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Duffy and Shinsky

The Duffy Daugherty Memorial Award banquet was a good one, headlined of course by Jim Tressel but highlighted as well by Jackson Lumen Christi coach Herb Brogan and Ovid-Elsie running back Chris Robinson, who will play for Grand Valley State in the fall.

MSU-'Cuse in the Garden

ESPN just announced its Jimmy V Classic matchups for next year, and it has a nice doubleheader on Tuesday, Dec. 7 at Madison Square Garden. The early game (7 p.m.) is Kansas-Memphis, followed by MSU vs. Syracuse.

A commitment from Georgia, a visitor from Ohio

Mark Dantonio now has five verbals for the class of 2011, and tonight he will give the verbal -- presenting the annual Duffy award to a mentor and coach whose success lies in the details.

Van Pelt, Pingel to be honored

Rick Lilly, your quest is complete, basically. Lilly and several former MSU players have been working to get the late Brad Van Pelt's number retired, and this morning MSU announced that Van Pelt and the late John Pingel will join George Webster, Don Coleman, Bubba Smith and John Hannah in MSU's "Ring of Fame" in the east upper deck of Spartan Stadium. The ceremony will take place before the Sept. 18 night game against Notre Dame.

Don't forget the leftovers

May as well go overkill on the food analogy in this look back at MSU's latest version of spring football.

Three-day warning: Duffy honor for Tressel

For those in the mid-Michigan area, tickets are still available for the Duffy Daugherty Memorial Award ceremony, which will honor Ohio State's Jim Tressel on Thursday night at Eagle Eye Golf Club in East Lansing.

Wrapping a busy Saturday

How about that NFL draft? The Raiders take Jeremy Ware (and later, U-M's Stevie Brown!) while early entrant Donovan Warren goes undrafted. Meanwhile, Blair White surprisingly goes undrafted but lands with the Indianapolis Colts -- along with former MSU teammate Brett Swenson.

Spring game first blush

Blushing at the prediction of a high-scoring game, first of all. The Green just beat the White 17-10, the game ending when Eric Gordon stopped Andrew Maxwell after a gain of six on a fourth-and-10 trick play with Keshawn Martin taking a screen behind the line and throwing back to Maxwell.

Pictures of MSU's new uniforms

MSU's new look. Here you go:

NCAA gets it less wrong than anticipated

A 68-team NCAA Tournament? I can live with it if you can.