bell said when asked if being the No. 1 back was on his mind. "I just want to go out there and compete. That's the best I can do. I can't make no decisions for myself or for anybody else. I just want to go out there, do what I can do, try to impress coaches and players, just try to get on the field and play my role."
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mlive.com —
Michigan State was in the midst of a 4-8 season under John L. Smith when it decided it needed a new football coach on Nov. 1, 2006. Then-athletic director Ron Mason turned to his answer man to essentially chair the project, and Mark Hollis, then senior associate athletic director, was on the clock.
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spreaker.com —
Jack Ebling and Rico Beard discuss the rumors of another quarterback controversy currently brewing at Michigan State - this time between Andrew Maxwell and Connor Cook.
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freep.com —
Many Michigan State fans can remember the days when linebacker Jim Morrissey was terrorizing Big Ten running backs for the Spartans. The MSU coaching staff is taking a look at his youngest son: Matt Morrissey of Stevenson High School in Illinois.
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Lima (Ohio) Central Catholic four-star safety Darius West is scheduled to make his commitment next Thursday and named a top four of Michigan State, Kentucky, Louisville and Wisconsin. With a college-ready body at 6-0 and 195 pounds, he is just the type of player the Spartans are looking for defensively.
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mlive.com —
"I feel like he sets you up to be a man," Gholston told Buccaneers.com last week. "Everybody comes into college about 18, 17 years old. You're not a man yet. You don't know what's going on. He's been out in the world. He's been in different programs. He's played college football in Division I, and I feel like all the things he's set in place -- the rules and everything like that -- is just helping you for when you go out.''
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btn.com —
BTN.com contributor, Sean Merriman recently spoke with Andersen and asked him to share some of his best, untold stories during his playing days at Michigan State.
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msuspartans.com —
The Big Ten announced on Thursday morning Homecoming kickoff times for the upcoming 2013 season, including three Michigan State games. The Spartans will open the Big Ten season Oct. 5 at Iowa, beginning at 12 p.m. EDT. The following week, MSU's Homecoming game vs. Indiana on Oct. 12 will also begin at 12 p.m. EDT. Michigan State's game at Illinois on Oct. 26 will start at 3:30 p.m. EDT.
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Sophomore receiver Juwan Caesar has requested and been granted a release from his scholarship, Michigan State announced Thursday morning. Caesar, a receiver from Miami Coral Park High School, was part of MSU’s 2011 recruiting class. He was redshirted in 2011 and didn’t see any game action last for the Spartans.
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mlive.com —
"It's hard to say that as fans and supporters and you're, 'Oh man, we were 7-6,' but I would say that was by far the best job that our head coach has ever done," Salem told the MSU Genesee County Alumni Club earlier this week. "And hearing all the media or the things, it was unbelievable how every game was one, two three points. But in the building, it was unbelievable how he kept us together.''
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It hasn't taken new Michigan State defensive line coach Ron Burton very long to establish himself as one of the better recruiters on the staff, having landed three of the Spartans eight current verbal commitments. Burton, however, might be in over his head recruiting four-star defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi from Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Va.
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freep.com —
Earlier this week Rivals.com updated their individual player rankings and Michigan State saw a bump up the national recruiting rankings. The Spartans are now ranked 20th in the nation for the class of 2014. Michigan State shares that ranking with the University of Oklahoma. Both the Spartans and the Sooners currently have 8 players verbally committed.
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He has yet to log a single carry with the Pittsburgh Steelers, but Le’Veon Bell has already earned comparisons with Eddie George (from Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley) and Matt Forte (from ESPN’s John Clayton).
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