Hats off to MSU-Congrats

They're well coached, they play physical defense that goes after the ball play after play after play, they have good special teams, play annoyingly consistent field position mindgames, and execute when they need to. These days, we pretty much don't do any of these things. And that's scary.

but I still fucking hate that program.

Congrats

Is what I wish Michigan was. Never thought I'd say that.

Really?

F'ck off!!!

F'ck sparty.

Gross. You make me sick. Go back to E. Lansing you troll. You are a fake Wolverine my friend.

Have to agree with the OP. Michigan was beat by a superior opponent today, and it wasn't anywhere near close.  Have to respect what is being done over in East Lansing.  They certainly talk a lot right now, but I think they are doing a fine job of backing that up on the field.  Respect for opponents seems to be something that exists less and less in today's sports, of all levels and ages.

Change your name OP. Bo wouldn't have this.

Mark it.

That is for the players to show good sportsmanship.  As a fan, I just try to move on to the next game.  Am I a sore loser, dang skippy, and will be one until I die probably...

A bitter pill is being swallowed and we will just leave it there.  It is bad enough living in Ohio and watching them gloat...the only consolation is that either we have a chance or maybe Sparty's D will be enough to shut those jokers up...

Credit where credit is due--that's a damn good team.

Great win sure, but wtf this is a michigan board. Michigan till I die.

What else can you say? There was no doubt about it today. They kicked our asses.

Fuck Staee now and forever but fire Funk.

Also thanks in advance my "little brother"(or now should i say big brother) for now having to put up with your crap for another FULL LONG YEAR.   I can't wait!

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I completely agree.   I personally find it embarassing to lose to State - but frankly they were the better team today.   Their D was outstanding.   Unfortunately, I will be repeating this same mantra to all my Sparty friends at work.  :(

Save the template of this post for probably 2 or 3 more of our games too. Just replace MSU with Nebraska or OSU etc. We'll need it after those games too.

I've not lost sight of the fact they are a dirty team and their coach is an ass.

They played better and more disciplined football. They do have an extremely good defense, and if their offense were this far along earlier in the season, they'd be undefeated right now.

 This is a Michigan Blog fergodsakes!!!!

If they get to the Championship game, bet your ass I'll be cheering for them to win!

Congrats to Alabama and the Indianapolis colts for beating the 49ers, Seahawks and broncos so far this year. Congrats to the Boston Red Sox and also congrats to the time for having the sense to change later tonight so that it's not dark as fuck for four hours after I wake up for work.

Tipping the hat is the right thing to do.

I've texted my Sparty friends the same. They earned it.

They were the far superior team today. Very impressed with the defense. Connor Cook showed he can play as well. Dantonio and Narduzzi are the real deal. Go to Indy, beat OSU and win your BCS bowl Sparty.

Might as well fold to MSU on this blog, that's what the rest of the program did today

Fuck Hats too...(but concur with OP's point)

It's how you handle losing where  we see the measure of a person's class.  This certainly was not an acceptable result or performance, but that does not mean you don't extend the hand in a respectful acknowledgement of the other team's performance. 

Congrats to MSU. They were the far superior team today. Now learn from this Michigan. Get better as a team. 

State looked like a tire fire on offense at the beginning of the year, while we looked unstoppable. 10 weeks later, the roles have completely reversed. That's coaching. State is doing it better than we are.

F***!

Wag of the finger.

Here's to starting the game plan now for next year.  This series has turned into a rivalry game that needs attention.  Good for MSU in putting the ball in our court and taking control of the series.   The time to restore historical order is upon us.

I'm very interested in what Hoke does in this coming year.  Many things are not working.  But for now MSU is the better team.

Yes, congrats to MSU. That Rose Bowl drought may end. Who's graduating from that defense again?

That defense of theirs would give the '97 Wolverines D a run for its money.  Pure evil.

The "little sister" chant from the crowd was quite appropriate.

With Notre Dame taking a sabbatical after next year, this becomes our second biggest game and at this rate we'll have worthy adversary.  Great defense and well coached.  If this team gets an offense they'll be outright scary.  Until next year.

Don't know that I could bring myself to tip my hat, but today I feel like we were simply beaten by a better team, a sentiment I didn't feel after the PSU game.

