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In July 2012, I was invited to take part in the first Michigan State Women's Hockey Clinic. It was open to the public, and had some similiar concepts to various women's football clinics across the country. But MSU Hockey Head Coach Tom Anastos also got the MSU female head coaches involved. Now. Let the fun begin.
From Urban Meyer's debut in Columbus, to an all-access look in East Lansing with Mark Dantonio's Spartans, to the Big House and a smiling Denard Robinson in Ann Arbor. Enjoy three of the biggest spring games in B1G country. Lisa Byington takes you through it all.
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On Senior Day in East Lansing, Indiana tries to hold off the Spartans who were chasing their first win of the conference season. Lisa Byington and Jennie Ritter call the action.
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"Put our blind resume up against other bubble teams and we should be in."
That's what MSU's Jake Boss Jr. told me Saturday before losing to Indiana in the B1G tournament semifinals. Up until this strong case he gave me while standing next to the underground batting cages, I didn't think the Spartans had a shot at an at-large.
Boss also added, "Regardless of what happens today. I am going …
"I want the fan watching to feel like they are in the game."
That's what Mark Dantonio told our BTN crew in preparation for Saturday's spring game. He (and MSU) didn't disappoint.
Dantonio was mic'd up, I was allowed into the huddles, got a chance to listen on headset, and even call a play ... (well, pass along a play from Gerry DiNardo...since it didn't work, DiNardo gets all the blame...) :)
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