MSU Alumni Club of the San Francisco Bay Area

I will keep this short and sweet this week. The MSU Alumni Group will be heading to the The Stadium Pub in Walnut Creek this Saturday as MSU opens the Big Ten Season against Indiana University in Bloomington. The game starts at 9am PST and is on ESPN. MSU is off to a fast start and is rounding into shape as the Big Ten begins! In addition to that, there is also another reason to come to watch the games. MSU has for the first time in a long time, a viable player for the Heisman Trophy! So come on out to watch Heisman hopeful Javon Ringer run over the Hoosiers! We will also be having some prizes and giveaways for folks who come out, as well. See you on Saturday to help root MSU on to Victory!

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For those using Facebook, we’ve created a new group on that site where you can connect with fellow Bay Area MSU alums.

MSU Bay Area Club on Facebook

After last week’s monsoon victory over Florida Atlantic 17-0, your 2-1 Spartans look to create their own luck against 3-0 Fighting Irish this Saturday!

Your Bay Area Alumni Club is planning a watch party on the peninsula to watch MSU battle ND. Game time at Spartans Stadium is 12:30 p.m. PST. The watch party will be at The Old Pro in downtown Palo Alto. It will get crowded so if everybody can get there well ahead of game time to secure seats that will be best. There are normally spaces upstairs on the second floor that are great spots to watch the game!

Just look for the GREEN Section this Saturday. On a personal note, attendance has been really low for some of these games, so let’s all come out to support MSU and let everybody know why it is great to be GREEN!

For those people who are interested in traveling from San Francisco to Palo Alto this Saturday, we want to try and take over Caltrain on the way down the peninsula. It’s only a short walk to The Old Pro and it sure beats driving up and down 101. We will be on the 10 a.m. Caltrain from Sf to Palo Alto to the game… so if you are interested in taking over an entire car, please contact me at prez@sfbayspartans.org

See you at the Old Pro on Saturday!

The Old Pro
541 Ramona St
Palo Alto, CA 94301
http://www.oldpropa.com/

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We will be having the 6th Annual Big Ten Picnic on Oct 5, 2008. This is a fun family event with something for everyone! If you are interested in signing up, please RSVP no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, October 1. You can sign up by emailing prez@sfbayspartans.org.

Cost is $20 per adult, $10 per child (age 4-12), and children under 4 are FREE!

Submit your payment for the picnic now using the order form:

Big Ten Picnic Child Ticket $10

If you’d prefer to mail a check, make payable to MSU Alumni SF Bay Area:

S Chinoski
425 1st St #1108
San Francisco, CA 94105

EVENT DETAILS
Sunday, October 5th, 2008 11:00 AM-4:30 PM
Little Marina Green
Baker St & Marina Blvd
San Francisco

The Big 10 Picnic is an annual event bringing together alumni of the Big 10 Universities living in the San Francisco Bay Area for an afternoon of fun, games, and all-you-can-eat BBQ! This year’s event has changed to a more central location - Little Marina Green, in San Francisco. There will be a school vs. school volleyball tournament, Big 10 Jeopardy, and a raffle with lots of great prizes.

Ample parking is available nearby (see the blue regions of the map below).

This is a great event for people of all ages - from recent grads looking to network and meet new people, to families looking to spend a day in the city on a beautiful San Francisco October afternoon!

Bring your own alcoholic beverages if you desire. Also, bring beach chairs and picnic blankets!

SCHEDULE:
11:00-12:00 Arrival
12:00-2:00 Lunch Served
1:30-2:00 Raffle
2:00-3:00 Jeopardy
3:00-4:30 6 on 6 Volleyball Tournament

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See you there!

Happy Hump Day Bay Area Spartans!

With it being the middle of the week, with Friday being no where in sight, what better way to help get through the trials and tribulations of work than having to look forward to a football watch party this Saturday in San Francisco!

