Spartan statue vandalized

Submitted by SugarShane on September 11th, 2015 at 8:12 AM

http://wlns.com/2015/09/11/spartan-statue-vandalized/ Not a fan of this, personally

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Bombadil

September 11th, 2015 at 8:37 AM ^

Could the next Banksy be at MSU? pic.twitter.com/7h8kWZQe13
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MGJS SuperKick Party

September 11th, 2015 at 8:40 AM ^

When the old one had to be moved because it was being damaged so bad from the paint remover, I tend to fail to see the humor in it.

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amaizenblue402

September 11th, 2015 at 8:44 AM ^

Don't think it's the correct color maize or blue. What do you think?

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wolpherine2000

September 11th, 2015 at 9:20 AM ^

...with Adidas.

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Elwood

September 11th, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^

The maize dot on his junk makes it look like he humped a sunflower.

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M-Dog

September 11th, 2015 at 8:44 AM ^

The Bo statue now needs to be guarded 7/24.

Of course, Harbaugh is probably already doing that.

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BrotherMouzone

September 11th, 2015 at 9:12 AM ^

paint ball gun with a scope that he keeps in his office.

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Moisturize

September 11th, 2015 at 6:13 PM ^

Is to be done for the other 17 hours in the day, and the last week of the month!!!

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Evil Empire

September 11th, 2015 at 8:49 AM ^

that Sparty's Peleponnesus was also painted yellow. Standards!

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randyfloyd

September 11th, 2015 at 9:26 AM ^

Will be kids. I wish they didn't put the alpha omega on the statue because I'm 99% sure, it was someone else. #godblesssAmerica

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A State Fan

September 11th, 2015 at 8:52 AM ^

Coming from an MSU fan, I don't have a problem with this or painting the diag... during the week of the MSU/UM game. I think it's a fun college prank. But doing it outside of that week is pretty stupid.

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mrkid

September 11th, 2015 at 9:25 AM ^

Get out of here reasonable MSU fan! How dare you be so reasonable!

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McSomething

September 11th, 2015 at 11:25 AM ^

You are feeding into my angar towards MSU by not saying stupid shit that feeds into my angar towards MSU!

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unWavering

September 11th, 2015 at 8:55 AM ^

How about we at least start competing with them and not get physically dominated on the field before we trash their stuff?

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Michigan Made

September 11th, 2015 at 9:01 AM ^

Indeed

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flashOverride

September 11th, 2015 at 9:12 AM ^

I would be inclined to agree, but it's not like 30+ years of ass-kickings were ever enough to keep them humble.

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BigBlue02

September 11th, 2015 at 12:03 PM ^

Agreed!!!!!!! We as fans need to start playing better on the field before we paint their beloved statue. This "we need to beat them before we do X,Y, and Z" shit needs to stop. We don't have to fucking do anything. Our football team needs to beat them, but that has nothing to do with us. If your worry is that the Michigan fanbase looks bad or hypocritical in certain situations to MSU fans, well guess what-that is going to happen anyway. They hate us with the fire of a thousand couch burnings and winning on the field isn't going to change anything. They are still going to think that whatever we do is awful and we are hypocrites and yada yada. Whether we get dominated on the field means nothing to our spray painting trips, it is just a way to remind everyone that they have beaten us lately. And since MSU fans tell that any chance they get, can we possibly keep that bullshit off our site?

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unWavering

September 11th, 2015 at 2:28 PM ^

It just looks pathetic when this crap happens and we have nothing to say to them about our team's performance on the field vs them. So a couple bros did some arts and crafts on their statue, we sure got them good! This is akin to the sky writing. It just looks ridiculous when they so clearly have owned us for nearly a decade.

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Icehole Woody

September 11th, 2015 at 8:56 AM ^

This must be the replica statue. I believe the original bronze statue was moved indoors due to accumulated damage from cleaning stuff like this off. Tagging and painting Sparty blue has been going on for decades. Sparty better get some band members out there to guard it 24/7. This is on them for neglecting thier duty.

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samdrussBLUE

September 11th, 2015 at 8:56 AM ^

And now their watch has ended

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Michigan Made

September 11th, 2015 at 9:00 AM ^

Unless spray paint is easily removed these days without taking off the patina, that's just too much.

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KungFury

September 11th, 2015 at 9:01 AM ^

So the letters corrspond to a co-ed professional dental fraternity? Not buying it. Sounds more like some idiot riding the wave of Michigan frat boys are monsters.

