Tag: Spring Game

Michigan State’s annual Green-White spring game, presented by McLaren Health Plan, has been scheduled for Saturday, April 13 at 2 p.m. in Spartan Stadium. Additional details regarding the spring game and youth clinic will be released at a later date.

Source: Michigan State University Athletics

Offense Edges Defense, 32-30, in Green-White Spring Game
MSU Official
Utilizing a modified scoring system, the White (offense) defeated the Green (defense), 32-30, on Saturday afternoon for the Green-White spring game, presented by McLaren Health Plan, in Spartan Stadium. The game was played in chilly conditions, with temperatures in the 20s most of the day.
 

Michigan State flashes QB depth in Green-White game
Detroit News
Brian Lewerke did not play much in the Michigan State spring game. He wasn’t expected to and he didn’t have to. Lewerke is the Spartans’ second-year starting quarterback and in limited action late Saturday afternoon in chilly temperatures at Spartan Stadium, he completed 7-of-12 passes for 82 yards and a touchdown. All in a day’s work, or in this case, about a quarter and a half.
 

Couch: Connor Heyward’s spring game adds to anticipation of Michigan State’s backfield
Lansing State Journal
Connor Heyward seemed like a powerful kid. A bruising runner. A versatile team guy. A decent college running back. That’s what I thought before Saturday’s Michigan State spring football game. Now I’m wondering if he’ll be considerably more.
 

Michigan State football QBs Lombardi, Day have ups, downs in debuts
Detroit Free Press
Rocky Lombardi dropped back and sent a laser slicing through the frigid air. The first pass for the Michigan State redshirt freshman on his first play in his first game at Spartan Stadium zipped right to senior tight end Matt Sokol for 18 yards. Six plays later, Lombardi took a sack. Or at least a two-hand tag, since quarterbacks are off limits.
 

Heyward adds another dimension to Spartans ground game
Detroit News
Senior starter LJ Scott is Michigan State’s known commodity at running back, but Connor Heyward took advantage of the spring game stage to show his versatility. Heyward can run — he had 11 carries for 44 yards and a touchdown – he can catch out of the backfield and has worked at wildcat and threw a pass on a two-point conversion late in Michigan State’s spring game at Spartan Stadium on Saturday.
 

Matt Allen gets start for Spartans at center
Detroit Free Press
When Michigan State’s offense trotted onto the field in public for the first time this spring, there was a familiar name in the middle of the offensive line. Another Allen. Sophomore Matt Allen grabbed the ball and snapped it, and thus the family lineage continued for the Spartans as he joined his older brothers Jack and Matt as starting centers. At least for now.
 

Michigan State spring game offers glimpse at QB depth behind Brian Lewerke
MLive
Five possessions using three quarterbacks and zero points. That was how Michigan State’s offense began the spring game on Saturday at Spartan Stadium. Two possessions with one quarterback and two touchdowns. That’s how the Spartans finished the spring game as the offense used a late rally to top the defense, 32-30.
 

Connor Heyward in position to be a factor in run game as a sophomore for Michigan State
MLive
Connor Heyward could have been in a number of different places on the field at this point in his Michigan State career. The versatile sophomore played five different positions for his high school in Georgia before coming to East Lansing last summer with no set position. Now, nine months into his Michigan State career, he’s settled into a pretty important position: No. 2 running back behind LJ Scott.
 

Overheard after Michigan State’s spring game: Keeping it close and laying off junk food
MLive
Michigan State’s offense topped the defense 32-30 during Saturday’s spring game at Spartan Stadium. Here are notable quotes from Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio and players after the game
 

Post-game Quotes

Couch: 3 quick takes on Michigan State football’s spring game Lansing State Journal
Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch gives his initial thoughts on the Spartans after their spring football game Saturday at Spartan Stadium.
 

