Tight end coach Brian Wozniak:

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QB Aidan Chiles:

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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa running back Leshon Williams and receiver Kaleb Brown have left the team and plan to enter the transfer portal in December, coach Kirk Ferentz said Monday.

Both players had diminished roles this season and appeared in only three of five games.

Williams started eight games and ran for a team-leading 821 yards on 170 carries in 2023. He went over 100 yards in three games, with a career-high 174 against Wisconsin. He finished his Iowa career with 1,323 yards rushing in 32 games and has one season of eligibility remaining.

Brown was at Ohio State for his freshman season and joined the Hawkeyes last year, when he started four of his 11 games and had 22 catches for 215 yards and a touchdown. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

Charlie Stramel, fresh off a 2 goal performance against Boston College was named to the All B1G Weekly team, coming in as 3rd star of the week. Stramel was excellent Saturday playing with new linemate Isaac Howard, and won 70% of his faceoffs as well.

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Following the conclusion of the Michigan State men's basketball team's first exhibition game of the 2024-2025 season — a 70-53 victory over Northern Michigan University in Marquette on Sunday in what was coined the "Superior Dome Showdown" — MSU head coach Tom Izzo reflected on what it meant to him to return to his alma mater and his old stomping grounds in the Upper Peninsula. The Michigan State players also discussed the experience.

See the full article here:

He said the Bills were without Stefon Diggs tonight? WTF?

Someone should tell Troy he plays for the Texans.

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This could impact Hoggard’s ability to return to MSU per the tourney website.

Ozan Baris won his semifinal match this morning over William Mroz of Illinois 6-4 6-3.

That win qualified Baris for the NCAA Singles Championship in November.

Baris will play in the final of the ITA Midwest Regional today at 1:30 p.m. at the MSU Indoor Tennis Center against Kenta Miyoshi of Illinois.

MSU's bye week was well-timed. Now, another tough test against Iowa awaits in a game that could really shift the odds for a bowl game in year one under Jonathan Smith.

“[Iowa is a] program I’ve got a lot of respect for."

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With MSU having the week off, I was able to dig a little deeper this week into the various Power Four races, including identifying a few potential spoilers in each league.

As for the Spartans, not a lot has changed over the past week. The next three games will be tough, but odds are good that Michigan State can steal at least one upset win. That would make the final three games of the season much more manageable.

Finally, I hope that someone made good use of last week's (bad) betting advice. My computer had one of its best weeks ever.

As always, enjoy.

MSU's Jonathan Smith is set to speak to the media momentarily. Live updates from the press conference will be posted here.

EDIT:

PRESS CONFERENCE VIDEO HERE:

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Duffy loved golf, so I decided to have some fun with this story.

I've played Forest Akers, but I didn't know as an old alum that MSU now has state of the art indoor facilities.

The players said the Forest Akers, the indoor facilities and coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll were all drawing cards on the recruiting trail.

Football and women's golf in North Carolina with Duffy approvingly watching from above - Tom Shanahan Report

Also, watch the NIL video Brooke and Katie did for me. Katie is playing for the piano and Brooke is reading from a children's book.

This would be a great teaching tool for Lansing-area elementary schools.

Unfortunately, MSU has done such a poor job celebrating Duffy, very football players know the true history of MSU leading college football integration.

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Michigan State is the latest to offer 2026 outside linebacker Nick Abrams II. He is building a relationship with co-special teams coordinator/rush ends coach Chad Wilt.

"It felt great," Abrams told Rivals when asked about the Michigan State offer. "I had actually just landed from a flight back to Maryland when Coach Wilt called. So I was walking through BWI airport talking to him, and when he told me about the offer, I was saying, 'yes, yes, yes' in the middle of the airport."

This is another cross-post from my article on the national Rivals site, but the majority of his quotes discuss Michigan State, along with his interest in Georgia Tech and Penn State, and his upcoming visits:

Spartans Illustrated:


Rivals homepage:

Gratulations to both service academies for playing some great football this year.

Both have future games with Notre Dame.

MSU tight end Michael Masunas' mom, Annalisa, posted an update on Michael's injury status on Facebook Thursday night.

