Sentences with phrase «spartans play»

The Spartans play unselfishly, causing coach Tom Izzo to fall in love with this squad.

Maybe you think those De La Salle teams that won all those games in a row were perfect, but you know, I saw the Spartans play a lot, and perfect they were not.

In the next three weeks, the Spartans play Ohio State and Penn State, and oh man, could they mess up a lot of things for a lot of people in that timespan.

At 6:15 he tapes his pre-game interview with Spartans play - by - play webcaster, Scott Armstrong.

The Spartans played each of the top six teams in the Big Ten this season only once — Ohio State, Purdue, Michigan, Nebraska and Penn State (all were played at home except for OSU).

The Spartans played some unsightly football this year but somehow managed a six - win turnaround from 3 — 9 to 9 — 3, highlighted by a weather - delayed 27 — 24 win over Penn State that lasted a total of seven hours and three minutes.

The tour, which runs from September 20 - 28, will kick off with the Spartans playing the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack Sept. 19 at MEI Middle School at 6:00 pm.

Not exact matches

They're also spartan, a single row of square boxes corresponding to games you've played that's like a stripped - down version of the PlayStation 4's left - right selection tool.

Several on Twitter were wondering if the Spartans knew if the game was being played:

So Long's Irish came at them early with screens and play - action shots intended to force the Spartans to back out of the box or risk a quick death.

Ricky, who has played every position, brings to mind another Spartan of the same size, whose magic Ricky studied when he was a Michigan State ball boy in the late»70s.

Jackson only played 16 minutes in Michigan State's second round loss to Syracuse, an inexcusable coaching decision by Tom Izzo that cost the Spartans their season.

The SB Nation Twitter account for the Spartans posted the following about the former Sparty QB who will face Tom Brady: «#GoGreen #ProGreen (hey @UMichFootball did we do this whole «claim someone who barely played for our team» thing right?)»

The Spartans, who play Iowa next weekend before traveling to Ann Arbor to face Michigan, had a funny moment late in the game.

While the 2014 - 2015 series between the Ducks and Spartans has already altered one season, one incredible play in 1999 stands as a nearly impossible moment to top.

The Spartans emerged with a 51 - 45 overtime win, and went on to play for the state title.

The Spartans (26 - 7), who won their fifth straight game, will play Monday against the No. 2 seed East Tennessee for the tournament title and an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

Even before a second - quarter interception of Spartans quarterback Connor Cook, Alabama's 10 - 0 lead felt insurmountable, given how the Tide's defense was playing.

If the Spartans fall to the Nittany Lions, the winner of the Michigan / Ohio State game would be the Big Ten East division representative and play Iowa in the Big Ten Championship.

While Tom Izzo and the Spartans know how to play in the tournament better than just about anyone, Valpo came out of the Horizon league, which is deeper than people realize, and will be a dangerous team.

If the Spartans are able to a void an early upset, they play the same physical brand of basketball that resulted in two convincing Missouri losses to Kansas State.

What did matter was that the game was played before a crowd of 17,670 — an astonishing number for a U.S. soccer game — which enjoyed itself enormously and came within 400 of filling to capacity ancient, decaying Spartan Stadium, home of the San Jose State Spartans.

This play by Dawson, which will likely not receive him any suspension, will overshadow the victory for the Spartans.

'13 Michigan State had a worse SRS that this year's team, it played an opponent in the Rose Bowl that SRS said was four points better, and yet the Spartans won by four.

While news that Battle more than likely won't be playing his college basketball in Ann Arbor is a low blow, this tweet from Roe, who started three seasons for the Spartans but had to retire from basketball due to knee issues, seems over the top.

With 20 days until kickoff for the Spartans, Mark Dantonio posted on his Instagram and Twitter accounts a video of last year's final play.

And while the Spartans had already played Mater Dei - Santa Ana three times by then, they hadn't yet faced Poly, which is known for producing more NFL players than any other high school in the nation.

De La Salle vs. St. Louis - Honolulu, Hawaii (2002) This was the Spartans» first trip outside of the state to play a highly ranked opponent.

Not surprisingly for someone who was a Spartans football standout at linebacker before playing rugby and baseball at UCLA, Alumbaugh showcases an all - around game.

And as usual, the only way someone is going to truly challenge the Spartans is if they can match their line play for 48 minutes, and that is a tall task for anyone in the section.

The Spartans have never played in the postseason and had never won more than two games in a season before 2015.

Until 1998, remember, the Spartans had not played any prominent teams from the CIF Southern Section's top division, and Mater Dei at the time was the program to beat.

Even beating No. 8 - seed Maryland on Thursday was no gim me, yet Dawn Baumann made plans somehow knowing that the Badgers would win and move on to play the Spartans.

Mumphery had completed his MSU playing career at the time of the incident and worked out the next day for NFL representatives during the Spartans» pro day at the Duffy Daugherty Football Building.

The Spartans averaged a robust 6.4 yards per play and were never seriously in jeopardy of losing, but while Langford rushed for a robust 134 yards in just 21 carries (6.4 yards per carry), the Spartans were awful on third down, and it cost them quite a few points.

No NorCal team is playing a tougher schedule than the Spartans, and getting them back to dominating form after losing the Texas opener has been impressive.

Unlike last year, where they played in the NIT against Syracuse, the Spartans will be waiting for their NCAA tourney matchup on Selection Sunday.

The Spartans have a top - 50 offense and should be able to score some points against a Fresno defense that is aggressive but prone to allowing a big play or two.

Young State running backs Madre London (questionable for Saturday), LJ Scott and Gerald Holmes have showed decent explosiveness in open - field opportunities, but a good portion of the Spartans» big plays come from the passing game.

In 2014, there was no such game so the two teams didn't play, necessitating the Spartans (also unbeaten) just being selected for the Open Division while Folsom had to win a NorCal Div.

The play was originally ruled to be down at the one yard line, but instant review later ruled it a touchdown, giving the Spartans a 37 - 31 victory over the Badgers.

Yes, the Spartans have another one in the NFL after Terron (who played at Oregon State) earned spot as a running back for the Atlanta Falcons.

Those of us who must live and play our golf along the northern reaches of the eastern seaboard are accustomed to a somewhat Spartan approach to the game, part of which involves walking around the course on one's own two pins.

(18) BISHOP O'DOWD - OAKLAND (9 - 3) COMMENT: Dragons scored more points against De La Salle (24) than any other NorCal team to play the Spartans in 2017, which included Pittsburg, St. Francis, Clayton Valley and San Ramon Valley.

The Spartans have the third - best scoring margin in the nation (16.2 points) but had some close shaves late in Big Ten play — including dicey wins at home against Rutgers and at Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern and Wisconsin — and then couldn't muster an adequate response when Michigan went on a second - half run in the Big Ten tourney semifinals.

Most Teams played not once but twice as we made up the Week we missed to watch the Spartans in the NCAA Tourney..

While Vitale got one more game than Terron Ward, who now plays at Oregon State, the way he went about earning the record is something that would've made the former Spartans running back proud.

Michigan State got the nod over Michigan to play its opening round games in Detroit over Michigan (who beat the Spartans...

Many are wondering how the Spartans got picked over the Wolverines to play in Detroit:

Before playing the Michigan State Spartans in East Lansing last year, Urban Meyer's Ohio State Buckeyes were on a trajectory for yet another 10 - win season devoid of postseason glory.