VICTOR WAS THE VICTOR, MSU FALLS

VICTOR WAS THE VICTOR, MSU FALLS

by | Feb 20, 2013 | Detroit Free Press, Sports

EAST LANSING – With less than 50 seconds left, the ball came off the rim and Denzel Valentine watched it, like everyone watching at home and almost everyone inside the building. Almost everyone – except the man Valentine was supposed to be guarding,...
VICTOR WAS THE VICTOR, MSU FALLS

NOTHING IS NORMAL ABOUT THESE SPARTANS

by | Feb 25, 2009 | Detroit Free Press

It was a gutsy play, if not a smart one. The Spartans lined up for fourth and one on the Michigan 21. There were less than five minutes left; they had a one touchdown lead. One touchdown? Normally you kick a field goal. Normally, it’s a no-brainer.

But Saturday was not about normal.

“I looked over to Coach D,” quarterback Brian Hoyer would later tell the media, “and I could see him saying to himself, ‘We’re going for it.’ “

VICTOR WAS THE VICTOR, MSU FALLS

CURTAIN UP, AND DOWN! MSU NOT READY YET

by | Feb 25, 2009 | Detroit Free Press

EAST LANSING – The weather was perfect, the stadium was packed and the whole town was pounding with green-and-white optimism.

And then the game started.

And Ohio State pulled the Spartans’ pants down.

Not ready. Not yet. The records suggested that Michigan State was an elite team, but records are just numbers. The field tells the tale. And on the field, there were the Big Boys and there were the Wannabes. Before this game was 15 minutes old, it told an age-old story about one team that has done it and one team that is still dreaming about it.

VICTOR WAS THE VICTOR, MSU FALLS

CURTAIN UP, AND DOWN! MSU ISN’T READY YET

by | Feb 25, 2009 | Detroit Free Press

EAST LANSING – The weather was perfect, the stadium was packed, and the whole town was pounding with green-and-white optimism.

And then the game started.

And Ohio State pulled the Spartans’ pants down.

Not ready. Not yet. The records suggested that Michigan State was an elite team, but records are just numbers. The field tells the tale. And on the field, there were the Big Boys and there were the Wannabes. Before this game was 15 minutes old, it told an age-old story about one team that has done it and one team that is still dreaming about it.

VICTOR WAS THE VICTOR, MSU FALLS

MSU’S SEASON: TOO BAD VS. THE TWO GOOD

by | Nov 23, 2008 | Detroit Free Press

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Brian Hoyer heaved the pass downfield – then took a shot from a linebacker who I swear was fired from a cannon. Hoyer crumpled. He never saw the ball, which was just as well, since it was intercepted. He lay on his stomach, then buried...