Quick take: Michigan State offense tops defense in spring game Spartan Tailgate
The Michigan State offense topped the defense 32-30 Saturday in the annual spring game at Spartan Stadium. Backup quarterback Rocky Lombardi led two late scoring drives, including what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown pass to Darrell Stewart to cap off a game that was decided by a modified scoring system that included some improvisation from head coach Mark Dantonio. Lombardi went 10-for-22 for 135 yards and one passing touchdown on the day.
 

Five observations from Michigan State football’s spring game Detroit Free Press
It was your typical spring game. Spots of the ball moved at random to benefit the offense and challenge the defense. Special teams were not live. Time was added and subtracted at coach Mark Dantonio’s discretion.
 

Three takeaways for Spartans heading into 2018 Sporting News
Michigan State played its Green-White Spring Game on Saturday at Spartan Stadium in chilly 30-degree temperatures. That offered the first look at a program that finished 10-3 in 2017. The Spartans played an offense vs. defense scrimmage for the second straight season, and that showed a talented team in East Lansing heading into Mark Dantonio’s 12th year as head coach. The White team beat Green 32-30.
 

Late rally lifts Michigan State offense past defense, 32-30 MLive.com
After Michigan State’s defense won the first two scrimmages of the spring, round three went to the offense. The offense (white) mounted a late rally to beat the defense (green) 32-30 during the annual spring scrimmage on a cold Saturday evening at Spartan Stadium.
 

Second-half strides lead offense past defense in 2018 spring game Impact Sports
White defeated Green in Michigan State’s annual spring game by a score of 32-30. For the second consecutive year, the game featured an offense (White) vs. defense (Green) format. The offense was scored the same way as an ordinary game, whereas the defense was awarded three points for every scoreless five minutes in addition to another three points per turnover.
 

15 players not dressed for 2017 Green-White spring game Land of 10
Michigan State has entered the field for its 2017 Green-White spring game, but not without some absences. The roster released by the Spartans included 86 names — every player who finished the 2016 season with remaining eligibility except for the announced departures: Thiyo Lukusa, Drake Martinez, Malik McDowell, Montae Nicholson and Jon Reschke.

Defense wins Michigan State spring game; questions remain Detroit Free Press
It was defense against offense. The scoring system was unclear. A number of players did not dress. Michigan State still held its annual spring game today, the 13th of 15 practices. The Spartans will still work out two more times next week before breaking from an issue-filled off-season filled with a number of questions still swirling ahead of Mark Dantonio’s 11th year.

Michigan State’s top-five plays from its spring game Land of 10
Michigan State hosted its spring football game on Saturday, and the defense (White) came out on top with a 33-23 win over the offense (Green). Here were five of the top plays from today’s action.

Green-White scrimmage a sampler for upcoming season isportsweb
As Michigan State football held it’s spring practices in the dark, the annual Green-White scrimmage gave fans their first look of how the team was coming together following a disappointing 3-9 season last year. The spring game saw four 10-minute quarters with the White team beating the Green team 33-23

Quick observations from Michigan State spring game Spartan Tailgate
In a slightly adjusted format compared to years past, Michigan State held its annual spring game Saturday at Spartan Stadium with the defense beating the offense 33-23. Rather than having two teams with offensive and defensive players, the scrimmage was strictly offense vs. defense with a modified scoring system. And while the defense won, the score doesn’t say a whole lot about a spring scrimmage.

Michigan State defense tops offense in spring game MLive
Michigan State stepped out into the bright afternoon sun on Saturday afternoon. Michigan State’s defense topped its offense, 33-23, in the program’s annual spring game using a modified scoring system that rewarded the offense for touchdowns and field goals and the defense for turnovers and time elapsed without giving up points.

MSU football hosts annual Green and White scrimmage State News
It was a familiar sight as fans trickled into Spartan Stadium for MSU football’s annual spring scrimmage. In a modified version, the Green team played offense while the White team represented the defense. A tight game throughout the day, the White team prevailed over the Green, 33-23.

