Inferiority Complex

Submitted by ClevelandWolverine55 on

I don't post on here much and I'm sure I'll get severly negged for this also does not help I'm form Ohio but nevertheless I need to get this off my chest. For those of you who keep posting that Spartan fan has an inferiority complex I just don't see it. They've beaten us four times in a row there is no need for them to feel inferior any longer. We are inferior to them right now and until we find a way to beat them we will continue to be so. They have better talent and clearly are more physical and take this rivalry much more seriously than our coaches ande players The only inferiority I see is from our fan base. All the whining about the late hits needs to stop it happened. Stuff like that happens in every game its football for god sakes. 

Also the thing that bothers me most is all of you asking for Wisconsin to crush Michigan State for us. That's not what Michigan does. We are better than that. That's the Michigan State of old  would do that and hope Ohio State would come beat us to make their pain feel a bit better. Michigan should never ever  take the position of looking for someone bigger and better to take care of  business that our team could not take care off. It sickens me I've never seen a teams fans whine and complain so much about a couple personal fouls in a football game its about as obnoxious to me as the personal fouls themselves. Go ahead and neg away and call me a troll but thats how I see it.


We still have a great shot and having a wonderful season and beat Ohio. I believe we should focus on that more than a couple late hits and Wisconsin handling our business. 

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markusr2007

October 17th, 2011 at 7:36 PM ^

Christ.

So MSU beats Michigan 4 years in a row and they're crowned kings of the state and the Big Ten. 

When Michigan beats MSU for 4, 5 or 6 straight years, what do you get? Crickets. Nothing. Nadita? 

Why not? Well because NOBODY CARES ENOUGH.  It's not a shock if Michigan beats MSU.

Reverse the roles and it's like something amazing happened, as if the nation's banks suddenly started marking their assets to market out of the goodness of their stone cold hearts. YAY! Kirk Cousins plans on showing residents of the "Wolverine State" his 4 fingers for the rest of his life.

Like anything else controversial it depends when you wish to start watching the movie. For MSU fans the rivalry started very recently, in 2008, to be precise.

So that my opinion is known:

I congratulate MSU's players for their 4th straight win over Michigan Saturday - minus the entire MSU coaching staff and all of the Spartan players who committted personal fouls on Saturday.  They don't deserve congratulation or recognition.

 

 

 

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orobs

October 17th, 2011 at 7:48 PM ^

I'm pretty sure the inferiority complex is from the fans who didn't have the grades to get into Michigan...I think sports are completely secondary to this. 

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almostkorean

October 17th, 2011 at 8:48 PM ^

I actually agree with the OP, all the whining is getting annoying.  It disgusts me that their coach condones unnecessary roughness, but they would have beat us without it and they've earned their due the past few years.  Their D is legit and actually reminds me of old Michigan D so props to them.

We have bigger and better things to worry about now.  It might be a different story if they were catching up in recruiting or something, but that is definitely not the case and I'm confident our team is headed in the right direction.

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Red is Blue

October 17th, 2011 at 8:55 PM ^

Isn't part of having a "complex" related to it being somewhat irrational.  Hence, it would not be inconsistent to have an inferiority complex even if you've won a few in a row.

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GRFS11

October 17th, 2011 at 8:58 PM ^

is because of how they act.  It's not even the way we react to them, but the way they react THEMSELVES to their OWN success.  From the Gatorade, to the way their coaches and players speak about the rivalry, to the way announcers on ESPN subtly refer to the state of football in Michigan, that is why they are still inferior.  They don't know how to handle being a better team and take that next step up!  Call it pride, or tradition, or arrogance, or whatever...there is a certain swagger that teams like Michigan, Ohio, USC, Bama, Texas, and Oklahoma have (and Wisconsin is developing it seems) when we are winning, that teams like MSU still don't have.  Call it a yearning to be taken seriously, or just a desire to be in the national spotlight, but it's a different feeling when the great programs expect to do well and are, vs. when the middle-of-the-road programs like MSU are having a few good years in a row and take it to the extreme.

 

Just look at the things MSU is saying and doing on a day-to-day basis.  That is what makes them an inferior program, not anything we say to them.

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saveferris

October 18th, 2011 at 9:32 AM ^

Inferiority complex?  Whining?  My team accepted defeat with dignity and grace despite the boorish behavior of their opponent.  No fingers pointed, no accusations made. 

My opponent took their last defeat with the grace of a 7 year old child.  Mike Hart made his "little brother" comments 4 years ago and Dantonio and Sparty are still dragging that resentment around?  Get over it.

We're not pulling for Wisconsin to whip Sparty to gain some kind of redemption for ourselves.  We're pulling for Wisconsin  to whip Sparty because we are a game behind them in the Legends division and WE'RE TRYING TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP.  Guess what, if Wisconsin smokes MSU on Saturday, I'll go right to rooting for Nebraska to do it to them again the following Saturday....and then Iowa....and then Northwestern.

Jesus, what a stupid fucking post.

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