It's Hate Week

It's still on the front page:

http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/its-sunday-michigan-michigan-vs-msu-week-officially-0

I havent really felt confident going into this game since 2007 but i have a good feeling this time. I think we take a big lead early and they just never recover bringing Paul Bunyan back to his rightful home

...Happy Meal Hate Week.

Hate is for Ohio.

If this is Hate Week, what does that make the week of the Game?

Sparty is a lot like Ned Needlender from Groundhog Day, you know, Ned, Ned the head, needle nose ned?! Super annoying when you step in that puddle and he laughs and jokes, but otherwise, deep down inside, it's all an act to cover up a huge insecurity and inferiority complex.

Annoyance Week.  Hate Week is in November.

your hate makes you strong...Go Blue!

Michigan State is a road apple. It is time to put the hurt on Michigan State. 

I don't really hate Michigan State, but there certainly isn't another program that gets more mileage out of a 32-67-5 record and .332 winning percentage against Michigan than Sparty does.

Sparty is like an obstinate rodent that has escaped capture for four years, and needs to be put in its place.

fuck you Sparty

Hate is for Ohio. There is an echo in here for a reason.

This will be my first UM vs. MSU game (that I've been to) - usually I don't get to go to the bigger games, so this will be awesome. I just wish I knew when kickoff was... I think I hate MSU more than Ohio right now also. We have to right things in the world with them. Then we can move on and think about other fish that need frying.

I don't hate the spartans. I view them more as a monkey that we need to get off our back so that we can work towards our goals. This program has larger aspirations than beating a non-BCS-bowl-caliber program like michigan state.

As a Michigan Man, I obviously dislike OSU.  That being said, with the new conference alignment, there is no denying the MSU rivalry took a HUGE step up.  As I said, I have no love for the Buckeyes, but at least they've been a good team historically.  MSU and their insufferable fanbase, however, are nothing but wanna be's who refuse to admit that it's not a coincidence that Sparty's recent success in the rivalry came at the ABSOLUTE low of the 133 years of Michigan football.  They speak about Michigan as if it's a dinosaur, and should be religated to a museum.  They act like they're the up-and-coming power in the Big10 because they had two good seasons.  They whined like a kindergarden class whose recess was taken away when Michigan got a BCS Bowl birth, blaming it on anything and everything but the fact that their program WAS NOT ELIGIBLE!  Their collective inferiority complex in relation to the University of Michigan is pathetic, and it is personified so perfectly by their douche bag coach.  I understand that you don't like your biggest rival, but he goes as far as to point of outright disrespect.  There are a lot of coaches in both college and pro whom I dislike, but I respect them -- I do not respect Dantonio, and I would relish the chance to let him know that fact.  He's a classless fool, whose time in the sun is ticking away.

Go Blue, Beat State!

Buckeyes have a "superiorty complex" and act like OSU is the best football program in the nation every year.  They conveniently overlook the fact that they were CHEATING and that it is highly likely that the NCAA only uncovered the tip of the proverbial iceburg -- not to mention the "insider deal" that their moronic AD likely worked.  Despite all this, there is no denying the fact that OSU's football program is very good, and puts a good product on the field year in and year out.

Spartans, by contrast, have a severe "inferiority complex" in relation to Michigan and it manifest in their complete inability to view the rivalry in a rational manner.  I understand that rivalries elicit irrational behavior from both sides, however, Sparty takes this to another level.  They want so badly to be respected by the college football world, and they take everything that Michigan does as a slight against them, that they basically guarantee that nobody will respects them.  Even going into this season, when the pundits were drooling over them, they couldn't stop talking about Michigan's struggles versus Bama, and then have repeatedly shit the bed.

For some reason I find those that think they're the best easier to tolerate than those that are so racked by insecurity and inferiority that they repeatedly makes asses of themselves.

Some years back my late uncle summed up my attitude towards State. He grew up in Ann Arbor and lived there most of his life, had multiple degrees from Michigan, was a fixture of golf course tailgating, etc. When his eldest daughter was approaching college age I asked him if he would pressure her to go to Michigan.

His response: not at all. He told her she could go anywhere she wanted, he didn't care, with one exception. If she wanted to go to State she was going to have to find a way to pay for it herself, because he couldn't physically bring himself to write a check to that "so-called institution."

Hate? Maybe, but I think of it more as contempt.

Those of you that don't understand the hatred of MSU, I get that, but trust those of us that were born and raised in a lot of parts of Michigan, it's justified.  

The OSU rivalry is and will always be number one for me, but MSU isn't far behind.  The hatred is amplified not because of how much they hate Michigan, but simply because they believe they belong in the same football conversation as Michigan.  At least with OSU that's true, we're on similar levels in terms of pedigree, tradition and respect.  MSU fans think that's also the case with them.

Bring up the all-time series? "No one cares what happened 60 years ago."

"WE WON FOUR IN A ROW" Nevermind that Michigan beat them 6 times straight right before that.

They had back to back 11 wins seasons and still can't recruit for shit? "But look at these 2 or 3 stars that have been successful!  I don't understand that a generality isn't false just because there are a few pieces of evidence to the contrary!"

They spend their whole fanhood comparing what MSU does to what Michigan does, and frankly, it's insulting.  Call it arrogance, fine, but Michigan Football is different from Michigan State football.  They can't consistently fill their rinky dink concrete parking garage stadium, Michigan could get well over 100k playing legitimately anyone.  I really don't need to go on listing the differences - you're all aware.  They're Iowa, they're Texas Tech, but they somehow don't know that.

They need to be put back in their place.  

Don't hate.  Beat.

two weeks in a row would be sweet. The way our D is playing and sparty O looking like the lingerie league, this could be a real possibility. Then we can all take pleasure in watching the post game presser. "Yes, next question."

I don't understand why everyone's hating on hate week for MSU. We've got more than enough hate for everyone.

"hate week" it is an exciting part of our season that comes once a year. To me it is filled with making sparty jokes directed towards some members of my family.

My brother and I are coming to our first Michigan game and we could not be anymore excited . What are the hotel options in Ann Arbor?

All I want to see is (besides a win) is Gholston punished over and over again. I would love to see Lewan riding donkeys and serving up pancakes on that douchebag!

beating sparty will restore my sanity

beating ohio will make me happy

For anyone who has ever had a little brother, you understand that's the perfect metaphor for MSU.  Here are the characteristics of a li'l bro:

• Annoys the piss out of you
• Several steps down the intelligence staircase (in MSU's case, actually just fell down the stairs)
• Cares about nothing more than beating you
• Beats you every now and then, and maybe even has a winning streak
• Actively tries to convince himself he is better than you, but deep down knows you're smarter, stronger, better
• Harasses you incessantly until you beat him badly
• Complains that it wasn't fair when he loses, and talks about the last time he beat you

This is a perfect description for MSU.  They'll never be more than li'l bro.  And deep down, they know it.  There will be no National Championship for them.  They've never been to a BCS bowl, and they'll never go to one of the playoff games.  They are an afterthought, and don't realize that the success they've had the past few years is as good as it gets for MSU.  That's why Saban left, and it's why Dantonio would leave for Ohio if they would have him.

And for all these reasons, we must beat them.  Not because they totally suck--little brothers sometimes have a little talent--but because they are a step (or four) below us, and everyone, including them, knows it.

It's time to remind them that they're little brother in a big way.

GO BLUE

Since I am on my phone and can't get the pictures to work, MSU in the infamous words of Silky Johnson, Hater of the year in 2002,"I hate you. I hate you. I don't even know you, and I hate your guts. I hope all the bad things in life happen to you and nobody else but you."

but hate?