Best play in Spartan Football History?
Over the past few years, Michigan State has certainly seen it’s fair share of dramatics in the final seconds of a game. Under the lights of Spartan Stadium, fans have seen “little giants” and this past weekend we were introduced to “rocket”. But what is the best? Greg Johnson of the Grand Rapids Press takes a look at some of the best plays in Spartan Football history.
Cousins named a semifinalist for the 2011 Davey O’Brien Award
After a shaky start to the season, Michigan State QB Kirk Cousins has been named a semifinalist for the 2011 Davey O’Brien Award which recognizes the nations best quarterback.
Fans can determine the final three candidates for the award by heading over to VoteOBrien.org. Fan voting will close at 1 p.m. Nov. 20. The finalists will be announced Nov. 21.
The winner will be announced on The Home Depot College Football Awards, airing Dec. 8 on ESPN.
The 35th annual Davey O’Brien awards dinner will be Feb. 20 in Fort Worth, Texas.
After Michigan State’s dramatic 37-31 victory over Wisconsin Saturday night, Cousins became MSU’s all time winningest QB with a career record of 22-10 as a starter.
Here is the full list of semifinalists for the Davey O’Brien Award…
- Matt Barkley, Jr., USC
- Tajh Boyd, So., Clemson
- Kirk Cousins, Sr., Michigan State
- Seth Doege, Jr., Texas Tech
- Robert Griffin III, Jr., Baylor
- Landry Jones, Jr., Oklahoma
- Case Keenum, Sr., Houston
- Andrew Luck, Sr., Stanford
- Kellen Moore, Sr., Boise State
- Keith Price, So., Washington
- Denard Robinson, Jr., Michigan
- Ryan Tannehill, Sr., Texas A&M
- Darron Thomas, Jr., Oregon
- Brandon Weeden, Sr., Oklahoma State
- Russell Wilson, Sr., Wisconsin
- Tyler Wilson, Jr., Arkansas
Kirk Cousins, Kyler Elsworth receive Big Ten weekly honors
The honors this week for Kirk Cousins keep rolling in. The Big Ten announced Monday that Cousins would be the conference’s co-offensive player of the week. Cousins was 22-of-31 passing for 290 yards and three touchdowns, including a game-winning pass as time expired in a win over Wisconsin Saturday night.
Cousins shared his offensive player of the week honor with Iowa wide receiver Marvin McNutt, who set the Iowa career record for TD receptions while catching three against Indiana.
Kyler Elsworth was named the Big Ten’s special teams player of the week after he blocked a Wisconsin punt in the closing seconds of the first half Saturday night. The blocked punt ended up turning into a touchdown for Michigan State who went on to beat the Badgers 37-31 handing them their first loss.
Ref: Mlive.com, Grand Rapids Press, AP (image)
