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From left to right, junior wide receiver R.J. Shelton, junior cornerback Jermaine Edmondson and senior defensive end Shilique Calhoun celebrate Saturday after the Big Ten championship game against Iowa at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Spartans defeated the Hawkeyes, 16-13. PHOTO: JULIA NAGY

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MSU to face Alabama “There’s no turning back. Cedar Village residents This is our chance. celebrate football win in Cotton Bowl This is our year.”

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Alfredo Sifuentes, Spartan fan who greeted the players after they arrived back on campus Sunday morning — PAGE 10 STAT ENEWS .COM

Residents of the apartment complex and students alike celebrated the win by lighting on fire, among other things, a dumpster and a giant teddy bear — PAGE 2

Big Ten Champs Cedar Village rowdy after Iowa win

BY CAMERON MACKO CMACKO@STATENEWS.COM

Cedar Village erupted in celebration after MSU’s dramatic 16-13 win against Iowa in a last-minute touchdown during the Big Ten championship. Residents and students set a giant teddy bear and a dumpster on fire, among other things.

Police were on the scene well before the game ended and were stationed in groups throughout Cedar Village. An officer said on scene they had a plan for when something inevitably happened, but declined to give specifics. Horse officers patrolled the streets and throughout the night would remain very close to the crowd in observation.

Going from silence to uproar in a matter of seconds during the game Saturday night, Cedar Village was the scene of a massive celebration involving police in riot gear trying to quell a crowd that was quickly getting out of hand.

Police vehicles moved to block off the entrances to the complex and sometimes aggressively shooed away cars that were trying to drive through the streets of Cedar Village.

At least three people were arrested during

the celebration, two of them after a number of firecrackers were set off in the middle of the crowd, which was steadily increasing in size, and sending multiple people running away from smoldering ashes.

No fire trucks were seen in Cedar Village, even after two fires were lit. The first major one of the night involved a giant teddy bear, which was seen burning a ways from the main crowd.

The second major fire was lit in a dumpster, which the crowd bolted towards until police in riot gear set up a perimeter and began pushing the crowd back. Only moments later the police divided the main crowd in two and began piecemeal dispersing the crowd.

Smoke from the dumpster fire f loated throughout Cedar Village and made it as far as Grand River Avenue. At one point the flames rose very close to a tree that stood over it.

It is unclear what individuals arrested will be charged with. In past revelries, individuals have been charged with disorderly conduct, remaining within 300 feet of a fire or even arson.

Check back at statenews.com for more information on those arrested early Sunday morning.

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MSU football headed to College Football Playoff after defeating Iowa

Fans take over Indianapolis’ Slippery Noodle Inn for weekend of fun

Check out our photo spread of the Spartans’ victory this weekend

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The MSU football team has secured a spot in the 2015 College Football Playoff after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday night, 16-13. The Spartans will head to Arlington, Texas to take on No. 2 ranked Alabama in the Cotton Bowl, on Dec. 31.

ABOVE: The Spartan football team and Spartan fans celebrate on Saturday after the Big Ten championship game against Iowa at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

The Spartans defeated the Hawkeyes, 16-13. PHOTO: ALICE KOLE LEFT: Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers coach Mike Tressel talks to the team in the third quarter on Saturday during the Big Ten championship game against Iowa at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. JULIA NAGY NEXT PAGE TOP: The Spartans celebrate on Saturday after the Big Ten championship game against Iowa at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. PHOTO: JULIA NAGY

NEXT PAGE RIGHT: Senior linebacker Darien Harris kisses the trophy on Saturday after the Big Ten championship game against Iowa at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. PHOTO: JULIA NAGY NEXT PAGE BOTTOM: Senior defensive end Shilique Calhoun sacks Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard for a loss of eight yards in the third quarter on Saturday during the Big Ten championship game against Iowa at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. PHOTO: JULIA NAGY 4

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“We knew we had to execute each

play. You know, we knew each play was big and that we had to stay with the ball. I was just trying to make a big play for my brothers. We knew what we had at stake.”

LJ Scott, Freshman running back

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Big Ten Champs Indy bar opens doors to committed Spartans

In the lower corner, from left to right, packaging senior Jessica Fedrigo, marketing senior Abbey Kennedy, human biology senior Amy Wozniak and environmental studies and sustainability senior Paige Lackey chat on Saturday at the Slippery Noodle Inn before the Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis. The Slippery Noodle is a bar known for attracting Spartan fans. PHOTO: JULIA NAGY

BY MATTHEW ARGILLANDER MARGILLANDER@STATENEWS.COM

INDIANAPOLIS — Right in the middle of downtown Indianapolis, with Lucas Oil Stadium in sight, there is a historic part of the city Spartan fans call home.

