OT: NW 54 pts are the most EVER at Spartan Stadium by an opponent.
I saw the final score and wondered how many times MSU has given up that many points at home? The answer? NEVER!
They've given up > 54 a couple of times to Michigan and Penn State (also Wisconsin, Nebraska, and UCLA) but those were all on the road.
Here's a link to my source:
http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/michiganstate.htm
Too bad it was to NW. I think it's time Michigan takes over a new record - score 55 in EL.
October 16th, 2016 at 7:39 PM ^
For now
October 16th, 2016 at 7:53 PM ^
Wish we wouldn't talk so much smack until we beat MSU and OSU.
October 16th, 2016 at 9:07 PM ^
I normally believe that once an opponent is beaten, you either end the match or put them out of their misery quickly. Sportsmanship and honor are paramount. However, given the comments and attitude from Dantonio and company the last few years (especially after last year's game)... To hell with 'em. No mercy. No let up. Utter dominance and humiliation - let them know that the natural order has been restored and we will not allow it to be disturbed again.
October 16th, 2016 at 9:19 PM ^
Agree. Lovie Smith will not get a beat down since Harbaugh knows him from their NFL days. Lovie is a nice guy and never did Harbaugh harm. Scoring 55 on Sparty will be a goal so he has Twitter material if Dantonio ever shows his PRIDE again by taking Bo's quote.
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
October 17th, 2016 at 9:12 AM ^
People are reading too much into these scorelines. I don't think Harbaugh specifically set out to score 70+ on Rutgers. If he had, he wouldn't have pulled his starters as early as he did. Rutgers is just terrible.
I don't think he necessarily wants to score a ton on Illinois either, but they're bad enough that I could easily see us topping 50 and possibly 60 points.
As for MSU . . . we'll see.
October 16th, 2016 at 10:06 PM ^
You write like a boss. I hope Sharty is put away early. Jumped out on by 20+ points and then just gets ran over all afternoon in their home stadium. A very gratifying day it will be. Should shut Dantonio up for awhile. Then Joe Bolden has to bring back the same stake and plant it on mid field right in front of the head coach's end game handshake. That would be wicked fun!!
October 16th, 2016 at 10:52 PM ^
let's keep our guys healthy. We have much bigger goals. Getting up by 35-42 and putting the second team in during the third quarter is dominant and humiliating enough.
October 17th, 2016 at 6:01 AM ^
I think the point differential is secondary. I simply want us to go to EL, win the game by a comfortable margin, and suffer no injuries.
Oh, and if possible, I'd like them to be crushed under our chariot wheels and have their fields sown with salt so that nothing will grow there again. Then Khaleesi should fly on Drogon above their pitiful stadium and incinerate it like the slave masters' ships in the harbor at Meereen.
I don't think that's too much to ask.
October 17th, 2016 at 10:40 AM ^
Seems perfectly reasonable to me.
October 17th, 2016 at 10:54 AM ^
after we salt the fields, we need to pee on the salt....THEN Drogon can come in...
October 17th, 2016 at 1:25 PM ^
Nice touch. I say we have Tyrion handle that. With as much as he drinks, he's probably the best man for the job, anyway.
October 17th, 2016 at 5:14 PM ^
...the god of...
October 17th, 2016 at 2:03 PM ^
I hope you are right. Hang 70 and make that record ours. My guess is that Harbaugh will not be feeling particularly charitable after last year's loss.
October 16th, 2016 at 9:22 PM ^
I will remember this when I'm strapping on the pads on Saturdays.
October 16th, 2016 at 9:46 PM ^
You better.
October 17th, 2016 at 6:20 AM ^
If all else fails they'll play dirty. They literally tried to rip Denard's head off and that was when MSU consistently had the better team.
I want to crush them but I don't want to see players get killed either, and if anything Dantonio encourages barbaric behavior against Michigan.
October 17th, 2016 at 7:35 AM ^
This is what scares me about playing MSU. Since Perles at least they have often crossed the line between playing and hitting hard, and playing to injure. I did not see it last year so much, but so much of MSU's identity is built around beating Michigan that I will not be surprised to see targeting, chop blocks to the knees, and other nonsense.
