MSU grad posts WSJ article about Disrespekt

Submitted by hailtothevectors on

Wall Street Journal essay was published today by Sparty grad, who is basically tired of the consistent slights that her school has received.  From the relentless butchering of their coach's name (is it Mike D'Antonio) to the use of the block M next to Michigan State or CBS just showing that it's Michigan vs Alabama in the college football Playoff or getting a Michigan doormat when she ordered an MSU one (sounds like she lucked out).  

Either way, it must be rough liking "Michigan's Other School"

 

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-curse-of-michigans-other-school-1451500…

Danwillhor

December 31st, 2015 at 2:54 PM ^

but the cult of Disrespekt they've nurtured is THE MOST childish, immature, self serving, ass backward Little Brother thing EVER. You're a very good program and have been for half a decade! Nobody underestimates you! It's in your own head, hence making you fodder for little jokes that you purposefully inflate to DISRESPEKT status. It's crazy how this still plays after B10 titles, major bowl wins, etc.

alum96

December 31st, 2015 at 4:41 PM ^

There was an actual study done on applications done in the entire state of Michgan and it was something like 17% of people who got accepted to both UM and MSU went to MSU.  So yes there are some but to hear them talk it's 90%+. 

If I recall that study also had a 60%+ rate for people who were accepted to LCC and MSU who chose to go to LCC. :D

So yeah the countless people parading around on campus of LCC saying they could have gone to MSU are correct... not so much those who claim they could have went to UM.

Blue69

January 1st, 2016 at 1:49 AM ^

I have known Sharon for several years. I know how smart she is and how motivated she was to be a journalist, working at the Detroit News covering GM and Wall Street Journal covering the auto industry and, now, sports investigations. If she said she was accepted to Michigan, she was.  Michigan eliminated its journalism program, from which I graduated, but 20 years ago.She is an exceptional reporter and a fine person. Even if she is a Spartan.

Blue69

January 1st, 2016 at 1:49 AM ^

I have known Sharon for several years. I know how smart she is and how motivated she was to be a journalist, working at the Detroit News covering GM and Wall Street Journal covering the auto industry and, now, sports investigations. If she said she was accepted to Michigan, she was.  Michigan eliminated its journalism program, from which I graduated, but 20 years ago.She is an exceptional reporter and a fine person. Even if she is a Spartan.

Bando Calrissian

December 31st, 2015 at 2:25 PM ^

The truth is, basically no one cares about Michigan State football, and it drives them crazy. They can have all the success in the world, but when your brand is basically "Hey, we're good now! Check out Magic Johnson on the sidelines! Dantonio really isn't a dick, we swear," you're in "This Year's Cinderella"-ville.

Hi RCMB.

Bando Calrissian

December 31st, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^

The fanbase thing is a good point. The same fairweather non-alum fans who didn't care one way or the other and bought Michigan gear for the past 40 years because we've consistently won are temporarily wearing Sparty stuff now. They'll be back in Michigan gear in no time to annoy the hell out of the Sparty contingent that coined the "Wal-Mart Wolverine" thing.

I'm afraid. I'm very afraid.

BornSinner

December 31st, 2015 at 2:30 PM ^

More like she couldn't get into Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism and Michigan, thus chose MSU. 

 

It's like someone saying they chose Broad over Ross specifically for supply chain. 

 

Sorry that doesn't happen. 

Bando Calrissian

December 31st, 2015 at 2:41 PM ^

...because Michigan discontinued its journalism program because they realized they were unfairly churning out tons of journalism majors who basically had no hope of finding work in a shrinking journalism market. And all the while the Michigan Daily hasn't skipped a beat in being a far better paper than the State News.

BornSinner

December 31st, 2015 at 2:56 PM ^

Wait Michigan actually used to have an official Journalism program? 

 

That explains a lot. I used to think the Michigan Daily was just THAT good at prepping students for the world since we have so many famous journalism alums haha. 

Everyone Murders

December 31st, 2015 at 2:30 PM ^

She owned up to the fact that Michigan overall is a much better academic institution than MSU.  That acknowledgment in-and-of-itself differentiates her from many of her fellow MSU alums.  And as a freelance writer, she's got to write about something. 

She's dead wrong on one thing, though.  If MSU gets waxed by Bama, grown men will cry.  MSU fans will take that shit hard, and cry.  And many Michigan fans will cry, too.  But (like Delilah sitting worthlessly alone) the tears on our cheeks will be from laughter.

Everyone Murders

December 31st, 2015 at 4:20 PM ^

I think that MSU has one of the best agriculture schools in the world (not just the U.S.), and it's always funny to me how so many alums try to downplay that element.  It's a hugely-important field of study, and if that gets MSU called a "cow college" I'd wear that badge with honor.  They also have a couple of really good medical schools and a few other stand-out programs (e.g., their Veterinary Medicine program). 

Now when it gets down to traditional academic studies, that's another kettle of ... corn.  Not that MSU is not a good school overall - it is.  But when you hear MSU alums and fans say that their engineering, journalism, liberal arts, mathematics, life sciences, etc. are on a par or better than Michigan's?

Sparty, please.