OT: Schadenfreude - MSU is Combined 15-18 in FB and BB This School Year
The schadenfreude started with the loss to Middle Tennessee State, and it just keeps getting better and better. The past 10 months have been glorious.
With their loss to Purdue tonight, Sparty fell to 12-9 on the season. That means their football and basketball teams are a combined 15-18 this school year. (By comparison, we're 23-10.)
The best part of the game tonight was watching Izzo snap his whiteboard in half out of frustration. The more they lose in both sports, the more it helps us.
January 24th, 2017 at 10:15 PM ^
It wasn't even 1 year ago that Spartan fans were saying they had the best football-basketball combo in the country. Pride cometh before the fall or something like that
January 24th, 2017 at 10:15 PM ^
Pride came before the fall.
January 24th, 2017 at 10:17 PM ^
Right...
January 24th, 2017 at 10:20 PM ^
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January 24th, 2017 at 10:40 PM ^
January 25th, 2017 at 9:52 AM ^
just where we left them.
January 24th, 2017 at 10:21 PM ^
...and after their scintillating 3-9 football results, staee diehards were playing the "But we're a basketball school" card, I don't think they are much of a school period!
January 25th, 2017 at 8:21 AM ^
That has to be photoshopped. His name is spelled incorrectly.
January 25th, 2017 at 10:24 AM ^
January 25th, 2017 at 9:06 AM ^
At least when it came to football this past season, the fall came and no pride was to be found, but be damned if they didn't keep on insisting that they were but a young program, having only started in Division I just that moment and that things would improve.
That's the vibe I got from Spartan twitter anyway.
January 24th, 2017 at 10:20 PM ^
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January 24th, 2017 at 10:25 PM ^
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January 24th, 2017 at 10:27 PM ^
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January 24th, 2017 at 10:33 PM ^
January 24th, 2017 at 10:37 PM ^
ifs & buts.
January 25th, 2017 at 6:37 AM ^
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January 25th, 2017 at 9:08 AM ^
January 25th, 2017 at 7:08 AM ^
I think we could win a close one at Crisler.
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January 25th, 2017 at 8:45 AM ^
You can never forget that this team hates Michigan. It doesn't matter how bad this team sucks, they'll always get up for this game. They probably already started looking ahead.
January 25th, 2017 at 12:21 AM ^
January 25th, 2017 at 9:39 AM ^
Not necessarily true. We won in Breslin in 2011 and '14, and took them to overtime (and really should have won in regulation) in '15.
January 25th, 2017 at 10:20 AM ^
Yeah, Spike played out of his mind that day. Once they got to overtime, I think the team scored 4 total points. That sucked.
January 25th, 2017 at 12:51 PM ^
we scored 0 points in OT against Sparty, 2 against Wisconsin and 2 against Illinois. Played 5 OT games that year and went 1-4, flip that to 4-1 and we probably make the NCAA but at worst are a #1 in the NIT. Tough year with injuries, but we really weren't that far off, just struggled in crunch time.
I do think that is why we could surprise down the stretch, I feel like our offense could be lethal in crunch time, just need to keep developing Wilson and Wagner.
January 24th, 2017 at 10:24 PM ^
January 25th, 2017 at 5:57 AM ^
built their programs while Michigan was down..
January 25th, 2017 at 12:55 PM ^
I wouldn't start selling their decline in basketball just yet, as I have witnessed this midseason malaise from them before only to watch them turn it around and go on a tear.
Also, I would not start selling this as a 1 year thing. They have 4 freshman, but 1 is likely gone after this year and they lose 2 key senior contributors. I know they have a good class coming in next year, but they still won't be able to compete with Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, etc.
January 24th, 2017 at 10:25 PM ^
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January 24th, 2017 at 10:30 PM ^
A lot more impressive than 15-18
January 24th, 2017 at 10:26 PM ^
January 24th, 2017 at 10:30 PM ^
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January 24th, 2017 at 10:34 PM ^
...that does not seem possible as they are a long-storied football powerhouse and they have dominated their main in-state rival for years.
January 24th, 2017 at 11:03 PM ^
January 25th, 2017 at 6:39 AM ^
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January 25th, 2017 at 9:11 AM ^
January 24th, 2017 at 10:31 PM ^
wins = x, losses = x squared
x+x squared = 12
I think the board can take it from here.
January 24th, 2017 at 10:59 PM ^
January 25th, 2017 at 7:16 AM ^
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January 24th, 2017 at 10:29 PM ^
January 25th, 2017 at 5:50 AM ^
Those morons were even more annoying than MSU fans normally are while their football program was good and ours was a mess. I looooove seeing them suffer now. It's not over for Izzo - they'll be back - but I am thoroughly enjoying the fall of the Dantonio era. They're done and it's wonderful
January 24th, 2017 at 10:32 PM ^
who cares is correct response,
January 24th, 2017 at 10:36 PM ^
....just because....
January 25th, 2017 at 7:43 AM ^
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January 25th, 2017 at 7:54 AM ^
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January 25th, 2017 at 9:14 AM ^
January 25th, 2017 at 10:12 AM ^
that particular comment is usually from me.
and yes.
January 24th, 2017 at 10:41 PM ^
I think glorious is a bit over the top. While I enjoy their downturn we're not actually winning championships in either sport.