Michigan State Spartans NCAA Football News

Sorry guys, I have been away from internet access for the last week or so, missed another big Spartan commitment and will try my best to catch everyone up on things you may have missed during my absence.

One is going to Michigan State University, the other is going to the University of Michigan.

MSU coach Mark Dantonio and his staff have been on a roll when it comes to recruiting.

Last week, Michigan State offered punter Mike Sadler . With the offer, the Spartans joined the likes of Alabama, LSU, Purdue, Northwestern and the Air Force Academy, all schools which had already offered him a scholarship.

The days of John L. Smith as head football coach at Michigan State were over. The program had been on a wobbly base for Smith's entire tenure.

Each week this summer GoldandBlack.com is previewing Purdue's 2009 football opponents.

Former Spartan Lorenzo White was a guest running backs coach at Michigan State's Spartan Football Fantasy Camp.

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Last week after Will Gholston the Detroit News ran a story calling him a "soft commit" to Michigan State.

Stir the echoes. Grab a clover. Prod uber-fan Regis Philbin . Notre Dame could well play in a BCS bowl this season.

With few game-changing wide receivers returning to campuses across the Midwest this fall, 2009 could be the year of the tight end.

Two incoming Michigan State freshman will begin training this weekend for their participation in the International Federation of American Football Junior World Championship, which begins at the end of June.

A few years ago a virtual unknown OL named Joel Foreman came up to Michigan State's camp and dominated a bevy of highly ranked recruits.

Today the Spartans will be hosting the first of several one day summer camps for elite recruiting prospects.

Last weekend, several of the top prospects in Michigan went to Champaign, Ill., for the Nike camp.

This month, future Spartans Chris Norman and Micajah Reynolds will represent the United States in the IFAF Junior World Championship in Canton, Ohio.

Three Michigan State players made college football analyst Phil Steele's preseason All-Big Ten first team, and one -- junior linebacker Greg Jones -- is on Steele's All-America list as a fourth-teamer. Jones, sophomore left guard Joel Foreman and senior kicker Brett Swenson were the first-team Big Ten selections.

When Brian Hoyer signed as a free agent with New England, many fans thought he had landed in the perfect spot.

"It's summertime, summertime, summertime," sang The Jamies in 1958. It is a song that says it all about this time of year.

It's that time of the year when the preseason college football magazines start hitting newsstands and Shannon Shelton of the Detroit Free Press gives a quick overview of Athlon Sports' Big Ten preview.