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John Harbaugh

September 11th, 2015 at 9:08 AM ^

It's whatever at this point. Maybe we can back it up with a win eventually.

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DrMantisToboggan

September 11th, 2015 at 9:12 AM ^

THIS LACKS CLASS, DAG NABBIT!!!

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John Harbaugh

September 11th, 2015 at 9:13 AM ^

Maybe someone should tag the midfeild at spartan stadium.

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Rabbit21

September 11th, 2015 at 9:13 AM ^

Why? Just why? Its not even our week with them and there have to be more creative ways to do something like this.

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Acedpar3

September 11th, 2015 at 9:16 AM ^

this is not good. it really sucks. it is like high school not college. i for one issue an apology to msu

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GoBlueMAGNUS

September 11th, 2015 at 9:30 AM ^

Well good for you Brady

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Perkis-Size Me

September 11th, 2015 at 9:52 AM ^

Is that you Brady Hoke?

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Bill Bafferty

September 11th, 2015 at 11:56 AM ^

No but Brady just apologized for it.

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Bando Calrissian

September 11th, 2015 at 9:24 AM ^

This is stupid. No reason to defend it. We should be bigger than this--rivalries are rivalries, but vandalism is, and always will be, the wrong way to act on said rivalries.

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bluewings

September 11th, 2015 at 10:08 AM ^

Nobody has defended it. At least not in this thread.

/S (Guns blazin Brother Mouzone)

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NuckyT

September 11th, 2015 at 10:28 AM ^

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Doc Brown

September 11th, 2015 at 12:07 PM ^

Take that stick out of your ass. I am sure you are a joy to hang out with.

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Eye of the Tiger

September 11th, 2015 at 9:37 AM ^

Lame

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Dawkins

September 11th, 2015 at 9:39 AM ^

Obvious false flag is obvious.

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BlueDontKnowWh…

September 11th, 2015 at 9:50 AM ^

Poor quality tagging, but I like the emasculation of Sparty with the maize on the man bits.

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ElBictors

September 11th, 2015 at 9:56 AM ^

Looks like some frat prank. Would not be surprised in the least if it was Spartan students framing 'M' fans to create (yet more) false indignation. I mean the statue has been painted maize and blue before but this is just a hack job.

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allintime23

September 11th, 2015 at 10:04 AM ^

Seems like Dantonio should be worried about the impending destruction tomorrow night. You know it's him painting the picture of disrespect.

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The Mad Hatter

September 11th, 2015 at 10:08 AM ^

is weird. And funny. Good job.

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copacetic

September 11th, 2015 at 10:12 AM ^

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Above and Beyond

September 11th, 2015 at 10:14 AM ^

$3,000,000 says it was an MSU fan who did that just to get their football team and fans even more pumped for our game in October.

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Ty Butterfield

September 11th, 2015 at 10:21 AM ^

Agreed. This has to be a false flag operation, probably ordered by Dantonio himself.

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ElBictors

September 11th, 2015 at 11:08 AM ^

That's what I posted right up ^ there ^

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M Gulo Gulo

September 11th, 2015 at 10:21 AM ^

lol out of spite for Meeshigan switching providers....it would explain the colors being so off

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BornInA2

September 11th, 2015 at 10:26 AM ^

Destroying private property, ala the ski resort=bad form.

Stoking the fire of a college rivalry by reversibly altering the other school's mascot? This has been going on as long as there have been college rivalries and I don't really see how anyone gets harmed.

Let's not get all PETIA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Inanimate Objects) here and call for a moratorium on applying paint to statues, rocks, etc.

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jblaze

September 11th, 2015 at 10:39 AM ^

This is why college rivalries are special and it's not the NFL. Now MSU students will guard the statue every day during football season, as they should.

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ghostofhoke

September 11th, 2015 at 11:05 AM ^

So do you actually agree 200%?

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jblaze

September 11th, 2015 at 10:39 AM ^

This is why college rivalries are special and it's not the NFL. Now MSU students will guard the statue every day during football season, as they should.

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September 11th, 2015 at 10:37 AM ^

was during the Braylon game, when State was up big, and I watched some drunk guys in green and white try to light the wolverine statue on fire with their lighthers. Needless to say, lighters do not reach a high enough temperature to melt a several ton bronze statue, police dragged the guys away in about 30 seconds, and oh yeah, we came back by 17 points in the 4th quarter and won.

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