Congrats on the win Sparty.

Submitted by FrankieMachine on

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!

Magnus

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.

bronxblue

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.

Gustavo Fring

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.

SFBayAreaBlue

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.

wildbackdunesman

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...

Vanderlyle

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.

wlubd

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.

redwhiteandMGOBLUE

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...

jml969

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.