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Monday, Oct. 14​

Men's tennis: ITA Regionals
Discussion Thread

Men's tennis: M15 Winston-Salem

Women's tennis: ITA Midwest Regional Championships (Columbus, Ohio)

Tuesday, Oct. 15​

Men's tennis: M15 Winston-Salem

Wednesday, Oct. 16​

Men's tennis: M15 Winston-Salem

Thursday, Oct. 17​

Men's tennis: M15 Winston-Salem

Women's soccer: vs. Wisconsin
7 p.m. B1G+
W 2-0
Discussion Thread

Friday, Oct. 18​

Field hockey: at Rutgers
1 p.m.
Discussion Thread
L 0-2

Volleyball: vs. Nebraska
6 p.m.
Discussion Thread
L 0-3

Ice hockey: vs. Windsor (exhibition)
6 p.m. B1G+
W 5-0
Men's soccer: at Indiana
7 p.m. BTN+
Discussion Thread
L 1-3

Saturday, Oct. 19​

Cross country: at Wisconsin pre-nationals
Discussion Thread

Football: vs. Iowa
7:30 p.m. NBC
Discussion Thread
W 32-20

Sunday, Oct. 20​

Field hockey: at Penn State
12 p.m.
Discussion Thread
L 1-2 (OT)

Women's soccer: vs. Northwestern
1 p.m. B1G+
W 1-0

Volleyball: vs. Washington
1 p.m.
Discussion Thread
L 1-3

The Michigan State men’s basketball program has its first commit of the 2025 class. Jordan Scott, a four-star shooting guard/small forward, gave his verbal pledge to head coach Tom Izzo and the MSU coaching staff, which he announced publicly on Thursday.

Scott was offered by the Spartans in June of 2023 after an unofficial visit to East Lansing and has been a priority target since that time. At 6-foot-7, 185-pound and a lengthy wingspan, Scott has the physical dimensions to be an impactful two-way player on the wing for the Spartans.

He took his official visit with Michigan State this past weekend, Oct. 4 through Oct. 6, which obviously went very well.

More here, via @verbose dutch:

The Michigan State men's basketball team takes on Northern Michigan in the Superior Dome in Marquette at 1 p.m. Eastern Time today for an exhibition contest. The game will air on the Big Ten Network.


@SydneyPadgett is on site and representing Spartans Illustrated today.

Series preview:
EDIT:

Game 1 recap (BC 3-0):
https://michiganstate.rivals.com/ne...lls-to-no-2-boston-college-3-0-in-home-opener

Game 2 recap (MSU 4-3):

Dwayne Aristode, a 6-foot-7 wing from the Netherlands who currently attends Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, is reportedly visiting East Lansing for an official visit to Michigan State next weekend.

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According to 24/7 High School Hoops, Aristode will be visiting MSU at the start of Labor Day weekend, arriving ahead of the football season opener against Florida Atlantic.

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Rivals has Aristode ranked 19th overall in the Nation for the 2025 Class and the eighth best small forward. MSU has been aggressively recruiting wings with Frankie Fidler and Jaden Adkins in the last season of their eligibility. At least four of the current top-10 wings have been targeted by the basketball staff, including Jalen Haralson, Trey McKinney, and Davion Hannah, along with Aristode.

No. 4 Michigan State rallied from 2-1 and 3-2 deficits to post a 4-3 victory over No. 2 Boston College on Saturday night at Munn Ice Arena. The Spartans pushed their record to 3-1 on the season and split the weekend series with the Eagles.

The victory was MSU's 600th at Munn Ice Arena. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024-25, Munn has hosted 955 Spartan games, and MSU holds a 600-282-73 record in its home facility all-time. Members of the 1974-75 Spartan hockey team – the first team to play at Munn - were on hand for the weekend festivities to kick off the anniversary year.

Stay tuned as Jerbear will likely have more Hockey coverage.

Sorry Tigers fans... we were ALL rooting for the good guys and bummed the Tigers ain't in the ALCS. But here you've got the chance to lay it ALL on the line. Who ya' got? Who gonna win the World Series?

Northern Michigan, the alma mater of Michigan State head men’s basketball coach Tom Izzo, will retire Izzo’s No. 10 jersey.

The news was announced by Izzo’s lifelong friend and former NFL coach/current analyst Steve Steve Mariucci.

MSU travels to Marquette to take on NMU in exhibition play in the Superior Dome on Oct. 13.

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Garvey was in a spirited debate with Adam Schiff yesterday.

Garvey credited his choosing MSU to Spartan head football coach Duffy Daugherty's encouraging him to be a multi-sport athlete.

At MSU, Garvey recorded 30 tackles and earned a letter as a defensive back in 1967. His first at-bat in a Spartan uniform resulted in a grand-slam home run, with the ball landing in the Red Cedar River.

Garvey was named Michigan State Baseball Distinguished Alumnus of the Year in 2009, inducted into the Michigan State University Hall of Fame in 2010, and retired his baseball jersey (number 10) from Michigan State University in 2014.

Garvey played first base for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres from 1969 to 1987 and was a ten-time All-Star.

• World Series champion (1981)
• NL MVP (1974)
• 2× NLCS MVP (1978, 1984)
• 4× Gold Glove Award (1974–1977)
• Roberto Clemente Award (1981)
• San Diego Padres No. 6 retired

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