No article on Michigan State is complete without a prominent video of Harbaugh in the middle

Submitted by Wendyk5 on

The inferiority complex of the Spartans goes national. Even though the article presents a compelling case in favor of their performance the past several years, the Spartans still can't get beyond the shadow of Michigan. 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/04/sports/ncaafootball/michigan-state-fi…

Tater

September 5th, 2015 at 4:10 AM ^

To be fair, the article is from the NY Times and is actually about MSU's "inferiority complex."  The title is, "Michigan State: Fifth in the Nation, Yet Still Second Fiddle to Michigan."  That makes it relevant and postworthy in my book.

cGOBLUEm

September 4th, 2015 at 7:09 PM ^

But don't you long for the days when M rips off 6 victories against MSU in a row, and they really aren't that big of a deal? Don't get me wrong. I hate MSU. Where I live, I'm surrounded by Sparties. I just can't wait until we once again have them under our foot year after year.




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Wendyk5

September 4th, 2015 at 7:29 PM ^

Of course. But we'll get there again. I'm surprised at the negativity here. It's an article by an impartial, i.e. not the state of Michigan, paper. It's not someone pushing an agenda. It's actually not negative towards Michigan or Michigan State. It doesn't say that Michigan is a mess or that Michigan State is winning the next National Championship. Someone above asked what are we talking about here? We and the article are talking about how dominant we are, winning or no winning, which is the bane of the Spartans' existence. Yes, we'd rather be dominant because of our winning but the fact is, we've done a lot of things right over the years and built a program that people are interested in. Do I personally find humor in it? A little bit, mostly because Dantonio is so dour. It's perfectly karmic, and enjoyable for a rival to watch, given how easily he lets that chip sit on his shoulder. 

Everyone Murders

September 4th, 2015 at 5:40 PM ^

Why so mean to the OP? 

I understand that it's past time that Michigan start holding up its end of the rivalry, and I'm eager to see Michigan regain status as big man on the peninsulas.  Right now MSU is that, and it sucks for us in the near term.  But the fact that the NYTimes ran an article on MSU's resentments toward Michigan (held closely despite them beating Michigan 6 out of 7 tries) is worthy of a post, in my opinion. 

The OP's post is not some hypocritical "did you hear that blurb on Valenti's show where he said something mean about Michigan - they're so obsessed with us".*  It's the NYTimes!!  That's a fairly well-known publication.  And it is funny that half of the article focuses on MSU's Michigan-monomania.

*We see too many of those on the board, and those OP's are rightfully degraded.

mal

September 4th, 2015 at 10:52 PM ^

Actually, I was referring to you and all the others on here who have no other shit to talk at our rival other than barking about shadows and inferiority complexes because they have beat our faces in recently and are respected nationally while we are laughed at.