Coming up with a good nickname for the UM-MSU game ("Sibling Rivalry"?)
(I edited the title of the post to reflect the fact that "Sibling Rivalry" appears to have taken off -- see comments below.)
It seems we now call the UM-OSU game "The Game" -- which to me was always Harvard vs. Yale, but Wikipedia says we can share it.
But what do we call the MSU game? I've heard some people call it the "Backyard Brawl" but to me that is Pitt-West Virginia. Come on people, we're Michigan, surely we don't have to borrow other games' nicknames? I'm thinking the MGoCommunity can come up with a better one.
Keith Jackson called it "The Annual Ruckus" UM-MSU in the intro to the 1990 UM-MSU game (the one in which Desmond Howard got tripped going for the two-point conversion at the end).
It's at the 0:30 mark of this video:
Who knows, maybe it's a dumb idea. But if Keith Jackson can name the Big House, perhaps he can also name the UM-MSU game? Or maybe Little Brother is so lame we shouldn't give them the credit of trying to name the game. Thoughts?
October 7th, 2010 at 12:10 PM ^
all caps so little sister sparty understands the importance
October 7th, 2010 at 12:18 PM ^
I don't think this rivalry really deserves a name, but that's just my epinion.
October 7th, 2010 at 1:49 PM ^
We are still teaching MSU how to play.
October 7th, 2010 at 3:04 PM ^
I don't think it needs one. Not every rivalry needs some cornball nickname. We have the Game at the end of the season. That's enough.