How big is this game?

What game?

Less hype going into it, but the result was pretty memorable.

Other than that, I won't argue with you. It's big.

Disagree. This is either just another step to a vastly improved season (even in a loss), or just another step to playing OSU for a huge game later this season.

it probably is. A loss by no means destroys Michigan's season but it is a big game for perception. If Michigan wins this week people are going to start talking about a lot bigger things than just a bowl game.

Sooooooooooo big.

If we win this game, it could determine how the rest of the season goes. Yes, I'm damn excited for this one.

I think this game is important, but a loss will be more detrimental to MSU in my opinion, because the whole fan base will realize playtime's over, big brother's all healed up and ready to resume dominance.

If and when we lose a game this year, I have complete confidence that the team will rebound like the champs they are.

I think it's pretty big - but pretty much all upside.  A loss would suck but would not be devastating.  A win makes us immediately bowl eligible and makes 9 wins very reachable.

Since this is right now but I would argue the 07 Ohio State game was bigger. Big Ten title on the line.

This game is a key step to putting up a respectable Big 10 schedule, but we've had bigger between now and 2006.  I'd argue every game from the point where we had 5 wins last year was bigger, since they all determined bowl eligibility.  

If we beat State we beat our second biggest rival and a ranked Big 10 team to boot.  That's a nice feather in our cap, but it alone does not determine our resume for the B10 season.  If we lose to MSU it would suck but we can make up for it by beating other ranked B10 teams (Iowa and Wisconsin are sure to be ranked when we play.  PSU may manage to sneak back in.  tOSU of course stands are the brass ring to reach for at the end of the season.).

Beating State is something we SHOULD do, but if we don't we can recover from it with other wins.  

Right now I'd say tOSU is our biggest game.  We were shockingly competitive with them until we decided to turn it over constantly.  It seems like Tresselball doesn't like the spread all that much.  If the offense goes into Columbus healthy and the defense can find some decent mojo for one game, a big win could happen.  

About as big as Justin Boren 

The game is THIS BIG!

Win would be great, obviously, but a loss wouldn't be as soul-crushing as many of the losses we've been through. It'd be great to get the 6th win against State though.

I am elated with how we have looked so far, but I am amazed at how (relatively) apathetic some people seem to be about this.  To me, this loss would blow terribly.  I think it would be worse than our worst loss last year, at least (Illinois, imo).

It is huge.  While both teams have a lot riding on this game, if Sparty wins they've got a great shot at a BCS Bowl and possibly the big ten title.  Their remaining schedule sets up real nice:  Illinois, at Northwestern, at Iowa, Minnesota, Purdue, at PSU.  Obviously the biggest hurdle there is @Iowa, second is probably @Northwestern.  The other 4 are probably just speed bumps.

Without looking up the other 10 teams, that's probably the easiest schedule for a big ten team for the final 6 games.  You've got probably the 2 worst teams in the big ten (Purdue and Minnesota - to make it even easier at home), another team in Illinois that will probably finish in the bottom half of the big ten, a team in PSU that will probably be around 500 in conference play, one legit big ten contender in Iowa and a team that is hard to get a read on because they haven't really played anyone yet - Northwestern.

allow the shoelace and mr. official explain. and hopefully they keep reminding you throughout the game. 

thiiiiiiiiis big

Not to be all coach-speak, but the biggest game is always the next game.  UM is no longer viewed as a dominant program, one that presumed bowl eligiblity from training camp and spent the season chasing a MNC birth.  The past two years have humbled many a fan and player, and so until this team returns to its place as an elite national team, every win, every game is as important as the last.  Hopefully soon beating MSU will be an expected outcome, and competing for Big 10 titles a given, but right now the team is 5-0, and will hopefully be 6-0.  Then the focus will turn to biggest game in their season against Iowa, and so on for the rest of the season.

Ohio State is bigger. Always has been, always will be. The importance of Michigan State is distorted in the State of Michigan. Outside the state, it matters less. I would argue this game is much more important to MSU than to UM. I believe we will end up with four more wins this year, but I am unsure who we will lose to. A 9 - 3 season is more than successful enough for us, regardless of whether or not we beat State. Beating OSU, now that gets national attention, ends the streak of losses, and would be memorable. Ask yourself:  what win are you aware of from 1969? OSU. Where did Bo focus? OSU or MSU? What ends the season? OSU or MSU? Admittedly, those living in Michigan can't stand grief from Sparty, but it just isn't as big.

We beat State, and media will go "meh." We lose, they go "meh." We beat OSU, they take notice, and so does everyone else. It was the OSU game that sealed the Heisman for Howard and Woodson. If we beat OSU, and Denard has a killer game, it paves the way for a Heisman for him too.

Its big because Im sick of pride comes before the fall and all that gibberish, and I want MSU to die a slow painful death.  I think I want a last second win because then I want them to suffer.  I hate them and want them to be heartbroken (not literally, no heart attacks again).

It's the biggest game in RR's UM tenure.

This is our chance to shut the mouths of the annoying fan base of Sparty for the entire year. This win means an end to their two year streak and puts the meaning of "little brother" back into effect. I'm sick of these green bastards talking shit on every Michigan fan board and website that they can spout their bull shit on. Michigan Stadium dons two colors. Maize and blue not green and white. I want to put these Spartan bastards in their place so bad that I have taken the liberty of getting a bonfire party ready before game night and burning a Spartan hockey jersey that I bought for 5 bucks at a garage sale and cook hotdogs over it's flames. I hate them, I hate them, I hate them. Do I need to say anymore?

I would say it's the biggest game since the 08 capitol one bowl being that we beat Florida and Lloyd retired