{"id":20561,"date":"2025-01-12T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=20561"},"modified":"2025-01-12T05:30:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T10:30:36","slug":"michigan-state-football-beats-out-ohio-state-for-fcs-all-american-ot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/?p=20561","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State football beats out Ohio State for FCS All-American OT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just days after enjoying himself some Michigan State hoops, FCS All-American offensive tackle Conner Moore decided to spurn Ohio State and commit to <a href=\"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/michigan-state-football-hits-recruiting-trail-hard-with-flurry-of-offers\/\">Michigan State football<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a shocking commitment considering Moore is from Ohio and the Buckeyes are playing for a national title. Why wouldn&#8217;t he want to move back home and play for the program that may very well be the reigning national champions in 2025?<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Smith and Jim Michalczik closed the deal on Thursday and he committed on Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MichiganState?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MichiganState<\/a> transfer OT commit Conner Moore tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C_Robinson247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@C_Robinson247<\/a> he plans to enroll right away &amp; will arrive on campus on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Re: his choice of MSU, he primarily credits OL coach Jim Michalczik, while adding the family feel was also key.<\/p>\n<p>Quotes: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rFadON3R5k\">https:\/\/t.co\/rFadON3R5k<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gQwKDtVK3R\">pic.twitter.com\/gQwKDtVK3R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SpartanTailgate.com (@SpartanTailgate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpartanTailgate\/status\/1878294107191189622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Moore credited Michalczik and the family atmosphere in East Lansing for his commitment and he told Justin Thind of 247Sports that he&#8217;ll be enrolling immediately and moving to campus this week. He&#8217;ll be starting classes this semester.<\/p>\n<p>Michigan State could use all the offensive line help it can get and Moore happened to be the best available offensive tackle in the transfer portal. Moore will be a day one starter in East Lansing and he joins a class that will also bring Matthew Gulbin, Caleb Carter, and Luka Vincic from the portal. Each of those guys could contend for starting snaps this season. The offensive line&#8217;s depth is much greater than it was in 2024 and that should give fans plenty of hope heading into 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Also, this recruiting victory should give fans hope that Smith and Co. are the right staff for the Michigan State job. They can beat out elite programs for in-state kids and that&#8217;s a trend that if it continues could bring title-contending teams to East Lansing.<\/p>\n<p>Moore had a visit planned with Ohio State following his trip to East Lansing and had already seen Cincinnati, but the Ohio-native decided to cancel his visit to Columbus to commit to the Spartans. That shows some serious trust in this coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but this offensive line has me excited for next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biggest win of the offseason?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,424],"tags":[59,529,190,191,189,504],"class_list":["post-20561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-transfer-portal","tag-featured","tag-jonathan-smith","tag-michigan-state-basketball","tag-michigan-state-football","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}