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Leggett leads Michigan St. past W. Michigan 49-14 (AP)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:34:53 PST

Little-used Ashton Leggett ran for 110 yards and four touchdowns and Kirk Cousins threw for a career-high 353 yards and two scores to lead Michigan State past Western Michigan 49-14 on Saturday in a rare November non-conference matchup for the Spartans. The win kept Michigan State's bowl hopes alive and introduced yet another potential lead running back in Leggett, a sophomore who had one...

Western Michigan Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:15:30 PST

Western Michigan is 0-2 in games against Big Ten schools this season, losing on the road to Michigan and Indiana. But those defeats likely won't dull the Broncos' belief that they can win games against the dominant conference in its geographic footprint.

The Broncos have had success against the Big Ten in recent games. They beat Illinois 23-17 last season and stopped Iowa 28-19 in 2007.

Though many of the players on this year's Western Michigan team participated in those games, coach Bill Cubit is making a point this week to remind them those results mean little when they travel to Michigan State on Nov. 7.

"We're going through some growing pains where a lot of the young kids are learning the importance of every play," Cubit told the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Gazette.

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True freshmen lights up Broncos (Rivals.com)

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:54:00 PDT

The Broncos made the 6 hour jog to Kent State to take on a young but improving group of Golden Flashes.

Kent State knocks off Western Michigan 26-14 (AP)

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:52:37 PDT

Spencer Keith threw for 373 yards and two touchdowns to lead Kent State to a 26-14 victory over Western Michigan on Saturday. Keith was 24-for-34 and threw scoring passes of 34 and 19 yards to Tyshon Goode as the Golden Flashes (5-4, 4-1 Mid-American Conference) won their third straight. Goode finished with 11 catches for 198 yards and Jacquise Terry added 90 yards rushing and a 15-yard touchdown...