3 Things We Learned From Michigan State’s Spring Game The Game
Michigan State’s 2017 spring football game was played with a lot of attention given to who wasn’t on the field to start, but ended with a glimpse into how good key offensive players will be in 2017-18. This despite the fact it was the defense who won the game 33-23.

2017 Michigan State Green-White spring football game: 5 things we learned Land of 10
The Michigan State defense came out on a sunny Saturday and, with an unorthodox scoring system, beat the Spartans offense 33-23 in the 2017 Green-White spring game at Spartan Stadium.

Dienhart: Five observations from Michigan State spring game BTN
This hasn’t been an ideal spring for Michigan State, as the program had been under wraps with three players as the focal point of a sexual assault investigation. Mark Dantonio hadn’t spoken to the media since Feb. 1 before breaking his silence earlier this week. The entire spring session has been behind closed doors.

Joe Bachie emerges as Michigan State’s starting middle linebacker Detroit Free Press
Michigan State seems to have settled on its starting linebacking corp. The Spartans started Andrew Dowell, Chris Frey and Joe Bachie during their annual Green-White spring game Saturday at Spartan Stadium.

In Michigan State’s uncertain times, Brian Lewerke provides source of optimism Saturday Tradition
Lewerke, who entered the spring as Mark Dantonio’s top choice to win the job, looked like a guy who was ready to make that next step. He was poised in the pocket, he went through his progressions and he delivered on-target throws.

Dantonio Post-Game Quotes: Spring Game Michigan State Official Site
First of all I want to thank all of the Spartan fans for coming out today, I thought it was a great crowd. Also had a great experience at our youth clinic that had over 1,100 young people, along with their families, so we had about 5,000 people out back at our practice facility. I thought it was a great day for our fans, for our players, and for our young fans.

After a spring like no other, Michigan State steps out into the light at spring game MLive
After a long winter, football returned to Michigan State on Saturday. The Spartans held their annual spring game in front of a tempered Spartan Stadium crowd, marking their first public appearance since they stepped off of the field last November at Penn State to finish a 3-9 season.

Quarterback ‘competition’ anything but as Brian Lewerke distances himself at spring game Land of 10
Is Michigan State’s quarterback situation even worth calling a competition anymore? Asked Saturday whether he has had enough healthy signal-callers for a position competition, Spartans coach Mark Dantonio didn’t even use the word in his response after the Michigan State Green-White spring game at Spartan Stadium. He complimented his presumptive starter and reiterated his view from just after the 2016 season.

Mark Snyder takes DEs, Mike Tressel back with LBs Detroit Free Press
In Mark Dantonio’s limited access since signing day on Feb. 1, Michigan State’s head coach has reconfigured his defensive coaching staff. Dantonio said after today’s spring scrimmage that he has reassigned Mark Snyder to coaching defensive ends and that co-defensive coordinator Mike Tressel once again has re-assumed duties coaching linebackers.

And now, a brief respite from larger issues to watch some football.For the first time since November, Michigan State players will take to the field in front of the public to run, pass and tackle during the program’s annual spring game (3 p.m., BTN) at Spartan Stadium.

Source: MLive.com

For better or worse, Michigan State will play its annual spring game on Saturday, and while there will be plenty of attention paid to who isn’t on the field, there are plenty of things to watch that relate directly to football, as well.

Source: Detroit News

There are plenty of questions swirling around Michigan State’s football program entering Saturday’s spring scrimmage.Let’s focus on what is expected on the field.

Source: Detroit Free Press

The Michigan State football program will host its annual spring game and youth clinic on Saturday, April 1. Click here for detailed information on the two events.

Source: Michigan State Official Athletic Site

Michigan States annual Green-White spring game, presented by McLaren Health Plan, has been scheduled for Saturday, April 1 at 3 p.m. in Spartan Stadium. The game will be broadcast live on BTN.

Source: Michigan State Official Athletic Site