Let's Go Bowling...

It's been a heart-testing year for us Spartans. A season of ups and downs, finishing 7-5 and tied for fifth place in the Big Ten in Mark Dantonio's first season looks in hindsight to be a positive year for MSU. I can easily say that this is the best 7-5 team we'll probably ever see. After all is said and done, we ended up 24 points from a perfect season. We lost to then #5 ranked Wisconsin by three points at Camp Randall, to #1 ranked Ohio State in Columbus by 7 and had a big one stolen at the end by those boys in blue at home. Beyond going to a bowl for the first time since 2003, there are some amazing individual stats to remember about your '07 Sparatans.

1) MSU is the only team in the entire BCS division to have a QB with 2,000+ yards, a running back with 1,000+ yards and a receiver with 1,000+ yards.

2) Brian Hoyer is the #2 passer in the Big Ten with a 138.9 rating.

3) Javon Ringer and Jehuu Caulcrick are the #3 and #9 running backs in the Big Ten. Caulcrick has also scored 21 rushing touchdowns making him #3 in the entire BCS Division while setting a new MSU record in the process.

4) Devin Thomas is the #1 receiver in the Big Ten with 1226 yards and averaging 102.2 yards per game. He also led the conference with 957 yards on kick returns. He is also the #3 receiver in the entire country for total receiving yards. He leads the Big Ten in all purpose yards, 2,370, averaging almost 200 ypg.

5) MSU leads the Big Ten in points scored per game averaging 34.1 ppg.

On to the bowl outlook. MSU is ranked #36 overall in the BCS standings and #6 in the Big Ten.

See : http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/polls?poll=4&date=2007-11-18

There are 7 bowls that have contracts with The BIg Ten, so we are definitely playing another game this year. Being ranked 6th in the Big Ten by the BCS computers and having beaten Indiana and Purdue, the two next closest teams, it looks like chances are good that we'll get the call to go to the desert on New Year's Eve and play in the Champs Insight Bowl in Tempe, Arizona. Start packing Spartans!