I'm going against the grain; I'll be rooting for Sparty

Submitted by Bosch on

Call me a traitorous bastard.  Neg me to Bolivia.  For today..... I will be pulling for Sparty.

I had no intentions to cross the line prior to the start of bowl season.  Our friends in green have no understanding of the term "winning graciously" and I don't look forward to listening to them boast about their accomplishments all off season.  Nor do I have a lot of faith that it's going to happen as I put Sparty losing as my #1 confidence in the bowl picks.

But then Iowa, Illinois, and Notre Dame took care of their business and I started to think.......  Maybe all 8 of Michigan's opponents in bowl games can emerge with victories.

It wouldn't necessarily shine a rosier light on our horrific defensive performance during the season, but maybe it would remind everyone that we did have a challenging schedule and, prior to the start of the season, how most of us would have welcomed a 7-5 record and a new Year's Day bowl game.

So, for this bowl season, Go Sparty.... and PSU, OSU, Wisconsin, and UConn (lol?)

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BlueCE

January 1st, 2011 at 1:18 PM ^

No way, an MSU win hurts us a lot more (recruiting, etc) than the B10 losing one bowl game... I root for B10 teams except MSU and OSU.... Go Bama

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a2bluefan

January 1st, 2011 at 1:19 PM ^

I'm not rooting for Alabama to win so much as I am rooting for MSU to lose. I want the game to be close at the end, with MSU in the lead.  And through some epic failure of play-calling, time management, or some other classic "Sparty NOOO!!!" event, Sparty manages to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

I know.... 'Bama, trailing 21-20, scores a game-winning safety as time expires. Final 22-21, Bama.

 

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