Why Sparty Hates to be called Little Brother

Stop saying MooU, it's almost as bad as scUM.

Right on all counts except for the mascot. Sparty is without a doubt the best mascot in all of sports. Just look at him, he's hilarious. We can sit on our high horse and say we don't need a mascot all day but secretly we know mascots are part of the awesomeness of college football and we're jealous that we don't have one. Especially not one as awesome as Sparty if that's even his name. JMO

I'm going with him next Saturday. I was considering bringing a sign thanking my "little brother" for taking me to the game - a rather innocuous gesture of goodwill, I thought. He threatened to organize a drunken lynch mob (not an idle threat in E.L.) if I brought any signage to the game referring to him in that context. These Spartans are a touchy group.

The best part is that my brother invited me to attend the game with him before the season started. He completely bought into the storyline about MSU as a program on the rise supplanting UM as the dominant team in the state and made no secret about wanting me at the game so that we could witness together confirmation of the new pecking order. Regardless of Saturday's outcome, that whole "best in state" dynamic is no longer on the line for the Spartans after the CMU game.

I actually think that State has a great chance to win the game, but my brother is convinced that I'm being disingenuous when I say this to him. He seems to think that my expressed lack of conviction in Michigan's prospects next week is a false front intended to position me better for post-game taunting. My citing of the MSU-CMU game as proof that you have to throw out the records in these hotly contested intrastate rivalry games did not improve his view of my sincerity.

Jehuu Caulcrick, on hearing that Michigan had lost to Appalachian St.: "Wow, it's like we won twice."

The difference between UM and MSU is succinctly put: Michigan's success does not depend on the failure of Michigan State.

Sparty hates it because it’s another Saint Dantonio talking point that came back and bit him on the ass.

DoctorWorm’s comments are textbook examples of Sparty’s culture of FAIL. Why would we want to go to the Rose Bowl indeed.

The RCMB link in the mgo.licio.us box is another awesome example of littlebrotherism.

Like I said in the game thread, last year was great and all, but here we are, once again back to getting destroyed every week, watching UM struggle mightily until the end, and then snatching victory from the jaws of defeat...all because of their savior Jesus Forcier.

Hahaha...they even just went 3 and out...so now the defense faces adversity, will persevere. Tate apparently has a hurt shoulder now too. This game is aligning perfectly.

Those posters have got to be about the most self-loathing prophets since Cassandra.

And who knew anybody was still complaining about the goddam pylon from the game MSU won 35-21 last year?

It wasn't until this year that I actually had a high disdain for MSU football. About half my family on my mom's side is located in the Lansing area and they are all MSU supporters and I used to work with some MSU fans. They used to be only a minor nuisance, but they beat us on our way to the worst season in our history, and on top of that lost 4 games including a bowl.
At Michigan that is a mediocre year at best. The Spartans beat us and go to a Jan. 1 bowl game and they think they are Michigan's team and blow everything out of proportion. I used to hope Sparty won before we pounded them annually, but I want Rodriguez to absolutely take every opportunity to run it up on Saturday because of the headache Spartan fans put me through all through the off season.
I know it's unlikely, but I've wanted Michigan to blow MSU out this year since the gun sounded last year. Maybe it will only be a one year thing, but this year at least, MSU has moved past Notre Dame on the rivalry list IMO. I don't hang out with Notre Dame fans, but I think the closeness of the MSU rivalry hit home last year. I only want to beat the Ohio special needs college more.

The list is endless. Really, they are little brother to me because of Michigan's academic prowess in the state.

However, the largest reason why they are little brother? Because of the way you react when you say it. It hits them so deep because they KNOW its true. Last year, MSU beats Michigan at the big house, and a group of MSU students chanted "little sister." I just laughed.

was actually trash talking me last night at a party. I asked him what their record was. "well, 1-3," he said. "Oh, we're 4-0," I said. At this point, I walked away and people around the situation laughed.

They should put your chart on the back of the Little Brother t-shirt, except that next year the total capacity of Michigan Stadium will be over 110,000 (it won't go down to 108,000 until they widen the seats and install handrails).

Minor point: The Big Ten was founded in 1896, not 1885.

And not to be an ass, but the tone of this diary is a little bit too arrogant for me. If we were that much greater than State then we wouldn't really occupy ourselves by drawing the comparison between the two. Just my opinion.

was plagiarized from the Spirit of Liberty March by Rosey.

This shit is tired and lame. Move on.