Michigan State football announces captains for game against Michigan

Who will be Michigan State’s captains against Michigan?

Michigan State is gearing up for one of the biggest games of the whole 2021 college football season, a 7-0 vs. 7-0 clash against in-state rival Michigan.

It is a new tradition in the Mel Tucker era that there are weekly captains, showing the plethora of leadership the team has. This week is no different, as the teams’ Twitter page revealed who will be captaining the Spartans for their rivalry clash.

Matt Coghlin, Xavier Henderson and Jayden Reed will be the trio leading Michigan State on Saturday.

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WATCH: MSU LB Antjuan Simmons, UM QB Joe Milton trade jabs in post game press conferences

Maybe it’s time for Michigan quarterback Joe Milton to expand his “radar” after yesterday’s massive upset.

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Maybe it’s time for Michigan quarterback Joe Milton to expand his radar after yesterday’s massive upset.

Michigan State football did the unthinkable on Saturday, pulling off a huge upset of No. 13 Michigan, 27-24. The Spartans entered the match-up as more than three-touchdown underdogs, but never trailed in the rivalry game.

After the game, Milton was asked about MSU senior starting linebacker Antjuan Simmons, and despite Simmons racking up a game-high 11 tackles — Milton didn’t even know who he was.

“I mean I wasn’t really worried about him,” Milton said. “He’s a heck of a player, but he wasn’t on my radar.”

As I said, maybe Milton needs to expand that radar…

Simmons was later told about Milton’s not so kind words and had a nice little response himself.

“I mean it don’t matter, Pauly B is back with us,” Simmons said with a chuckle.

Simmons added that he doesn’t care if he’s on Milton’s radar or not, and that he’s always prepared for their opponent. That certainly was clear after Saturday’s performance by Simmons and the rest of the Spartans.

Watch the full exchange between Milton and Simmons — courtesy of Jamie Edmonds of WDIV Local 4 Detroit — below:

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WATCH: Michigan State Football puts out Paul Bunyan Trophy hype video, trolls doubters

Michigan State dropped a fire, hilarious video mocking their doubters and celebrating their Paul Bunyan Trophy win.

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Ladies and gentlemen… we got ’em.

Michigan State Football went into Ann Arbor today as the heavy underdogs, although they didn’t look like underdogs on the field, and they walked out with the Paul Bunyan Trophy.

The Spartans shocked almost everyone in the country, including many MSU fans, with their win over Michigan, and boy did they keep receipts.

After the game, the Michigan State Football social media account put out a hype video showcasing the MSU players celebrating with the Paul Bunyan Trophy in the locker room postgame, but they also included plenty of tweets of people doubting them in this game, which they edited using the often-memed video of Paul Bremer announcing the capture of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

Watch it below:

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WATCH: Izzo narrates MSU Football hype video for UM rivalry game

There’s always been a lot of emotion in the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry, and that was truly captured in this latest hype video.

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There’s always been a lot of emotion in the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry, and that was truly captured in the latest hype video released by the Spartans on Friday.

Ever since Mel Tucker took over in February, there has been a noticeable improvement on Twitter for the MSU Football account, including new hype videos. It only made sense to release another one ahead of tomorrow’s battle with the hated Wolverines, and it was equally fitting to have men’s basketball head coach Tom Izzo narrate the video.

Check out the video below:

Michigan State enters this matchup as heavy underdogs and will need a truly impressive performance to pull the upset. Can the Spartans get it done on Saturday?

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MSU-UM Rivalry Game Kickoff Details Announced

Kickoff details for the annual Michigan-Michigan State rivalry matchup were announced on Monday

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Michigan-Michigan State will kickoff at noon on Oct. 31 — serving as the perfect way to start off your Halloween.

Michigan State announced via Twitter on Monday that the annual rivalry will be nationally televised on FOX as their Big Noon Kickoff for Week 2 of the Big Ten season. This will be a second straight noon kick for the Spartans, who open the season at 12 p.m. on Saturday against Rutgers on the Big Ten Network.

The Wolverines have gotten the best of the Spartans the past two seasons in the annual rivalry matchup, with Michigan State last beating Michigan in 2017. Michigan should enter this year’s matchup as favorites to keep the Paul Bunyan Trophy for another year.

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