There is virtually no content in this article, but it cracked me up so I thought I'd share it.
Mike says, "If I had a chance to say it again, would I say it? ... Yes, no question about it."
rundown of Michigan's riser
Mike Hart: MSU still Little Brother
May 17th, 2010 at 2:55 PM
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Mike Hart: MSU still Little Brother
May 17th, 2010 at 2:58 PM | 
That is why
That is why
May 17th, 2010 at 2:59 PM |
The truth is always the truth
The truth is always the truth
Truth is "Sucks to be a Spartan"!
Wolverine Nation Unite!
May 17th, 2010 at 3:06 PM |
There's actually a lot of
There's actually a lot of
There's actually a lot of good stuff in the original article:
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100514/SPORTS0201/5140445/1131/SPORTS02...
The article touches on Aaron Shea's thoughts about Michigan vs Nebraska, as well as Mike Hart talking about how people like to kick Michigan when we're down.
Touchdown Michigan!
May 17th, 2010 at 3:18 PM |
Agreed
Agreed
I didn't originally read it, so I'm glad you mentioned it. Nothing earth-shattering. Just some good tit-bits. Tid-bits? Whatever. I'm a tit bit nippley.
Journal Entry - Day 782 of living amongst inbreds - Actually heard this today, "I don't see what the big deal is. All he was doin' was protectin' the players. What's wrong with that?"
May 17th, 2010 at 3:07 PM |
Yup i have been arguing with
Yup i have been arguing with
Yup i have been arguing with Sparty fans on this article for awhile.
Ohio Stadium "10000 alumni and 74000 truck drivers."- Bob Ufer
May 17th, 2010 at 3:13 PM |
I just had this conversation
I just had this conversation
I just had this conversation 2 days ago with a Sparty alum. I thought it was completely classless for a D1 head coach to retaliate to Mike's comment by making fun of his stature. The Sparty alum thought it was no worse than Mike's original comment.
Call me crazy, but when you're a college kid and go 4-0 against a team during your tenure, I think you have the right to poke fun at them. As a coach, you should be a little more mature than that.
May 17th, 2010 at 3:35 PM |
Mark Dantonio would have won
Mark Dantonio would have won
Mark Dantonio would have won if he said something to the tune of "I didn't hear those comments" and just refuse to answer any questions on it, or add "if he did say them, I'm surprised. He seems classier than that."
But, he didn't. He loses.
Touchdown Michigan!
May 17th, 2010 at 4:27 PM |
I'm not sure
I'm not sure
I'm not sure how Dantonio looks classy to you. The guy rooted against his own team's best interests just so he could root against Michigan. That's classy? He started a trash talking battle with Michigan and Mike Hart and then complained about it. That's not classy either. He doesn't seem classy to me. He seems like an asshole.
May 17th, 2010 at 4:40 PM |
He doesn't look classy to
He doesn't look classy to
He doesn't look classy to me. He looks like an angry, up-tight version of Billy Bob Thornton.
I think you may have misinterpreted what I wrote. The point of my post was to highlight what a respectable coach would say; instead, he's an idiot who will be outcoached and outworked this season by Michigan.
Touchdown Michigan!
May 17th, 2010 at 4:48 PM |
pah-reach
pah-reach
I figured you were just giving him the polite benefit-of-the-doubt approach.
It just drives me crazy when Little Brother talks about that incident as if Mike Hart's actions are the ones to question when it was their COACH who started the whole thing.
And you're right. He really does look like Mr. Woodcock.
May 17th, 2010 at 5:14 PM |
I know what you mean. I
I know what you mean. I
I know what you mean. I might have already told this story on this blog before, but my first ever Michigan vs MSU game was in 2002. As an out of stater, I didn't quite have any understanding of how obnoxious fans can be. I was late to the game (Sorry, I was a freshman at the time, not knowing that I would ultimately develop an unhealthy obsession for Michigan athletics.) Anyway, I was late to the game, and as I got close to the stadium, these Michigan State fans (drunk and older) were like "It's already 3-0! We're going to destroy you today, you might as well go home to the library WOOOOOOO!" (Not verbatim, but very similar to that.)
Needless to say, the final score of that game was 49-3 Michigan. I, to this day, don't really have as much animosity for MSU as your standard Michigander, but after the last two years, I understand 100% why everyone (over)uses the Little Brother quote.
Touchdown Michigan!
