Michigan State will have to defend one of its former players on Tuesday.

Mick Cronin found a new way to express frustration, ejecting his own player during UCLA's blowout loss to Michigan State on Tuesday.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, while speaking at Michigan State University in 1988 as he campaigned for president, received some of his biggest cheers while giving the Spartans football team a nod for winning the Big Ten.

The Spartans need this one to gather some momentum after losing three of their last four.

No. 16 Spartans could be without starting guard when they host Northwestern on Feb. 18 but seem to have avoided a long-term injury.

Szczepanski helped get things rolling for the Spartans as they upset Louisville 4-3 in the season opener. The 6-foot-5, 235-pound senior pitcher registered the save for MSU. The hard-throwing right-hander came on in the bottom of the eighth and preserved a one-run lead, pitching 1.1 innings of one-hit ball with three strikeouts.

See where Pat Fitzgerald stacks up against the other new college football coaches.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Michigan State University reported a record $992,278,000 in research expenditures for fiscal year 2025, a 6.5% increase over the previous year and moves the university closer to its goal of reaching $1 billion in annual research spending.

It has been three years since three Michigan State students were killed and five others injured during a shooting on campus.

Let's break down the Spartans' upcoming game against the Bruins this Tuesday.