MSU Alumni Club of the San Francisco Bay Area

It’s HockeyTime!

Your Detroit Red Wings play the San Jose Sharks at HP Pavilion in San Jose on Tuesday, Feb 2nd at 7:30pm. The MSU and U of M Alumni Clubs of the Bay Area are joining together to secure a block of tickets for all Detroit hockey fans. These are two strong teams and demand will be high, so make sure to get your payment in early to ensure your seats!

Tickets are $40 (sections 221-224, 226, 227) or $50 (sections 217, 218, 226, 227), and you can choose which price you’d like until we run out of one of the available blocks.

Please contact Jeanne HuangLi first to confirm ticket availability. Following her response, you can send a Paypal payment to jeannehuangli@gmail.com or send a check to: Jeanne HuangLi, 12 Charles Hill Circle, Orinda, CA 94563.

See you at the game!

Michigan State is headed to San Antonio after accepting an invitation to play in the Alamo Bowl on Jan 2. The Spartans will face Big 12 representative Texas Tech.

This will be the third bowl trip for MSU (6-6, 4-4 Big Ten) in three seasons under coach Mark Dantonio.

“It will be an exciting opportunity for us to go play Texas Tech,” Dantonio said. “They have a very exciting offense and bring a lot to the table in that regard. It’s an outstanding opportunity for our football team – it’s a chance to step back and rise up once again.”

Game: Saturday, January 2, 2010, San Antonio, Texas

Tickets: to sign up for, or to learn more about MSU’s official Alamo Bowl tour and game day packages, sponsored by the MSU Alumni Association, go to www.msualum.com. You can also call the Bowl Tour Hotline at 888.471.3027. If you are only interested in game tickets, contact the MSU ticket office at their toll-free number, 800-GO-STATE (800.467.8283).

Michigan State guard Kalin Lucas is featured on one of Sports Illustrated’s six regional covers for this week’s college basketball preview. The mag has the Spartans ranked No. 2 (behind Kansas) and put Lucas on its preseason All-America second team.

Go Green!

Happy Pre-Halloween Weekend Bay Area Spartans!

With the season just a little over half way complete the Spartans look to continue their winning ways as they battle the Iowa Hawkeyes this Saturday Night at Spartan Stadium. This is the first true big game of the year as Iowa is currently ranked No. 7 in the nation and is undefeated coming into the game.

With a win this weekend, MSU can really turn this year around! The game starts at 4pm PST (not 9am yay!) and will be viewed at the normal spots in Palo Alto (Old Pro), San Francisco (Pete’s Tavern), and Walnut Creek (Stadium Pub).

As an added bonus, I am personally organizing a mini Palo Alto Bar Crawl immediately following the game win or lose. We will rock out in Palo Alto! So come on out and watch MSU march into first place in the Big Ten!

MSU is on a roll winning their last 2 games in a row! This week they try to go over the .500 mark for the first time since week 1 as they take on the Wildcats of Northwestern.

Game time is at 9am here on the West Coast and we will be having our watch events at our typical 3 locations in Palo Alto (Old Pro), San Francisco (Pete’s Tavern), and Walnut Creek (Stadium Pub). So plan to come on out, get a friend to join you, and let’s watch MSU roll their way to another victory together!

See you there.

BIG BIG Happy Hour, Thursday, October 15th at 5:30pm!

Big 10 and Big 12 Alumni are joining together for a BIG BIG Happy Hour at Pete’s Tavern in San Francisco on Thursday, October 15th. It will start at 5:30 pm and will host a slew of schools from our basketball rival, Kansas, to the Red River Rivalry teams of Oklahoma State and University of Texas. It will be a great opportunity to network with some new people, show some school pride or just have some drinks and laughs. Hope to see you there!

After a dramatic win against the Wolverines to keep the Paul Bunyan Trophy in East Lansing for another year, the Spartans are gearing up for a battle with the Illini on the road in Champaign.

Here’s your Saturday morning football drink recipes…

Mimosa Recipe:
- 11 fresh oranges, squeezed and juiced
- Champagne
- shaken with crushed ice (optional)
- garnish with an orange twist

Victory Recipe:
- 11 orange jerseys, squeezed without Juice
- Champagne
- shaken and crushed Illini (definitely)
- garnish with a Spartan FIST

Come out and enjoy a Mimosa and a Victory this Saturday morning with your fellow Bay Area Alumni while we and cheer on our Spartan Football team against the Illinois Fighting Illini. Come join us at any of the three usual locations in San Francisco (Pete’s Tavern), Walnut Creek (Stadium Pub) and Palo Alto (Old Pro). Kickoff is at 9am.

See you there!

Everyone knows what you get when you mix Yellow and Blue… GREEN with envy for our Spartan Victory! This Saturday, our Michigan State Spartans battle our rivals the University of Michigan.

Come join your fellow alumni for a joint watch party with the Bay Area Wolverines at Pete’s Tavern in San Francisco to root for the team and show them who cheers louder. Don’t forget to wear our colors! Kickoff is at 9am and Pete’s Tavern is conveniently located near Caltrain and BART. See you there!

So MSU is now 1-2… are you worried? I’m not. I know Coach D has got the MSU Spartans ready for action this weekend as they take on the Badgers in Madison. Your SF Bay Alumni Club will also be there ready to root their Spartans on to victory. We need more people to come out and watch the games! We will be having our watch parties at the 3 usual locations in the Bay Area: SF (Pete’s Tavern), Walnut Creek (Stadium Pub), and Palo Alto (Old Pro).

Maps and other venue information is available on the Where to Watch page.

The game starts at 9:00 AM PT… HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

After a heartbreaking loss to CMU, your Spartans will rebound against the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame in South Bend this weekend. MSU is looking to extend their win streak on the Irish’s home turf and go for 7 in a row on the road.

You can catch all the action with your MSU Alumni Club at locations in SF (Pete’s Tavern), Walnut Creek (Stadium Pub), and Palo Alto (Old Pro).

The game starts at 12:30 PM PT, and let’s get out there to root on MSU to victory!

Maps and other location information available on the Where to Watch page.

See you there!