The Slippery Noodle Inn, founded in 1850, is the oldest continuously operating bar in the state of Indiana. It is also the oldest commercial building in the city, but on Saturday it served as the meeting spot for hundreds of MSU fans.

Fans from all over gathered at noon to watch the MSU basketball team take on Binghamton and celebrate in anticipation of the Big Ten Championship between No. 5 MSU and No. 4 Iowa.

MSU alumnus Paul Quirke, president of Indy Spartans, the alumni chapter for MSU alumni living in Greater Indianapolis, helps to coordinate the event and said he loves the relationship Spartan fans have built with “the Noodle” as he referred to it.

“This is great, I’ve always wanted to do this. I had a chance to go to the Rose Bowl in 1988 and didn’t do it. I love the Slippery Noodle. This is cool, you get to meet Spartans from all places.”

Jim Ackerson, MSU alumnus

“We built a relationship with the Noodle a couple of years back, they love having us here and we love coming here even during (events that are not as big) we have game watches here,” Quirke said.

Quirke said the previous president of the Indy Spartans, Rick Doyle, frequented the establishment for the bands and the music they play and he got to know some of the management and when the championship and Big Ten Tourna6

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The Slippery Noodle Inn Founded in 1850, The Slippery Noodle is the oldest continuously operating bar in the state of Indiana.

It hosts the Indy Spartans, the alumni chapter for MSU graduates living in Indianapolis during the Big Ten basketball Tournament and other monumental Spartan games.

ment began hosting in Indianapolis it was just a natural fit in regards to having a place downtown for Spartans to come and hang out before the games.

MSU alumnus Jim Ackerson made the trip to this year’s Big Ten championship to capitalize on missed opportunities.

“This is great, I’ve always wanted to do this,” Ackerson said. “I had a chance to go to the Rose Bowl in 1988 and I didn’t do it. I love the Slippery Noodle. This is cool, you get to meet Spartans from all places.”

Ackerson was excited to say that nearly everyone in his group had met someone new from their respective hometowns.

For Quirke, the atmosphere in Indianapolis and at the Slippery Noodle Inn stems from the recent success of both the football and basketball teams.

“When this many Spartans are here you meet up with friends and you bring your family and this is just a good environment,” Quirke said.

“Today was great because we had a noon basketball game, so people we’re in there watching.

Everybody is really energized with the way the football team and the basketball team are playing right now.”

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Senior defensive end Shilique Calhoun motions after a tackle in the third quarter on Saturday during the Big Ten championship game against Iowa at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Spartans defeated the Hawkeyes, 16-13.

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“We found a way. Great drive at the end of the game, nine‑minute drive, clutch plays by our quarterback, defensively played lights out....this is our third time winning the Championship, third time being here, two times winning it here, there’s

no question in my mind this is a special place down here in Indy, the

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Senior quarterback Connor Cook hands off the ball to redshirt freshman running back Madre London in the third quarter on Saturday during the Big Ten championship game against Iowa at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Spartans defeated the Hawkeyes, 16-13. PHOTO: JULIA NAGY

BY RYAN KRYSKA RKRYSKA@STATENEWS.COM

When freshman running back LJ Scott scored MSU’s game-winning touchdown during MSU’s Big Ten championship victory over Iowa Saturday night, a 6-foot-2 and 268-pound Hawkeye defensive end went on a string to jostle Scott’s extended arm, but Scott moved the ball at the perfect time to evade a devastating turnover and reach it over the goal line.

Twenty-seven seconds later, the MSU players stormed the field, reaching their helmets high into the air to celebrate a 16-13 victory over Iowa. They knew what this win meant — a College Football Playoff spot — and the eventual selection on Sunday proved this true as No. 3 MSU (12-1) will be playing No. 2 Alabama (12-1) in the national semifinals — the Cotton Bowl, which the Spartans won last year over Baylor 42-41.

“We knew we had to execute each play,” Scott said.

“You know, we knew each play was big and that we had to stay with the ball. I was just trying to make a big play for my brothers. We knew what we had at stake.”