Join the MSU Alumni Group as it holds its first watch party of the year in SF at Greens Sports Bar. Come out to meet others and watch as MSU takes on Florida Atlantic this Saturday at 9am PST. Greens is a very cool bar just off of Van Ness in SF, and promises to be a fun event.

As always, if you are not able to make it and want to let others know where you will be to watch the game, please post it on the website so that others can come and root MSU on to a win with you! We will be giving away a few door prizes, and having some updates about our upcoming Big Ten Picnic on Oct 5th. So come on out and enjoy a nice little Saturday as MSU rolls to another victory.

Greens Sports Bar
(415) 775-4287
2239 Polk St,
San Francisco, CA 94109

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We need your help. The volunteer who was going to help us move the 10′ tables to the Anna Head parking lot Saturday morning had to drop out. If you have, or have access to, a truck that could carry these tables to Berkeley Saturday morning, please contact me ASAP at prez@sfbayspartans.org.

We are planning to be at Anna Head lot for the tailgate at 10AM. This is when the parking lot attendants are showing up, so that’s the time we’ll be there. With the game at 5pm, this leaves lots of tailgating time! We’ll be grilling some brats and hotdogs and have other snacks for sale.

There are a number of alum that have tickets available for the game. Check the comments on the site to connect with somebody if you need tickets.

The pub crawl starts 8pm Friday, there’s a big group confirmed to be attending which is awesome!

If you are looking to buy tickets for the game, and sit with fellow Spartans, be sure to check the comments of several posts here on the site. There are many alums with extra tickets, so you can arrange to purchase from them directly.

Before the big game this weekend, be sure to order your SF Bay Spartans Club T-Shirt! Order yours right here using the simple order form below.

The cost for the t-shirts is $20 each and comes in Men’s sizes Small thru Extra Large. Any residual profit from the t-shirt sales goes directly to towards the endowment fund that the club has established. Thanks for your support.

If you paid the $25 for the Pub Crawl event, this fee includes the cost of 1 t-shirt so you don’t need to pay again.

Use the order form below to submit a payment via paypal, indicating your size preference as well. T-Shirts can be collected from Heather Lynam at the tailgate on Saturday or during the pub crawl on Friday. We are not currently shipping t-shirts.

Special thanks to MSU alum Kelly Kaplan ‘86 who designed the shirts!

Update 8/26: We have sold out of the Small and Medium shirts.

Update 8/27:T-shirts no longer available for sale.

For all information related to the club’s planned activities for the MSU vs Cal football game Labor Day Weekend, check out the special page created just for this event. Any questions about the weekend, leave a comment here or shoot us an e-mail.

If you ordered tickets through us, they have been mailed out and should be at your home within the next few days. If you don’t receive them, let us know.

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August 30, 2008

Special guests will include members of MSU Board of Trustees, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, Athletics Director Mark Hollis and Head Basketball Coach Tom Izzo.

Meet us outside under a tent at Lower Sproul Plaza located in the heart of the University of California campus, behind the MLK Student Union on Bancroft and Telegraph Avenues. Participants are strongly encouraged to use the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Rail System. BART stations are located throughout the San Francisco Bay area and will transport you to the Downtown Berkeley BART station on Shattuck Avenue. The BART station is a 10-15 minute walk to the Lower Sproul Plaza. Parking is also available on a first come first served basis at the Genetics Garage on the corner of Oxford and Berkeley Way, the Berkeley Way Lot on the corner of Berkeley Way and Oxford and the Underhill Parking Lot on the corner of Channing Way and Haste Street. [Campus Map] General admission parking for passenger vehicles is $16. [Parking Info] A free shuttle to the stadium can be picked up near the Lower Sproul Plaza.

Please note: Pre-registration pricing for the California tailgate is $50 for members, $60 for non-members and $10 for children 12 and under. If not sold out, a limited number of tailgate admissions will be available at the door at a cost of $60 for members, $70 for non-members and $10 for children 12 and under. You must show your membership card to receive the member discount. Check back to this web site for availability.