May 17th, 2010 at 4:25 PM |
Actually,
Actually,
Michigan fans shouldn't give Dantonio so much slack on this...He STARTED the shit talking by trashing us for losing to App State ("moment of silence"). Months later, Mike Hart dropped the "little brother" line after our "moment of silence" for dropping MooU.
Dantonio isn't just a piece of garbage who feuded with a student athlete at another school. He's a piece of garbage who began and continued a feud with that school and one of its students. Then, he complained that Mike Hart shouldn't talk trash. How's that hypocrisy thing working for ya, Coach? If you start the shit, Coach, don't whine about it. And what coach (other than Kiffin) talks trash like that?
-As a side note, we need more emotion like Hart brought to the sideline.
May 17th, 2010 at 8:47 PM |
As a coach
As a coach
Dantonio is classless jerk. No head coach should ever respond in public to anything a college athlete says about a rivalry. Do you think Lloyd Carr would have made any comment if the situation was reveresed? I doubt he would have even acknowledged it. Dantonio made his bed with his "Should we have a moment of silence?" comment when he heard about M's loss to Appalachian State. In my opinion, it's OK to stoke the fires of the M-MSU rivalry because as Rick Leach said "Their day is coming".
AJ Bluefan
May 18th, 2010 at 2:06 AM |
Dantonio shouldn't have
Dantonio shouldn't have
Dantonio shouldn't have responded to him, but Hart shouldn't have said it. He was 21 at the time, and should have known better. Don't forget that that wasn't an isolated incident, and some of the teams he was talking trash about he went winless against in his career.
May 18th, 2010 at 11:08 AM |
Hmmm....
Hmmm....
Sounds like a whole lot of "Sparty Spin" there........
He was 4-0 against the only team I remember him referring to as "Little Brother".
May 18th, 2010 at 12:02 PM |
He didn't call anyone else
He didn't call anyone else
He didn't call anyone else "little brother," but he was talking smack to OSU after he lost to OSU (and went 0-4), and didn't he get into an argument with Harbaugh? I don't see how anyone couldn't respect Hart as a player, but he needs to learn when to keep his mouth shut and be more like Long or Henne.
May 17th, 2010 at 3:13 PM |
And at the end of the day,
And at the end of the day,
And at the end of the day, Sparty fans whining about Mike Hart are totally and completely shot down by the fact that he was 4-0 against MSU.
May 17th, 2010 at 3:36 PM |
In related news
In related news
every single one of Hart's NFL teammates is apparently a Sparty alum:
"They don't care what happens to their school," Hart said of his teammates. "Their school can lose every week, but if Michigan doesn't win, there's going to be 52 guys in that locker room talking about Michigan. They want to see us lose, and they like to see us down."
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<
May 17th, 2010 at 4:02 PM |
So true, hence the "Spartan
So true, hence the "Spartan
So true, hence the "Spartan fans are obsessed with Michigan" meme. It's one thing to talk about your rivals and follow their teams, it's a whole 'nother level to revel in their losses more than your own wins/losses.
May 17th, 2010 at 4:05 PM |
It's
It's
It's funny that we as alums/fans basically have targets on our back. People with inferiority complexes can be a real self-esteem booster when you're feeling down.
May 17th, 2010 at 8:26 PM |
Actually, it's 2.
Actually, it's 2.
There are two ex-Spartans (plus Swenson and White) on the Colt's roster.
Hart's point is that even the players from ND, USC, Tennessee, Florida and Oklahoma look up to Michigan. It's not just fans of pathetic schools.
"After all was said and done, there was nothing left to do."
May 17th, 2010 at 9:09 PM |
When you read my post, did
When you read my post, did
When you read my post, did you hear a whooshing noise about four feet over your head?
Cause that was the joke going by.
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
Blogging the Virginia Cavaliers at http://fromoldvirginia.blogspot.com/<
May 18th, 2010 at 8:12 PM |
I realize you don't seriously
I realize you don't seriously
I realize you don't seriously believe that the Spartans could fill an entire NFL roster. But I thought that MH's point about the sentiments of players from quality schools shouldn't be lost.
"After all was said and done, there was nothing left to do."
May 17th, 2010 at 3:52 PM |
I have MSU friends who try to
I have MSU friends who try to
I have MSU friends who try to call Michigan "little brother" now. It makes me laugh. MSU will always be "little brother."
May 17th, 2010 at 6:42 PM |
This should be your response,
This should be your response,
This should be your response, ad nauseum: 67-30-3.
May 17th, 2010 at 4:07 PM |
Spoken like a TRUE Michigan Man....