TEAM OF DESTINY What awaits MSU now is quite possibly the most successful program of the decade — Alabama, a team coached by former-MSU head coach Nick Saban. During his years at MSU from 1995-99, Saban went 34-24-1 and left before the 1999 team’s Citrus Bowl game to become the coach at LSU. MSU is one of seven universities out of the 128 NCAA Division I teams to have been selected for the College Football Playoff since its institution last year. The 2015 Spartans football team is the first in MSU history to play in the new format and has a chance at the national championship for the first time since 1966.

MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis, on the field minutes after the game, said MSU’s current position makes this team feel like one of destiny.

“It sort of does (feel like destiny) and there are so many special kids on this team that you just embrace

27 Seconds left in the game Saturday when LJ Scott scored the game-winning touchdown

them every time you have a situation like this,” Hollis said. “Our goal is always to enter every season with these expectations and when you can have the conclusion end up this way it demonstrates that it is not just lip service, it is something that we feel we have the right coaches, we have a great president a fan base and our student-athletes have a relationship with their coaches that is just unbelievable.”

Knowing a berth was solidified, MSU fans in Lucas Oil Stadium rushed in a frenzy to the front row railings. Members and allegiances of the MSU program joined the team on the field and the Big Ten championship stage was promptly setup near the visiting sideline.

Fifth-year senior quarterback Connor Cook was named Big Ten championship game MVP after a day of completing 50 percent of his passes and running

Ryan Squanda Sports editor sports@statenews.com @thesnews_sports

Head coach Mark Dantonio smiles while giving a speech on Saturday after the Big Ten championship game against Iowa at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Spartans defeated the Hawkeyes, 16-13.

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for a crucial fourth-and-two, which forced Cook to dive forward with his hurt right shoulder.

“Obviously I wasn’t 100 percent,” Cook said. “I got a grit it out being in a situation like this, playing for a championship. You have to go out there and compete.”

Head coach Mark Dantonio spoke victorious words and was recognized as a Big Ten champion for the third time at MSU. “We started out today and wanted to go a little bit farther than we did last year, 12-1 and we’re marching, we’re marching,” Dantonio said. “I can’t say enough how proud we are to be Spartans.

“It’s a special time, with special people at a special place.”

SPARTY’S HEROES All the while, the University of Michigan game hero, redshirt freshman defensive back Jalen Watts-Jackson was leaning on his crutches, standing dead-center of the green and white end zone.

His head was on a swivel as teammates danced around with blue, red, orange and yellow confetti trailing from their shoulder pads.

“It’s a blessing to be here with my team you know, just to see that everything paid off and everything worked out,” Watts-Jackson said. “This was always our goal, just to be here, and it is just a blessing.”

The trophy presentation ended, but the celebration continued. Watts-Jackson’s fellow punt-block “Ranger” and freshman safety Grayson Miller was awestruck by what he called his team’s fourth mirac-

“Our goal is always to enter every season with these expectations and when you can have the conclusion end up this way, it demonstrates that it is not just lip service.”

Mark Hollis, MSU Athletics Director

ulous finish in just his 13th career game.

“Oh my God, this is the craziest feeling I have ever had,” Miller said.

Across the field, the game’s top scorer, junior kicker Michael Geiger, could be seen smiling at the crowd lined up above the tunnel as he walked into the locker room. Geiger made a 41-yard field goal against Ohio State to keep MSU’s playoff hopes alive.

“I’m feeling unbelievable,” said Geiger, who made field goals from 23, 29 and 47 yards during the game.

“Awesome trip, but it’s not done yet, we still have all our goals in front of us, incredibly. This is one big step definitely and I am just looking forward to seeing what we can do in the final four.”

And Geiger was right, because MSU will be playing meaningful football on Dec. 31.

“So, we are where we want this program but you

never, you never want to take a rest, you got to keep it pushing and you want to be back here every year,” Hollis said.

NOT DONE YET The Spartans’ next opponent, Alabama, has been in the top four in the CFP since the rankings were released in week nine and have been No. 2 since week 10. The Crimson Tide defeated Florida, 29-15, in the SEC championship game on Saturday. The Cotton Bowl is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. EST at AT&T Stadium is in Arlington, Texas.

Dantonio said he would be enjoying the Big Ten ONLINE championship on Saturday, and not moving on to To read more any potential semifinal match-ups. However, Dan- of our football tonio did say something that could just be a coinci- coverage from Indianapolis, dence, but still speaks to the clear brand he’s built. head to “Well, I just think we have resilience,” Dantostatenews.com nio said.

