Michigan vs. MSU Open Thread

Team is playing scared and it’s obvious. Franz and Livers MIA. Everyone content just letting Hunter do all the work. SMFH

Earth to Livers and/or Wagner.....

Hello??????

Paging Livers and Wagner.  Game has started, fellas.  Could use you out there.

Fuck these refs. Fuck Dick Vitale. Fuck Tom Izzo. 

............and mute the announcers. 

Don’t know what Wagner was looking around for there. He gambled on a deny for a sub 30% 3 point shooter and got shook. Just bad defense 

Howard needs to start yelling at the refs. Izzo yells at them constantly on the sideline when they walk by him and he's starting to get all the calls now.

Those last few calls were turrible.

Put the starters in and run your offense. John's and brown are killing us 

Offensively, seem stagnant still. Franz needs to get going to force them to guard the parameter. 
 

here we go Blue 

This team has hit a wall physically and mentally.  MSU is doing nothing special. M beating themselves with so many stupid plays. This game shouldn’t be close but likely a nail biter. 

What would I pay to shut Vitale up? What’s a PPV cost?

Teams have figured us out. We have a lot of weaknesses that can be exposed.  It actually makes me more impressed by howard. I don't think these players are world beaters.

Wake up D. 6 buckets at the rim sux!!!

Do the players realize they have to win another game to win the big 10?

This is laughable bad... the story line for this season is changing drastically... if they lose this they aren't winning at msu that's for sure and goodbye big ten

What has happened to our 3-point game???

I know Illinois has the long, athletic guards to prevent them....BUT, STATE?!?!?

Could we just, like, play the starting five for a little more?  They seemed to be doing well.  Brown running with the ball is TO-city and Johns is...

They better never show Dickie V’s camera feed, ‘cause I feel he’s pulling a Toobin right now.

Man, not taking advantage to build a bigger lead.

A few observations:

- Team still looks a bit lethargic on offense 

- I'm noticing lately when fouling that we just put our arms up and still give up the basket and a cheesy foul,  foul hard if you're going to foul and not give up an easy basket

- John's, man lately he's been such a liability, hope he improves cause we're gonna need him.

Where’s Franz cutting to the hoop? Like wtf. 

That wasn’t a travel? Wow

Feels like an intense game which it is.  Hard to listen to Vitale all the time.  My personal over/under with the mute button when he is talking tonight is 9. 

Franz should be slashing to the basket. Not doing outlet passes and then running around like he has poop in his pants.  He is so disappointing sometimes.

feels like we’re watching the sparty network with Dickie V as lead cheerleader

They are rushing bad shots again

If Howard refuses to play our best players, we’re going to lose.

Had a chance to put them in a choke hold up 18-10, but.....

This game is so fucking annoying to watch can the refs just swallow the whistle?

Johns’s season plus/minus is negative 1 million

This team does not seem to run sets for Livers or Franz in the first half

Make your FTs

You can't run the offense through Davis like you do with Dickinson.

I mean...

That was a horrible call, but I'll take it.

Refs killing the game flow.

Why did we give up on the 3 point shot?

Great board by Livers.  

That was a pretty soft call on the Livers foul. Wow. Guess the refs are evening it out.

Is this the same crew that did our game @ Iowa?

What a beautiful pass

These fouls are bs on both teams. 

Nice Livers in!

Let Davis foul out. Who gives a shit?

I do feel like we play Davis too much

Jeez...22 pts in 14 minutes. 

Livers and wagner suck at creating their own shots.  I think brooks is our most consistent player

These officials are making it about them

Holy foul calls batman.  This is silly.

Stop playing Davis in big minutes