Couch burnings reported Tuesday after MSU loss
East Lansing firefighters and police responded to three couch fires and a dumpter fire between 10-11 p.m. Tuesday night in the Cedar Village area, including on Cedar Street.
The fires were reported after the MSU men’s basketball team lost to No. 1 Indiana, 72-68...
http://statenews.com/article/2013/02/couch-burnings-reported-tuesday-after-msu-loss
February 20th, 2013 at 6:06 AM ^
'East Lansing fire Capt. Greg Baker said it was “too cold” to draw huge crowds...'
'“I have to imagine if the weather was better and it was a weekend, things would have been different,” Baker said.'
Heh.
February 20th, 2013 at 7:09 AM ^
I gotta believe the 1980s students would of braved the cold.
February 20th, 2013 at 10:10 AM ^
Ha! I see what you did there.
Kids today (and even back in the 80s) are so tame. I won't even tell you what we allegedly used to do back in my college days!
February 20th, 2013 at 10:20 AM ^
February 20th, 2013 at 12:21 PM ^
Is donkey another name for a hooker?
February 20th, 2013 at 1:01 PM ^
-WHO THE FUCK TOLD YOU THAT SHIT
February 20th, 2013 at 6:26 AM ^
assorted thugs were seen.
February 20th, 2013 at 7:06 AM ^
did anyone else suspect he was running the clock near the end of last night's game?
February 20th, 2013 at 7:11 AM ^
February 20th, 2013 at 7:36 AM ^
February 20th, 2013 at 7:58 AM ^
On two separate plays, the clock failed to advance forcing the refs to waste everyone's time by watching the replay to figure out how much time to take off the clocks. Some things never change.
February 20th, 2013 at 5:16 PM ^
end of the game and MSU was behind.
February 20th, 2013 at 8:09 AM ^
/still holding that grudge
February 20th, 2013 at 8:26 AM ^
That was the first Michigan game I ever attended. I still can't believe it.
February 20th, 2013 at 3:25 PM ^
is the unyielding denial of any wrongdoing by Sparty fans.
Oh, and the holding against Larry what's-his-name (Stevens?) on the final play was also magnificent.
February 20th, 2013 at 6:46 AM ^
February 20th, 2013 at 6:46 AM ^
becomes a dumpster fire if they throw their Arby's cups into the mix.
February 20th, 2013 at 8:46 AM ^
February 20th, 2013 at 9:38 AM ^
if it spreads to the porch.
February 20th, 2013 at 7:13 AM ^
February 20th, 2013 at 7:25 AM ^
February 20th, 2013 at 7:35 AM ^
Personally, I think it is a great way to redecorate your porch and you get to roast marshmellows at the same time!!
February 20th, 2013 at 7:51 AM ^
Truly shows how intertwined and circumstantial things really are. The outcome of one event leading to other events. I mean, imagine if they would have won, how different things would be. Your post would read...
February 20th, 2013 at 8:01 AM ^
Burning couches over a regular season loss? I can't imagine what they're going to do when they fail their math 100 quiz this morning because they weren't studying instead?
February 20th, 2013 at 8:05 AM ^
Spartan undergrads take math courses.....{uproarious laughter}....no man, what else you got?
February 20th, 2013 at 6:35 PM ^
Math 102: Subtraction, addition's tricky friend.
February 20th, 2013 at 8:05 AM ^
so...it was just another tuesday night in EL?
February 20th, 2013 at 8:10 AM ^
in this crazy world we live in, some things never change. Except the name. They used to be called "Davenports". Now they are "couches".
February 20th, 2013 at 5:13 PM ^
i remember about 20 years ago a minny gopher WR named Couch from Davenport, Iowa. no kidding.
February 20th, 2013 at 7:44 PM ^
..... and she tells me that if you bought yours from say, Gardner White its a couch. If you purchased it from a high end place its a sofa.
February 20th, 2013 at 8:16 AM ^
All kinds of strange things are happening.
February 20th, 2013 at 8:26 AM ^
Going a little off-topic here but does anyone get the sense when watching MSU games, that the Izzone has the biggest bunch of d-bags that are in their student section. They all try so hard to impress the camera and think they're all rock-stars or something. It made me root hard for IU last night. Ya just don't get that when watching the Maize Rage. I realize I am incredibly biased.
