The $10 million project proposal goes before the MSU Board of Trustees at its regular meeting Friday for approval.

The board in December authorized university officials to begin planning for the project, which at that time sported an $8 million bill.

University officials say Spartan Stadium's current scoreboard and sound system technology are so outdated that their parts are no longer manufactured. The current scoreboard was installed in 1998.

What's more, the venue's current technology generally is not on par with that of the competition.

"These boards also lag behind other highly competitive Football Bowl Subdivision football stadiums," MSU Vice President for Finance and Operations Fred Poston said in a memo to the Board of Trustees. "Contemporary scoreboards allow additional revenue opportunities, and are becoming the norm for Big Ten football stadiums."

Poston also noted Spartan Stadium's sound system does not "adequately service the facility" and the outer skin of the south scoreboard has proven to be troublesome, regularly requiring repair.

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The No. 13 Spartans ended a decade of bowl futility by coming back from a 16-0 halftime deficit to beat Georgia, 33-30, in triple overtime Monday in the Outback Bowl at Raymond James Stadium.Dantonio, who came into the game 0-for-4 in bowls as Michigan State's coach, pulled the Outback Bowl trophy a little closer to him as he addressed the media following the game.

"We've been waiting for one of these bowl trophies for five years," Dantonio said. "Thrilled to have it"It just points toward us becoming an elite program. There's not a football team that we cannot play with and not win against. We've done that. We've beaten every football team in the Big Ten Conference within the last four years. The standard has been set by our seniors. We're going to have to continue to work and grow as a program with recruits. … Two 11-win seasons, there's not too many football teams in the country that are saying that right now."

TAMPA, Fla. - Representatives from Michigan State and Georgia made their way to Tampa Thursday afternoon for the ceremonial Outback Bowl contract signing. The event featured athletics directors and coaches from both schools.

MSU head coach Mark Dantonio and Georgia head coach Mark Richt also met with the media to talk about the matchup.

"Last Saturday night was a difficult time for us, but we need to be able to move on," said Dantonio. "That's been something we've been able to do as a program every time we've hit a little bit of adversity, whether it's in the first quarter in a game, or whether it's after the game. We have to move forward, and that's what we'll continue to do. We have a great opponent in Georgia and an outstanding environment to play in. Our players are expected to be ready. We'll challenge them again to win 11 games.

"Winning that bowl game is something that we have not been able to do since we've come here. If our senior class can do that, that will set the bar again in an area we haven't been to yet. This senior class continues to make their way as one of the best senior classes we've ever had here. I know they will be focused on the challenge ahead."

"I think it's an opportunity for not only our student-athletes, but our fans to be all in," said MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis. "This is an outstanding bowl game against an outstanding team. It's an opportunity to play against an SEC Division champion - they won the East Division, and we won the Legends Division. We're very much looking forward to that challenge. As strong as we are in the field, we need to have that same strength up in the stands."

The 2012 Outback Bowl kicks off at 1 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 2 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. Tickets are available at msuspartans.com.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Kirk Cousins threw for 260 yards and three touchdowns and 13th-ranked Michigan State beat Iowa 37-21 to take control of the Big Ten's Legends Division.

B.J. Cunningham caught a pair of TD passes for the Spartans, who snapped a seven-game losing streak at Iowa dating back to 1989.

Michigan State (8-2, 5-1 Big Ten) took a commanding 31-7 lead with two touchdowns in a 36-second stretch late in the second quarter. Cunningham followed Le'Veon Bell's 25-yard TD run with a 22-yard touchdown catch to put Michigan State up by 24 at the break.

The Spartans can now earn a spot in the Big Ten title game with wins over Indiana and Northwestern in the next two weeks.

James Vandenberg threw for 262 yards and two touchdowns for Iowa (6-4, 3-3), which lost its first home game of the season.

Save for a brief flash of life out of Iowa late in the third quarter, the Spartans coasted to a payback win over the Hawkeyes after getting pounded 37-6 last season in Iowa City.

Iowa quickly cut a 34-7 deficit to 13 points on McNutt's 3-yard TD catch and a 2-yard touchdown run by Marcus Coker. But Iowa got too cute trying a hurry-up sneak on 4th-and-1 and was called for a false start, and Vandenberg's next pass fell incomplete with 10:16 left.

Dan Conroy hit a 48-yard field goal with 5:11 left, and Tony Lippett's fumble recovery with 2:53 to go sealed the win for the Spartans. 