Spoken like a TRUE Michigan Man....
Gosh! I miss MH20...GO BLUE!
Lucky enough to have my own JT wristband!!
May 17th, 2010 at 4:15 PM |
only a true little brother
only a true little brother
Would get this excited about a two game winning streak.
May 17th, 2010 at 4:17 PM |
Lock the Thread
Lock the Thread
We have a winner.
May 18th, 2010 at 9:51 AM |
It does make me laugh
It does make me laugh
I mean, seriously. Okay, MSU, you beat us in 2008. BIG achievement. Who DIDN'T beat us in 2008? This is not something to be proud of.
And then 2009? Really? The overtime, lucky break win because Tate Forcier was trying too hard in his first ever away game?
I hate to say it, because I love Michigan so much, but getting excited about winning those two games? It says an awful lot about your mindset.
"This is the EMU game, not the emo game."
May 17th, 2010 at 4:45 PM |
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May 17th, 2010 at 5:01 PM |
More proof that Hart is right.
More proof that Hart is right.
May 17th, 2010 at 5:10 PM |
Mike Hart is the man
Mike Hart is the man
Love that guy. In a way, all this Michigan hate is a compliment. That is why the return to the top will be so sweet.
Christ in me arise and dispel all the darkness.
May 17th, 2010 at 5:30 PM |
I (still) <3 <3
I (still) <3 <3
I (still) <3 <3
You'll be better and you'll be smarter and more grown-up and a better daughter. . .
May 17th, 2010 at 5:35 PM |
Mike Hart
Mike Hart
He will be proven right when we beat them this year.
May 17th, 2010 at 5:55 PM |
LOLZ SCUM IS LITTLE SISTER
LOLZ SCUM IS LITTLE SISTER
LOLZ SCUM IS LITTLE SISTER NOW BRAH.
May 17th, 2010 at 6:03 PM |
imo s*** talking is food for
imo s*** talking is food for
imo s*** talking is food for the opponent. to me, msu knows they are Michigan's little brothers because they are, not because anyone has to tell them. i think MSU did nothing but use those comments as motivation.
go blue go
May 17th, 2010 at 6:27 PM |
This is something
This is something
that MSU fans should be reminded of everyday.
Special Teams means special times!
May 17th, 2010 at 8:29 PM |
In other news...
In other news...
water is still wet.
May 17th, 2010 at 9:40 PM |
Also,
Also,
Denard Robinson is still flash dilithium
"When your team is losing, stick by them, keep believing." -Bo Schembechler
May 17th, 2010 at 8:53 PM |
Who is this Mark Dantonio anyway?
Who is this Mark Dantonio anyway?
Has he ever won anything?
If the haters don't hate you then you're doing something wrong. - David Cone
May 18th, 2010 at 11:32 AM |
Once
Once
Once I think Dumbtonio won a shiny plastic magic ring at a carnival. But I could be wrong about that.
May 18th, 2010 at 12:16 PM |
The bigger quote in that article:
The bigger quote in that article:
Drew Henson, on if he could go back to 2000 and decide again between a senior year at Michigan and George Steinbrenner paying him to play baseball because he was Michigan's starting quarterback...
"Would I have liked to (have had) a fourth year to be in school and played and see what we could have done? Looking back, right now, I'd probably say yeah."
Because this decision still bothers me as a Michigan fan (Henson was my class so I was there for the whole saga), but I still can't fault him -- bird in hand and whatnot -- for taking the offer in front of him.
In the quote, Henson notes that he thinks differently at 30 than he did at 20. Which, duh, but I remember being right there at the same age and I still think exactly how I did 10 years ago about that.
Also: 10 years?!?
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May 18th, 2010 at 3:49 PM |
Wait until...
Wait until...
...its 21 years then you'll really be saying "?!?".
LSA '89 - MBB Natl Champions, Big 10/Rose Bowl Champions | @MGoShoe
May 18th, 2010 at 10:09 PM |
You mean
You mean
When the players weren't alive when you were in school? Yeah, that's happening. Worse with things like Coach Jackson's kid who I remember as a toddler, and now he's on scholly.
"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
May 18th, 2010 at 3:45 PM |
One time Mike Hart...
One time Mike Hart...
One time Mike Hart walked by me when I was studying.
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I bought his jersey. i love me some Mike Hart!
Journal Entry - Day 782 of living amongst inbreds - Actually heard this today, "I don't see what the big deal is. All he was doin' was protectin' the players. What's wrong with that?"