If you’re a highly rated defensive back coming out of high school, making the decision to play at Michigan State is one that would be hard to debate. That’s exactly the position Kalon Gervin was in coming out of Detroit Cass Tech last season. He was the No. 1 player in the state of Michigan and checked in as the 113th-ranked player in the nation, according to Rivals.com.
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If Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield wakes up feeling dangerous this season, it will be largely because of his mentor Drew Stanton, says receiver Damion Ratley. “Drew is a really smart guy,’’ said Ratley. “I don’t think you understand how smart Drew really is. Drew will tell you something that’s going to work and that thing works. So Bake literally learns from him, so you’ve got to think of it in that kind of way, like Bake’s going to be dangerous.’’
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Kalon Gervin shook his head and then laughed. Michigan State football’s defense remained in the white jerseys for practice Monday, meaning the offense swept the Spartans’ scrimmages in camp. “The offense looked good, man,” the sophomore cornerback said. “I think they’re gonna shock a lot of people this year.”
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We review the schedule and offer predictions for the season as well as some over/under prop bets on the season.
No. 7 Michigan State men’s soccer continues its exhibition season, taking on Butler on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 5 p.m. at DeMartin Stadium. This is the Spartans only home game during the preseason slate.
Football season is now just a few weeks away. Michigan State Spartans fans can finally put the bumbling 2018 season in the rear-view mirror and hope for better things in 2019. Before the season starts, take a look at the five base questions every fan should know.
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Watch lists for national awards don’t usually come out so close to the start of the college football season, but the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award makes an exception.Michigan State’s Brian Lewerke is one of 49 senior quarterbacks named Monday to the Golden Arm Award watch list. Only senior or fourth-year junior quarterbacks on track to graduate with their class are eligible for the award.
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Don Treadwell knows wide receivers.That was the position he played in college and the same one the bulk of his coaching experience is at. The Michigan State assistant is back coaching receivers again this season but doing so with a new perspective. That’s after spending last year as an assistant defensive backs coach with the Spartans.
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MSU’s five offensive assistants from last season, including new coordinator Brad Salem, signed amendments March 29 that reduced their contracts from two-year rollover deals to one-year rollover deals.
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Michigan State hockey head coach Danton Cole announced today (August 19) that former Spartan hockey player Dan Sturges has joined the program as director of hockey operations. “It’s always great when you can welcome another Spartan back to the program,” Cole said. “Dan gained some excellent experience over the last few years and did a great job coaching at Colorado. We wish Brad Fast the best of luck in his new career and we’re excited about Dan and what he brings to Spartan hockey.”
Three Michigan State women’s soccer players were named to the Big Ten Women’s Soccer Preseason Honors list as voted on by the coaches, the Big Ten Conference announced on Monday, Aug. 19. Sophomore forward Camryn Evans, senior defender Michaela Kovacs and freshman defender Bria Schrotenboer represent the Spartans in the preseason honors list.
Eleven members of the 2019 Michigan State gymnastics team have been named Scholar All-Americans by the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Association (WCGA) as announced on Monday, August 19. Ashley Beatty, Tristan Brown, Gabriella Douglas, Sydney Ewing, Molly Hoerner-O’Malley, Ashley Hofelich, Jessica Ling, Madison McHale, Lea Mitchell, Jenna Wicker and Alyssa Wiedeman were all recognized for having a GPA of 3.5 or higher during the 2018-19 academic year.
In the first of three exhibitions, No. 7 Michigan State men’s soccer battled to a 0-0 tie with UIC on Sunday night at Flames Field in Chicago. The game was a re-match of the Spartans’ first round NCAA Tournament match with the Flames last season that MSU won 2-0.
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Michigan State wrestler Peyton Omania claimed the bronze medal Sunday at the Greco-Roman Junior World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Omania became the first Spartan wrestler to earn a World medal since Franklin Gomez’ silver medal at the 2011 World Championships in Istanbul.
When most defenses lose two of their four starting defensive backs to the NFL, there could be a bit of a setback the next season. At Michigan State, there are no plans for any sort of step in the wrong direction and sophomore safety Xavier Henderson is a big reason.
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Michigan State women’s soccer defeated Toledo, 2-0, in an exhibition match Saturday night under the lights at DeMartin Stadium. Sophomores Gia Wahlberg and Camryn Evans were the goal scorers for the Spartans, with junior midfielder Danielle Stephan tallying two assists.