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Bad Betting Advice, 2025 Week 12: Once More, With Feeling

The 2025-2036 Big Ten and college football season has reached the final stretch. After a much needed break last weekend, Michigan State football is back and ready to take to the gridiron once more. While many have left the Spartans for dead, they are still standing, and there is still a chance to resurrect this season. But the Spartans will have to walk through the fire to do it. Up this week is the Penn State Nittany Lions in the final game at Spartans Stadium. If you would have told me back in August that the Spartans and Lions would be coming into the game with identical conference records and that the game would have post season implications, it would have hit a bit differently. Instead of Penn State fighting for a possible Big Ten Title and playoff seeding, the Nittany Lions and Spartans are both simply trying to stave off elimination from bowl eligibility. The last several weeks have been an emotional roller coaster. Both teams remain in the free fall part of the ride, waiting to...
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Against All Odds, 2025 Week 11: Battery, 100%

Every once in a while, it is nice to get a little break. Even in the best of times, it is good to take a weekend off from even our favorite hobbies. A change of scenery is a good chance to relax, reflect, and to recharges ones batteries. For fans of Michigan State athletics, this past weekend provided the perfect respite from what has been a surprisingly difficult fall.  The good vibes started on Friday night as the No. 1 ranked Spartan hockey team defeated No. 3 Penn State in overtime in front of a raucous crowd at Munn Ice Arena. On Saturday afternoon, the Spartan icers completed the sweep with a dominating 5-0 performance. The icing on the cake was the first big win of the young basketball season as the No. 22 ranked men's basketball team outlasted No. 15 Arkansas and legendary coach John Calipari at the Breslin Center. Michigan State's women's volleyball team picked up two wins over the weekend and the women's basketball team defeated Eastern Michigan on Sunday. The...
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Arkansas Player Quotes

Under head coach Tom Izzo, the Michigan State Spartans Men's Basketball always plays a difficult non-conference schedule. But the bulk of the games against high-level opponents in the months of November and December are usually played on neutral courts.  The last time the Spartans faced a ranked non-conference opponent in the friendly confine of the Breslin Center was December of 2019, when Michigan State lost to then No. 11 Duke. This season, the Spartan players knew that hosting No. 14 Arkansas on Saturday night was going to be both a special opportunity as well as a special challenge. The Spartans' core of veteran starters and captains all understood both the importance of getting a key, resume-building win even in early November. It is never too early to think about NCAA Tournament positioning.  "Even though it's early, I feel like it's a game that we needed," said junior wing Coen Carr following the game. "We needed to win for our confidence as a tea...
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Bad Betting Advice, 2025 Week 11: Welcomed Distractions

The 2025 football season has not gone according to plan for the Michigan State Spartans. This week, the Spartans have a bye, so there is not a lot to discuss on the East Lansing gridiron front. The coaching staff and players are taking a break, circling the wagons, and trying to figure out how to make the most of the remainder of the season. For Spartan fans, I recommend taking advantage of this opportunity to have a week away from football. There are several other potential welcomed distractions in other areas of campus.  Notably, the No. 1 ranked Michigan State hockey team hosts No. 3 Penn State for a two-game series at Munn Ice Arena this Friday and Saturday. Both teams are legitimate National Title contenders. If you have not been to a game at Munn recently, give it some thought. On Saturday night, the No. 22 Michigan State men's basketball team welcomes John Calipari and the No. 15 Arkansas Razorbacks to the Breslin Center. This game will mark only the sixth time the two hall-...
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Against All Odds, 2025 Week 10: Superstition

I am not a very superstitious person by nature. I believe that it just isn't the way. But when you see so many things that you don't understand, it really makes one wonder. The Michigan State Spartans suffered yet another loss on Saturday, this time an overtime loss on the road to Minnesota. But it wasn't so much that it happened as how it happened that is so frustrating. In many ways, the Spartans played well enough to win. Redshirt freshman quarterback Alessio Milivojevic was sharp in his first career start. The Spartan defense forced seven punts and one missed field goal, and Michigan State generally dominated the box score. But the Spartans also found a way to make just enough mistakes to allow the Golden Gophers to be tied at the end of regulation. If one had a magic wand and the ability to change to result just one out of about ten different plays, Michigan State would have won the game.  Then, once the game made it to overtime, it seemed like Stevie Wonder himself ...
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