I'm not going to lie, I came here expecting to see the worst of our fanbase, but was pleasantly surprised to see that we tipped our cap and took the loss like men.  It sucks, but this is what we are right now.  A good but not great team in any phase of the game, that lost to a team that absolutely dominates on defense.  I think the thing that worries me most is not how bad the coaching was - particularly after a bye week - but rather how complacent our fan base is now.  We just accept defeat and move on.  We're becoming a fan base full of handshakes and politeness.  No one fears us.  We're just that nice guy on the block whose wife is getting screwed by every fourth neighbor but we're too proud to admit it.  At this point, the best we can say is that at least we're not Purdue.  But way to be classy!

Congrats, Sparty.  I'm sure it makes it that much sweeter when I say that your team plays with the style that I hoped ours would have adopted by now.

Enjoy it!

But you can't keep Paul B. and Ann A. apart for long: they're DESTINED to be together!  :)

Fuck MSU.  No congratulations from me!

No congrats to MSU will be had from me. Their congrats is that notch they just got to add to their win column.

Congrats, whooped our butts in every facet of the game.  Michigan at this point is all talk about how they are going to change.  I'll be interested in when that change is going to actually happen.

Yep, I don't feel sick like I did after Penn State. This was a better team than us this year and we deserved to lose.

Hope we are much better than them next year.

They were the better team today.  I just hope that the players and the coaches remember this when Sparty comes back down to earth and our starting roster is not littered with freshmen and sophomores.  What comes around goes around.

Bo would probably want you to not post this.

with MSU also.

yep, they were the better team. who cares. We are Michigan. We are a better university overall. 

Better prepared, and more hateful than M. This is a recipe for success in a rivalry game.

I'll give credit where credit is due. They kicked our asses today. They were more physical, and just better in every phase of the game. We can all talk about how it'll be so much easier next year because they lose a lot of guys to the draft, but Dantonio has shown that his defenses are not full of flukes and overachievers.



His offenses are nothing to brag about, but as long as they are at least mediocre and if his defenses maintain the status quo, they will be downright dangerous.



Pray Dantonio doesn't figure how how to recruit. If he does, we're in trouble.

ever again.  WE are the one's who are little brother the last five years.  They have the better program at this point.  They do more with less 4 and 5-star recruits and they produce the kind of defense we USED to have.

They played a tough, clean game and proved they are soooo much better than we are.

Congratulations Sparty on a great win for your program.  They were clearly the better team today and played the way I wish we would have.  A smothering defense is a difference maker.  Our defense is good but not on the same caliber.  Our offense has too many deficiencies to name and was no match for the Spartan D.  On the bright side, I think we can all agree we have a deep pool of young talented players, with more on the way.  Lets not take anything away from a great effort by MSU today.  These are kids doing their best and today the better team won.

It's just amusing to me how they still are so worked up over the comments from a Michigan player who graduated six years ago and went 4-0 against them. He kind of has the right to talk shit.

I'm not saying it's not true, but why give those ass hats credit here? Fuck State!

One emotion from this game: DISGUST.

Congrats?

Oh my goodness, we must have some of the classiest fans in the world to take a rear-kicking like that and want to say "good beating, ol' chum!"

This obsession with class, LORD. How laughable.

Anger, disgust, despair, and then much much more disgust that we have lost again to those cretins from East Lansing.

The FREAKING ASCOTS IN THIS THREAD.

This was disgusting. No congrats. I hate Sparty. It's disgusting and pathetic that they are better than us. It is an ABOMINATION that they are THAT much better than us.

Fie on your awful thread and this cur's retreat to "class."

I really hope they beat Ohio State

You jokers!  This shit-ass website is the only place where fans would fucking congratulate their most hated rival for beating them.  Grow some fucking balls!  Or would that negate everyone's pathetic fucking need to be PC?  You're all a bunch of bozos.  Get fucked!

Say what you wish, Michigan needed this outcome.  Now there are no illusions about the progress of the program.

Pretty sure Hoke knows exactly what lessons there are to learn here.

Except for next year it will still be an away game and our Oline problems won't be fixed.

Dantonio is an excellent coach, as is Narduzzi.

No doubt, the better team won the game.

Congratulations.

Fuck MSU. We played like crap, the offensive game plan sucked, we made a bad team look good. I will never respect their classless, ignorant fan base or program.