Chris Fowler on Sparty fan behavior

Submitted by MBAgoblue on
On today's College Football Live Chris Fowler hosted a segment on Sparty's best starts in the last 50 years, dropping this classic: "In '97, they were 5-0, lost to Northwestern, and then lost to Michigan in East Lansing. A game that featured a barrage of stuff thrown at the College Game Day set, including a beer can that almost decapitated my good friend Kirk Herbstreit. Thankfully, he survived that." Laughs from Herbie, but they obviously remember their visit 13 (!) years later. Sparty, this is why we can't have nice things.
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Mercury Hayes

October 6th, 2010 at 9:06 AM ^

The fans started throwing things because Corso started taunting them. Not that it justifies the behavior, but Corso honest to goodness started taunting the students.

Since then, they put up a net. Years later they came back to MSU for a game between Notre Dame and they chanted Corso Sucks. A few years later for a PSU/MSU game they started saying some nasty things about Corso's daughter.

Chris Fowler gave the crowd the "come on man" look and strangely enough it stopped.

Chris Fowler means business.

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umchicago

October 6th, 2010 at 12:55 AM ^

actually, the toledo game is one of a few games i completely blame RR for the loss.  had he stuck with threet, UM wins easily.  instead, he puts in sheridan who was awful.  and we lose by 3.  that loss was worse than App St.  but thats just my opinion.

i also blame him for utah, which any blind guy could see that sheridan was not good.  i really don't know what could be going on in practice.  but threet would have won that utah game had he started.

i also blame RR for both bad purdue losses.  i won't go into detail, but it's my opinion.

no worries though,  i've been one of the biggest RR supporters since day 1; sighting success at every stop.  and it will happen at UM.

Go Blue!!! Beat Sparty!!!

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BrewCityBlue

October 6th, 2010 at 12:08 PM ^

Not that i agree with much of what he says, but that toledo loss in '08 was definitely worse than the Appy loss in 07, so i have to disagree with your response. 

If that 07 Appy St team plays the 08 Toledo team, my bet is the 07 Appy State team wins by 35 points. 

That team had a lot of good athletes at the skill positions. They were basically a poor man's oregon of that year, and they gave Oregon the blueprint on how to rout us with top end D1 talent, not that a blueprint was needed based on the past performance of our D against spreat teams at the time.

People who think Appy State was a horrible team and "one of the worst losses of all time in college football" really don't know what they're talking about.

It was not a game we should have lost, but more importantly, it was not a game we should have scheduled.

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jmblue

October 6th, 2010 at 3:13 PM ^

I don't think any reasonable person would disagree that '07 App State was far better than '08 Toledo . . . but '07 Michigan was also light years better than '08 Michigan.  Losing to Toledo just meant that a crap season turned a little crappier.  Losing to App State meant that a possible championship season turned into a nationwide humilation. 

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Blue Blue Blue

October 6th, 2010 at 10:22 AM ^

Threet was godawful against Toledo.  the    104 yard pick six he threw was an unecessary, forced into a crowd kind of throw.  Now that we see what RR wants QBs to do, it is easy to see how depressed he must have been with the Threet/Sheridan combo.

And in case you forgot, that Utah team that barely beat us finished the season kicking the snot out of Alabama in the Sugar Bowl....so coming as close to beating them as anyone all year........well you have a funny way of showing your support.

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Moe Greene

October 6th, 2010 at 6:19 AM ^

He was only a sophomore, so he hadn't mastered the skills in his beer-bottle throwing major yet. A senior most certainly would have jacked Herbie up.

 

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I Heart Huckleby

October 6th, 2010 at 8:40 AM ^

Nice to know his most memorable "game moment" happened on the set of Gameday. Not, you know, on the field during the game. (Idk, maybe when Woodson made one of the most jaw-dropping plays in the history of the game? Hmmm? Ring a bell?) At least they got smart since then and put up a screen to protect themselves, Blues Brothers style.

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Six Zero

October 6th, 2010 at 8:54 AM ^

was so much more likeable in the 90's, before he fell in love, y'know, with himself.  I'd have certainly defended him in that situation, but I guess on that day I was too busy blabbering like an idiot about the greatest interception I'd ever seen.

And with all due respect to Braylon, LaMarr, or even Mike Hart... I've never been as impressed with the athleticism of a player as I was with Woodson UNTIL THIS YEAR.

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