Many who have followed Dantonio’s team can also agree what he’s built his program upon. And that includes MSU human biology junior Blake Feighner, who stood in amazement and watched the entirety of the postgame celebrations.

“It means resiliency,” Feighner said. “It means being a team that is not supposed to be there. I’ve been a State fan for a while. I was a part of a fan base when I’d be happy at a bowl game, I’d be happy at six wins, I’d be happy at seven wins and now at this point we settle for nothing but a national championship and that is what I love about this program and that is what I love about Mark Dantonio.”

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Spartan fans welcome the Big Ten football winners back to campus

BY JOHN LAVACCARE JLAVACCARE@STATENEWS.COM

Sunday morning, MSU fans gathered outside the Duffy Daugherty Football Building to welcome four buses carrying the Big Ten champion Spartan football team back to East Lansing.

Watching their heroes arrive home victorious was a seminal moment for many longtime Spartan fans, a number of whom brought their children to share in the celebration of the season.

The Kohuth family was one of those young families who came out to watch the triumphant Spartans arrive.

Lisa and Greg Kohuth are MSU alumni who still live right down the road from the university in East Lansing.

They have seen the ups and downs of the Spartan football team throughout the years from up close, and are excited to see the program advancing to new heights.

“It ’s just really amazing the way they’ve grown since coach Dantonio has been here,” Lisa Kohuth said. “They just never give up, keep going.

The “reach higher” (slogan), they’re definitely doing that.

It’s just great to be raising our children in this community with such a positive program.”

Their children, Evan and Emmaline, are being brought up in the Spartan tradition.

Evan was excited to get an

autograph from Connor Cook as he exited the bus. Growing up around MSU and enjoying such transcendent athletics has inspired the Kohuth children’s hope to follow in their parents’ footsteps and become Spartans.

“My son already wants to play football or basketball here,” Lisa Kohuth said. “They love to go to as many home games as they can. They just love being close to this campus and the environment.

We wouldn’t have it any other way. We’re both alumni and hopefully our two kids will be someday.”

Alfredo Sifuentes, Francie Zarate and their son Jacob were among the first to arrive at the Duffy Daugherty Football Building.

Sifuentes, who has watched the Spartan program grow over the years, believes MSU football still has room to grow.

“The program has come a long way, and it’s still not where we’re going to be,” Sifuentes said. “We’re getting there.”

Sifuentes was optimistic when asked about the Spartans’ chances in the College Football Playoff.

“There’s no turning back,” Sifuentes said. “This is our chance. This is our year.”

Some students were also present to welcome their classmates home.

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Head coach Mark Dantonio walks from the bus to the building on Sunday outside of the Duffy Daugherty Football Building. The Spartan football team is arriving from winning the Big Ten championship game in Indianapolis.PHOTO: SUNDEEP DHANJAL

“It’s just really amazing the way they’ve grown since coach Dantonio has been here. They just never give up, keep going.

The “reach higher” (slogan), they’re definitely doing that.”

Lisa Kohuth, MSU football fan

freshman Noah Isaak was among them. He was similarly optimistic about the Spartans’ playoff hopes, especially after the team’s performance in Saturday’s win.

“That last drive was amazing,” Isaak said. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a drive as long

as that. I think it shows the grit and the toughness of this team, mental toughness.

I think this game showed that we can hang with any other team.

“We’re not ever going to get blown out. We’ll always have a fighting chance to win.”

Dantonio talks Cotton Bowl versus Alabama In the first press conference after the Spartans were officially named as the No. 3 seed in the second annual College Football Playoff, the focus was less on the previous night’s triumph in the Big Ten championship and more on the challenge to come at the Cotton Bowl Classic against Alabama on Dec. 31.

The Spartans will have the next 25 days to prepare for perennial juggernaut Alabama. In head coach Nick Saban’s nine-season tenure, the Crimson Tide have won three national titles. The Tide have played in a New Year’s Six — previously known as BCS Bowl — in seven of Saban’s nine seasons.

Saban coached MSU for five years between 1995-99, and Dantonio served as his defensive backs coach during that time. Because he spent this time working for Saban, some of Dantonio’s coaching philosophy comes from that of the Alabama coach.

“My mind as a football coach is shaped by the as a necessary stepping stone in the program’s people I’ve worked for,” Dantonio said. “Certainly ascent to national title relevance.

