Spartans and Wolverines Meet for Paul Bunyan Trophy
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Michigan State and Michigan will play football on Saturday night.
The teams are called the Spartans and the Wolverines.
They play for a prize called the Paul Bunyan Trophy.
The game is in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Michigan State has big news before the game.
The team says 14 players are out for the game.
This means these players cannot play on Saturday.
Michigan State is called MSU for short.
Michigan is called U-M for short.
Both teams play in the Big Ten, or B10.
The Big Ten is a group of college sports teams.
Fans want to know how to watch the game.
This game is important for both schools.
The Paul Bunyan Trophy goes to the winning team.
Many fans will watch the game on Saturday night.
Vocabulary15 words
- Spartans
- the sports team name for Michigan State University
- Wolverines
- the sports team name for the University of Michigan
- Paul Bunyan Trophy
- a prize that the winning team gets
- out
- not able to play in a game
- Big Ten
- a group of college sports teams in the U.S.
- Ann Arbor
- a city where University of Michigan is located
- MSU
- short name for Michigan State University
- U-M
- short name for University of Michigan
- trophy
- a prize for winning
- football
- a sport played with an oval ball
- rules
- official decisions by a team
- players
- people who play on a sports team
- Saturday night
- the evening of Saturday
- watch
- to look at something, like a game on TV
- game
- a sports match between two teams
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1. Spartans and Wolverines 2. Ann Arbor 3. 14
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Michigan State and Michigan will play _____ on Saturday night.
The teams are called the _____ and the Wolverines.
They play for a prize called the Paul Bunyan _____.
The game is in _____, Michigan.
Michigan State says 14 _____ are out for the game.
This means these players cannot _____ on Saturday.
Michigan State is called _____ for short.
Michigan is called _____ for short.
Both teams play in the _____.
Fans want to know how to _____ the game.
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