Congrats on the win Sparty.
Just a thread to say congrats to Michigan State. They played a hell of a game today and they deserved the win. No matter what anyone on this board says, enjoy your victory today and see you guys next year.
No matter what happened today, I for one, am still incredibly proud of our young men for going out there and playing an amazing 60+ minutes of football. There are plenty of positives to take away from the game today - we won the turnover battle, we committed amazingly few penalties for a second straight game, and we proved that no team has more heart and more character than the Michigan Wolverines. Once again our young team came from behind to make this a game deserving of the rivalry. So come on Wolverines, don't be catty and don't be sore losers, we should all be incredibly proud of this team. Let's talk up the positives instead of throwing around blame and calling each other names, WE ARE ALL MICHIGAN FANS.
Now, let's go get Iowa next weekend!
Go Blue!
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:15 PM ^
Amen. If you won 'em all, being a fan would be easy. Disappointed in the loss, sure, and losing to Sparty hurts. But I'm very proud of the fight this team showed.
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:16 PM ^
We can haz logic?
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:18 PM ^
Can we please avoid saying congratulations to our opponent on our message board?
I agree with the sentiment. We shouldn't get too worked up.
At the same time, fuck Sparty.
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:24 PM ^
But we know that they are here - this is something shiny to divert their attention and make them easier to round up.
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:18 PM ^
I will give credit to MSU for winning this game. They played hard, made the plays in OT to win, and dominated for 3/4 of the game. At the same time, they should be worried that UM could look this bad on offense, with these many drops and poor plays, yet still take it to OT. I like UM's future this season; I'm still a bit pessimistic about Sparty making a serious run.
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:21 PM ^
If Stonum does not fumble, if Zoltan makes the right read on that punt, and if that coin flipped the other way, Sparty is crying right now.
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:26 PM ^
In other words, if we didn't lose the game, we would have won.
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:32 PM ^
However bitter this may seem, I do think that Sparty won more because of our mistakes than their own play (maybe my annoyance with them is clouding my judgment, but that's the way I see it). I know we were outgained, but I think we are a better team with a better coach who should have won this game.
This is both a source of comfort and frustration for me.
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:27 PM ^
MSU played well enough to 'deserve' to win. If we had won with the late comeback they would have been crying pretty loudly. So, congrats to them, but lets not dwell on it. If it hadn't rained, if tate hadn't been banged up, if we had converted the 4th and an inch, etc. etc. etc. it was a close game.
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:33 PM ^
Yeah, MSU outplayed us most of the day and earned the win.
If someone would have told me in March that we would be 4-1 after 5 games -- I would have been thrilled.
Here is hoping that we can somehow turn it around for Iowa...oh and turn around getting owned in state as Mandel has already written a post-game article saying so...
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:39 PM ^
I agree with that sentiment whole-heartedly: love M, respect little brother's execution, but still fuck Sparty and Mandel.
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:42 PM ^
I just feel like there should be no such congrats.
State fans will NEVER say congrats on the win Michigan. They hate us, we hate them. I don't see being petty after a loss to your rival as being anything other than emotionally tied up in the team you live for.
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:45 PM ^
To be honest, I didn't think either team played great but Sparty did enough to come out on top. Sucks but this team still showed great promise and looking forward to beating up Iowa next week.
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:39 PM ^
Iowa scares me far more than MSU did.
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:00 PM ^
So since MSU won and Michigan lost today, does that mean State won twice?
October 4th, 2009 at 12:57 PM ^
beat us themselves, it is way more than 2 wins. It is infinity billion wins for them.
And just for the record, when we beat them I count it as two-thirds of a win.
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:18 PM ^
Congrats on the win and three quarters of domination.
Also thank you very much. I didn't want to guard my store all night.
Regards,
Art Van
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:36 PM ^
and looking for a big win down in Iowa next weekend.
I'm sure Iowa will be a tougher matchup than Sparty but after all the bad play we saw for three quarters today I still have faith in this team.
The couches in EL can rest easy this year...
October 4th, 2009 at 1:15 AM ^
because they won't beat a Michigan team with Tate Forcier at the helm ever again.
October 4th, 2009 at 1:06 PM ^
I only had to deal with one real Sparty irritating fan. Amazingly, the others were pretty reasonable and didn't swear or be rude- Twilight Zone experience per se.