“We were 11-1 as we went down there that Jim Tressel, who I’ve talked about a lot, but Nick Saban is probably the guy, too, from a defensive particular day, and had some turnovers, and it became a rough day as things system, certainly, and then also spun out of control a little bit,” from an overall football system.

Dantonio said. “With that being ... You want to be physical. You said, I think that’s a part of the want to be tough. You need to process here. That was our first have great knowledge of what game in a situation like that.” you do. Those are three things Dantonio sees the Dec. that we constantly preach ...

31 rematch as a chance to those are the three charactershow how the Spartans have istics that I constantly talk to advanced as a program in the our players about.” past four years.

This will be the second allpoints Alabama is currently “As you move forward, you try time meeting between the favored against MSU and win regular season games two schools. The first matchup in the Cotton Bowl in the Big Ten, win bowl games, between the Spartans and the try to take your program to the Crimson Tide was in the 2011 Capital One Bowl, when a 9-3 Alabama team next level,” Dantonio said. “Now we get to find starring Mark Ingram and Julio Jones held Kirk out if we’ve grown up a little bit.”

The Spartans have the advantage of playing in Cousins and the 11-1 Spartans to just seven points in a 49-7 thrashing. Dantonio views that game the Cotton Bowl Classic for the second year in a

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row. Last season, when the Cotton Bowl was not a part of the College Football Playoff, the Spartans upset the former playoff hopeful Baylor Bears in the game. Numerous Spartans, including senior center Jack Allen, were glad to hear of the team’s return to Dallas. "(The Cotton Bowl is a) great atmosphere,” Allen said. “Playing down there is always fun.

The hospitality down there is one of the biggest things.”

The Spartans are currently nine-point underdogs against Alabama, but they are used to the underdog role, as this week is the first time all season that the Spartans have been in the top four of the College Football Playoff rankings.

Senior quarterback Connor Cook said the betting line will only provide the Spartans with more motivation.

“We love that role,” Cook said. “We embrace being an underdog. It’s kind of who we are, as a program, with a chip on our shoulder. ... No matter if we’re the underdog or the favorite we go into each and every game trying to prove something.”

Big Ten Champs Freshman LJ Scott helps Spartans chase goals

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Freshman running back LJ Scott makes the game-winning touchdown on Saturday during the Big Ten championship game against Iowa at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The Spartans defeated the Hawkeyes, 16-13. PHOTO: JULIA NAGY

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“Reach higher.”

It sounds simple enough. All season long, MSU football head coach Mark Dantonio has asked his team to “Reach higher” and go somewhere they’ve never been, specifically a national championship.

MSU fans have watched several symbols come full circle this season.

For example, in MSU’s shocking victory over the University of Michigan, Dantonio had the team wait an extra 10 seconds on the bus in silence, to take in and think about the importance of the game. And that 10 seconds came back to the Spartans when they blocked a punt for a touchdown with 10 seconds remaining before the play started.

And on Saturday night, freshman running back LJ Scott took Dantonio’s season mantra literally.

On third and goal from the 1-yard line, Scott took a handoff from senior quarterback Connor Cook.

He appeared to get stuffed by two Hawkeye defenders but he kept pumping his legs, spinning and reaching his arm past the goal-line and propelling MSU into the College Football Playoff as the Spartans defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes, 16-13.

Behind Scott’s extra efforts and a stout defensive performance, MSU beat Iowa to put them one step closer to their ultimate goal.

“It’s just fitting for this season and for this team,” senior linebacker

Darien Harris said. “It just seems like there’s so much symbolism that always goes along with this team and how we were able to play this season.”

Senior center Jack Allen said the team questions Dantonio’s mantras and themes to the season, but at the end of the year they always seem to come to fruition.

“I feel like Coach D has been doing that the last couple of years, he says something at the beginning of the year and everyone’s like ‘what?’ and then at the end of the year that’s what it comes down to,” Allen said.

Senior cornerback Arjen Colquhoun is just happy that Scott is his teammate.

He said he knew the talented freshman would be special.

“That kid’s a baller man, he’s one of the best running backs I’ve ever seen just come out of high school,” Colquhoun said. “I’m just glad to have him on my team, he’s a great person, great player and just expect more from him.”

Scott’s effort literally reached the Spartans into the playoffs, and what started as a motto for the season has become so much more.

Next up for the Spartans — Alabama in the College Football Playoff “We just have to stay humble, execute (for) everything we’ve always wanted and reach higher on our goals,” Scott said. “Dreams come true man. I just gotta remain humble and everything will happen, everything will fall into place.”

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