Nicknames

You forgot Sweatervest McCheatypants, tUoOS et al. brah.

I've searched the deepest corners of my soul and discovered that I am, indeed, not at all sick of calling our rivals names.

I tend to do it less toward Ohio State, mostly because I think when we haven't beaten them in this long, there's a certain amount of shit we just have to take (they did it not too long ago).

But Little Brother? Listen, I have an MSU father, an MSU brother, an MSU sister, and now I'm getting an MSU father-in-law, an MSU brother-in-law, an MSU sister-in-law, and a wife who thinks rivalries are stupid.

So no, I'm not in any way tired of the name-calling. I think it's a fun, clever part of the rivalry, especially the family metaphor, since it's so damn applicable (and deep down, I love my Sparties very much).

I agree with you.

But:

I guess I didn't realize "Sparty" was so insulting though. I swear to God I've heard Spartans on their campus say "Sparty on."

Also what is wrong with tOSU? Even their student cards say "the Ohio State University."

All of the others I can see as insults and should be restrained in use as much as possible.

Little Brother is Mike Hart's. Are you REALLY going to disparage Mike Hart?

The only thing worse than lame nicknames is lame nicknames that involve $ signs.

I disagree of Sparty (that's just a nickname, not a derogatory nickname) and tOSU (since that's what they call themselves). The rest are about as clever as "Meatchicken" and "skunkbears" and "scUM".

I'm fine with all the nicknames both by us and at us; however, I'm not a fan of calling RR, DickRod. For one, he didn't make the decision to call himself Rich Rodriguez whereas J.Tressel is choosing to dress with the sweatervest, thus giving him the deserving nickname. And secondly, it reeks of a 12 year old jr high schooler's mentality. It's lazy and immature.

BTW, never heard any MSU friends and family get mad at Sparty before. Hell, the East Lansing news channels even refer to the teams as Sparty once in a while.

"Ohio Choke" is just unimaginative. I prefer "The Buffalo Bucks" That's not lame at all.

I agree with de that the $$ in a nickname is extremely cheesey. Also, I hate tOSU because that is what they call themselves. When I hear their alumni say that during introductions at a football game I want to strangle the fools. There are a few other schools that do that and I have the same sentiments toward them as well. Other than that Nicknames don't bug me.

I think "tOSU" is at least equally silly as any nicknames. Walking around putting the in front of the name - as if we're going to confuse the Ohio state university in Columbus with other Ohio state universities. I can tell the difference.

Anyway, what's wrong with nicknames? It's part of the fun. A lot of them aren't even derogatory. "Domers" is just shorthand, I never saw that in the same light as, say, Little Brother. If we do nothing but use official names we sound like MSM.

this has bothered me for awhile and they all seem very immature and lame.

Also, I've never really understood the 'Walmart Wolverine' insult. I understand the idea that it's Michigan fans with no affiliation to the school who supposedly buy their jerseys from Walmart but if they have no affiliation to us (or I'm assuming to MSU) doesn't it say something that they decide to support Michigan? When given the option, wouldn't someone always choose the option they thought was 'better'? I'm not trying to be a dick it just doesn't make sense to me.

Plus it's not even an insult to actual Michigan grads. Maybe I'm just missing something here

MSU fans were being really creative with the "lil Sister" one, considering it's based on a comment originally said about them (that went over like a lead-filled balloon, for that matter).

You can't forget tUoOS.

is demeaning. Some of my fellow alumni do though, which is ridiculous. It is our mascot, I think couch burners is much, much worse. The funny thing about the riots is that most of the participation was from high school kids from the Detroit suburbs and Lansing Community College students.

I too didn't realize that Sparty was considered derogatory. It's just a shortened version of Spartan. Most MSU fans I know embrace Sparty. It is their mascot's nickname too, doncha' know!

The OP left out "Jabba the Weis". I'm disappointed.

Also, Fartans was left out. I personally like the nicknames to throw around at close friends who are fans of other programs. I wouldn't go throwing these nicknames at fans of other programs that I have never met though.

Well I don’t respect ostate! However, I have refrained from calling those jackasses names though.