Michigan -18 over MSU: UPDATE

I just hope its lopsided from the beginning. How awesome would it be to throw out our second string offense AND defense against Sparty in EL? That would be demoralizing for their program. 

Lets not be too over confident this week. 

OSU was a 19.5 point favorite to beat Penn State and we all saw how that worked out for OSU.

MSU has saved every trick in their play book for us .

I think we should all remain cautiously optimistic that we can beat them down . We all know what should happen , but as the cliche goes, thats why they play the games .

My guess is it'll be bumped to 20 once people start putting in their bets. They'll try to keep it close, but show me one unit on MSU that is better than the counterpart at UM. You probably can't (save maybe place kicking), and in lots of areas UM is demonstrably better. UM should roll.

WTH?  We win this game by more than 40.

I'm surprised it's not higher. I hope Harbaugh hammers the Spartans!

I'll be happy.

B-b-but what if there's a greeeeenout!!! Ooooooh! /s Should be called a snotout.

God I hate Sparty. MSU, your colors are the colors of what I find in my Kleenex when I've got a cold and blow into it.

They fail to notice we toook the foot off the gas against illinois. We're running up the score next saturday

Msu is obviously out for blood. This game makes me a little nervous. I just want Michigan to beat the living hell out of them. I want to see dantonio pissed at the world and Spartan stadium 3/4 empty by the 4th quarter. I can't stand Msu.

BEAT MARK DICKTONIO TO HIS KNEES.

M 47 State 6

Win with cruelty

Who is slightly concerned about Saturday? This Is Staee's championship game. There have been much bigger upsets.

Barring injury or natural disaster type wind/rain, we should cruise in this one.  We will want this win more than they will after last year's game and all that rides on this season.

We need to win this game - I'll give it 4.5 John L. Smith smacks to the face out 5 on the urgency meter.

what will happen in a game that hasn't been played yet. Yet if we open a game with a bad drive, it's all over and we suck according to the open thread..(seriously, 1st page of the Rutgers thread is hilarious).

I've never seen people on here more certain of a win than this one even though it's on the road against a rival who has typically beaten us over the last decade.  That sort of bravado alone makes me nervous.

There's no magical quality to wishing something to happen, we all badly want to beat State, we all badly want to *destroy* State, we all think that we're good enough to do it, but guess what it's 60 minutes on the field, a lot of stuff can happen, a lot of adversity can come our way, nobody will know the outcome of this until next Saturday afternoon.

#WinWithCruelty

I've seen some people here say they're a little worried. Like it's their super bowl, they'll be fired up, etc... Who cares!? You honestly think Michigan isn't going have laser sharp focus this week with the intent to unleash years of fury onto a severely overmatched opponent? MSU is going to get crushed and it will be glorious. Michigan wins 56-7.

give me some of that spread action!

This is not your Brady Hoke Wolverines, too many people with post traumatic Hoke disorder. Too many people talking up Sparty, a 2-5 Sparty. This game is over by halftime. 

I'm worried, but it's an irrational worry. Talent should prevail

So, we should fear MSU because they're going to be fired up? Motivated? It's their Super Bowl? This thought implies a few silly things. 1) Michigan won't be fired up to avenge last year's loss and continue the current season's success. 2) Being motivated is enough to hide their glaring weaknesses. They have weaknesses damn near everywhere on the field. 3) This is not Lloyd Carr's Michigan. This team will not walk on the field expecting to win just by showing up. This Michigan team respects every opponent and the game enough to know their A-game all the time. Rivalry magic is always possible. But, unlikely as hell in this match up because there is very little for MSU to exploit. People see upsets in think Cinderella or magic or some shit. But, if the game is watched objectively you'll see mistakes being made by the favored team while the underdog takes advantage with sound strategy and play. Can MSU do that enough to win?

May we drop 100 points on east landfill.

That I'm nervous about is state players dealing out cheap shots and hurting our guys

Just win the game.

I will never forget how that game ended last year, I can't imagine how that felt on the players. They're going to come out with a chip on their shoulder, ready to kick ass.

this Michigan team has showed us much through seven games

now they will show us what revenge looks like

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