February 20th, 2013 at 8:31 AM ^
I think the same thing, but I don't think the Izzone kids we see on TV are at all representative of the students there (or even the Izzone as a whole, for that matter). The kids they show are ridiculous.
February 20th, 2013 at 8:54 AM ^
February 20th, 2013 at 9:32 AM ^
February 20th, 2013 at 12:32 PM ^
Don't pay attention to our student section then. For the OSU game they had people lining up the night before, and after getting kicked out by police, they went back around 7:30am
February 20th, 2013 at 8:55 AM ^
The Izzone is just Spartan students' lame attempt at imitating the Cameron Crazies without the cleverness, which shouldn't surprise anyone because we're talking about Spartan students.
What I always find amusing about the Izzone and Sparty's pride in it, is how the name itself highlights the fact that MSU has no real history in college basketball prior to Tom Izzo ascending to the head coaching position. For all Sparty's chiding Michigan fans lately about "acting like a champion" or "acting like you've been there"; the most passionate faction of their fanbase has adopted a name that confirms MSU basketball history started only 15 or so years ago.
February 20th, 2013 at 5:20 PM ^
you're kidding right? so Jud Heathcoate's 20 years there and the nat'l title with kelser and magic wasn't historic? Jud also won 3 big ten titles and had numerous tourny appearances. but you probably weren't born yet, but hey.
February 20th, 2013 at 6:59 PM ^
Your rebutal of 3 conference titles in 20 years kinda helps prove the point. Prior to Heathcote, they had nothing. They want to compare themselves to the traditional elite in both hoops and football, but it's garbage. You can't claim to be a historical team with no national presence prior to 30-35 years ago (and even though Heathcote made the tourney and was even a one seed once, they weren't Duke, Kansas, UCLA or anyone else "historic" from the early 80's to the middle 90's). I hear the argument all the time from Sparty fans that their basketball is like our football. But, they aren't anywhere near the top 5 in wins, winning percentage, national titles, tournament appearances or even (all-time) conference titles.
Their claim to fame is the decade from 1999-2009 where they won a bunch of tournament games, a national title and like 5 Final Fours. UCLA had a decade where they won 10 national titles.
Don't get me wrong, they have an impressive program and something to be proud of, but (respectfully) get outta here with "historic."
February 21st, 2013 at 11:38 AM ^
I was born then and no I'm not kidding. Having one moment where fate smiled upon you to allow you to be top of the heap doesn't credibly allow you to claim yourself as part of basketball royalty. Indiana and Michigan have much richer basketball histories in the Big 10, yet Sparty would have you believe that they are the North Carolina of the midwest.
My point is that despite all their bravado, the fact that the most passionate faction identifies themselves with the coach and not the school is a subtle acknowledgement that their status as an "elite" program ends with Izzo's retirement and may have already ended with the rise of Michigan and Indiana back to prominence in conference.
February 20th, 2013 at 11:59 AM ^
Blanket stereotypes suck. Yeah, Michigan State has some hard-partying meathead students. So does Michigan. I just don't think we need to be so hard on some college students who are passionate about their basketball team and just trying to have a good time.
February 20th, 2013 at 3:18 PM ^
..you saw the kids on TV and that made you root hard for IU last night? All it took for me was to look at the schedule listing: "IU vs. msu"
February 20th, 2013 at 8:36 AM ^
February 20th, 2013 at 8:38 AM ^
Has anyone here tried to burn a couch? Without lighter fluid? It's actually quite a challenge. You need a solid base of heat - multiple pallets or a robust dumpster blaze.
February 20th, 2013 at 11:12 AM ^
Is that a picture of MSU students after the game?
February 20th, 2013 at 12:11 PM ^
I Google Imaged "MSU Couch Burrning" and this is the first image that popped up....
[OK, not really....but it's still possible]
February 20th, 2013 at 3:20 PM ^
is a picture taken around 3am after the streets had cleared
February 21st, 2013 at 5:13 PM ^
He has magnificient breasts.
February 20th, 2013 at 8:45 AM ^