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May 17, 2013

Legendary CFB/NFL Mind Hank Bullough Talks About the Assault of the Game of Football By the PC Police

Legendary CFB/NFL Mind Hank Bullough Talks About the Assault of the Game of Football By the PC Police Q: It appears to me the game of football is under an assault. What do you think about all these lawsuits from concussions, etc. from former players and do you think they’re going to change the [...]

Michigan State Legend & Former NFL LB Percy Snow Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame!

Percy Snow Elected To College Football Hall of Fame Two-time All-America linebacker ranks among 12 players and two coaches named to the 2013 Class. EAST LANSING, Mich. – Former Michigan State two-time All-American Percy Snow is one of 12 players and two coaches named to the College Football Hall of Fame [...]

Le’Veon Bell and Mark Dantonio Talk About Bell Being Selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers

Le’Veon Bell and Mark Dantonio Talk About LeVeon Bell Being Selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers Q: …and you talked about it was only a dream. You couldn’t imagine what your family’s reaction would be if the Steelers picked you. So what was their reaction? A: Man, a whole bunch of screaming and yelling. Everybody was [...]

2013 Spartan Nation NFL MOCK Draft

Five of my friends who are NFL scouts (or personnel/MGMT people) agreed to give me their mock drafts again this year. They represent five different teams. This is their MOCK DRAFTS, not mine. Three years ago we were the ONLY media MOCK draft that had Tim Tebow being picked in the first round and Jimmy [...]

News and Notes and Quotes from Michigan State Football Pro Day!

MSU Football Pro Day Notes! You want to know who helped themselves the most at MSU’s pro day? I talked with several scouts and almost all of them answered my question with the same two names. 1) Brett Swenson: Spartan fans remember Swenson as the amazingly accurate kicker who was brought in by John L. [...]

Mark Dantonio Speaks out on Dan Roushar to the NFL New Orleans Saints

Here is what Dantonio sent out via SID John Lewandowski moments ago: Mark Dantonio: “Dan Roushar has been a loyal and dedicated assistant for the last eight years, including the past six seasons at Michigan State. He’s a great teacher and a tireless recruiter. Dan certainly played a critical role in helping build a solid [...]

Former Michigan State OC Dan Roushar Comments About Leaving for The NFL

In response to Spartan Nation Breaking the story about Dan Roushar leaving MSU. MSU SID John Lewandowski just emailed out these quotes from Dan about his leaving. Michigan State offensive coordinator Dan Roushar has been named running backs coach with the New Orleans Saints. Dan Roushar: “The New Orleans Saints and Michigan State [...]

BREAKING NEWS FROM SPARTAN NATION: MSU OC Dan Roushar Has Accepted the New Orleans Saints Job Offer and Will Be Leaving Michigan State

Spartan Nation broke the story that Dan Roushar was interviewing for the NFL job with the New Orleans Saints earlier this week as a RB Coach. Today we are breaking the story that has accepted it. Roushar has been on the MSU staff since Dantonio arrived. He served the last two years as the MSU [...]

FORMER BIG TEN PLAYERS AND COACHES SET TO COMPETE IN SUPER BOWL

Park Ridge, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference will be well-represented on Sunday, Feb. 3, in Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans. Nineteen former student-athletes and 11 coaches with conference connections appear on the rosters of the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers. The Big Ten has also produced two of the last four [...]

Your Weekly Spartans in the NFL Report…

Garrett Celek and Trenton Robinson are bound for the Super Bowl. The two 49ers rookies will be playing in the biggest game of their lives in two weeks against the AFC Champions, the Baltimore Ravens. San Francisco clinched the Super Bowl berth with a win over the NFC South Division champs, the Atlanta Falcons, by [...]