Linking Laconically yearns for more

A common focus the spring after a successful football season is to avoid complacency. Not surprisingly, head coach Mark Dantonio and the MSU football team have spent a lot of time already this spring talking about not being satisfied with their Big Ten Championship and Rose Bowl trophies. Dantonio won't let that happen, and there's no doubt the players will use the fact they were one win away from possibly playing for a national title last season as motivation while preparing for the next one.

Because hey, why not us, right?

MSU's confident Cook looks for more in '14 | ESPN | espn.com

So greedy.

Patriots' Alfonzo Dennard preps his cousin | Boston Herald | bostonherald.com

We know him as Darqueze.

Michigan State football adds preferred walk-on quarterback Colar Kuhns to class of 2014 | MLive | mlive.com

Welcome aboard!

Early preseason hoops polls have Michigan, Michigan State in bottom half of top 25 | Detroit News | detroitnews.com

Fine with me.

MSU president opposes athlete unionization effort in Wall Street Journal op-ed | Lansing State Journal | lansingstatejournal.com

For WSJ subscribers, the op-ed is here.