Cousins found Cunningham alone in the middle of the end zone for a 6-yard TD pass, putting the Spartans ahead 7-0 after their first drive.

Cousins then followed a pick by Johnny Adams with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Edwin Baker to give Michigan State a 14-0 lead with 7:37 left in the first quarter.

In less than half of a quarter, the Spartans had more points than they had scored in each of their previous three road games.

Iowa's answer came seven seconds into the second, as Vandenberg found sophomore C.J. Fiedorowicz for his first career TD grab from eight yards out. But safety Tanner Miller went for an interception of Cousins and missed, allowing Keshawn Martin to go 67 yards and set up a 22-yard field goal from Conroy.

That put the Spartans ahead 17-7 - and they weren't through yet.

Bell, who ran for 112 yards, went straight up the middle of Iowa's defense for a 25-yard touchdown run with 1:57 left in the second quarter, and Jordan Bernstine fumbled the kickoff right back to Michigan State.

That set the stage for a leaping touchdown grab by Cunningham, giving Michigan State a 31-7 lead.

It was a complete role reversal from last season's game, which Iowa led 30-0 at halftime, and ended Iowa's slim hopes of landing in the inaugural Big Ten title game.

The misery didn't stop there for the Hawkeyes either, as Michigan State successfully converted a fake field goal in the third quarter with a 24-point lead.

Iowa only got 57 yards rushing from Coker, the Big Ten's leading rusher entering the game.

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Red-shirt freshman punter Mike Sadler has been named the Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday.

Sadler averaged just 35.0 yards on five punts in Michigan State's 31-24 victory over Minnestoa, but a season-best four of his five punts were placed inside the Gopher 20-yard line. Sadler delivered two clutch punts in the final seven minutes, twice pinning Minnesota inside its own 10-yard line. His first punt was downed at the Minnesota 6 and the second fair caught by Brandon Green at the Gopher 10.

One of 15 starting freshman punters in the FBS (true and redshirt), Sadler ranks third in the Big Ten and tied for 23rd in the nation with 14 punts inside the 20. In addition, he has placed seven punts inside the 10. For the season, he is averaging 38.7 yards per punt (40 punts for 1,549 yards).

Earlier this season, Sadler was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for his role in the victory vs. Michigan. Sadler averaged 41.0 yards per punt on five attempts against the Wolverines, had one punt downed inside the Michigan 20-yard line, and delivered a long of 45 yards despite wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour in Spartan Stadium.

This marks the second time this season a Spartan has earned Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week honors (Kyler Elsworth vs. Wisconsin).

After taking an early 7-0 lead on a fake field goal play, the Michigan Wolverines could not contain the raging green and white.

In another epic battle of one of the most storied rivalries in all of sports, the Spartans and Wolverines both featured some flashy uniforms for the latest chapter.

Who would reign superior, though?

With 5:06 left in the first quarter, the Michigan State Spartans scored right back, as Edwin Baker made it 7-7 on a 1-yard run. The Spartans compiled a 63-yard, nine-play drive—their biggest of the day.

The teams would exchange possessions throughout the second half, with no change in score. Denard Robinson, known for his dazzling running game, struggled to work the pass game in the Wolverines' favor, a recent trend in his game.

It wasn't until the third quarter that Keshawn Martin stepped up, asserting his presence in this battle.

On 3rd-and-goal, on a pass from MSU quarterback Kirk Cousins, Martin made a nice spin move to evade the Wolverines' tackle. He reached in with one hand for the touchdown to make it 14-7 Michigan State with 11:07 left in the quarter.

The game continued to be tight, but the Spartans struck again late in the third quarter. With 25 seconds left, Cousins completed another pass to Martin for his second touchdown of the day, very similar to his first earlier in the quarter.

The Wolverines would not go away quietly, though. With about 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Robinson completed a pass to junior Roy Roundtree for 34 yards and a touchdown on their first play of the drive. Michigan pulled within seven points.

The nail in the coffin would come with 4:31 left in the fourth quarter. Isaiah Lewis intercepted a poor Robinson pass at the Michigan 39-yardline and ran it in for a touchdown to put the Spartans up 28-14, a deficit the Wolverines from which would not rebound.

Michigan State held on to the Paul Bunyan Trophy for the fourth straight year now, handing Michigan their first loss of the season and putting them at 6-1 overall (2-1 in the Big Ten). The Spartans improve to 5-1 now and 2-0 in the Big Ten.