I'm hoping that Dantonio can keep it classy, but that has not been his mode when his team is not doing well. It does help that there is an increased focus on player protection these days, but chopping someone's knees isn't even against the rules - it's just a bullshit move.
We'll see.
October 17th, 2016 at 7:59 AM ^
and I've seen them do this this year multiple times as well.
Can't remember which game it was (Wisky maybe) but I was watching with my daughter and had to back up & freeze the video to show her. THIS is why I hate MSU so much (more than OSU)
Crippling Peppers or anyone else they can is all they have left; and what should be much to the shame of spartans everytwhere, playing dirty is Dantonio's legacy.
October 17th, 2016 at 9:06 AM ^
Consider how they went after Denard and Devin, deliberately. It's no coincidence they were our highest-profile players.
Peppers, Rashan Gary and Jourdan Lewis are all targets. On offense, Butt and Speight better mind their knees and noggins.
Michigan is traveling to EL play a game. If MSU realizes they don't have a chance, it'll be less about playing a game and more about taking out as many people as they can. And if they succeed, they'll be wearing that brutality like a badge of honor. "Yeah we lost to Michigan by 40, but we ended Peppers' playing career."
October 17th, 2016 at 9:55 AM ^
I'd like to think that they have gotten cleaner without Narduzzi, but more likely they will play dirty, get penalized, and they won't care. Thing is, they don't have the personnel to inflict as much damage. We are more likely to dish it out than to take it. Also we will not tire in the opening minutes of the third quarter. Things are different now...
And after we handle them... then they have to face another mauling by OSU... Urban is not going to be caught unprepared this time.
October 17th, 2016 at 10:03 AM ^
against us, at least as long as I've been alive. Before the long night began, Michigan's head coaches always had the scout team play extra tough and dirty in the week leading up to the MSU game (kicking, scratching, punching, etc).
Your point is taken though. I could see them trying to intentionally hurt someone badly.
October 17th, 2016 at 2:05 PM ^
The DE who threw Denard down went to the sideline and pretty much got high fived on the sideline after getting flagged for a personal foul.
October 16th, 2016 at 7:39 PM ^
makes me think we are no better than Sparty fans for the past 25 years or so
Let's discuss UM football
October 16th, 2016 at 7:41 PM ^
Im more than happy to gather their tears into a vial for consumption
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
October 16th, 2016 at 7:41 PM ^
yeah. what sports blogs talk about other teams in their division/conference? especially their rivals
October 16th, 2016 at 7:45 PM ^
some here have an obsession (based on the fact we have sucked pre-Harbaugh) and now get giddy over those teams losing etc
WIN the damn games and everything takes care of itself
Nothing wrong with chatting etc, but gets tiring ...reason I left the Scout board (well one of the reasons)
:-)
October 16th, 2016 at 7:49 PM ^
Was that you leaving?
October 16th, 2016 at 7:47 PM ^
We'll score 70 in two weeks.
October 16th, 2016 at 8:18 PM ^
You mean 140 in two weeks.
/math dude.
October 16th, 2016 at 11:05 PM ^
he means we play them in two weeks and when we play them we will score 70. /logic dude
October 17th, 2016 at 8:01 AM ^
Umm, yeah... That's what he just said!
140 points divided by two weeks = 70 pts/wk
/math'd... again.
October 16th, 2016 at 7:40 PM ^
Sounds like a challenge
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
October 16th, 2016 at 7:58 PM ^
with cruelty, of course...
October 16th, 2016 at 7:40 PM ^
Beat illinois.
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
October 16th, 2016 at 7:59 PM ^
Yeah, yeah yeah!
October 16th, 2016 at 10:36 PM ^
How in the hell is WD gaining UV's when nearly every single thing he comments is neg'd to hell.?.. Just look at the one above for proof - something like 12 UV's and 25 DV's. What's going on there?
October 16th, 2016 at 11:08 PM ^
Beat Illinois!
October 16th, 2016 at 11:23 PM ^
First rule about MgoPoints is we don't talk about MgoPoints. Which I had to break in order to explain to you the rules.
October 17th, 2016 at 9:18 AM ^
Thank you. And thus, my obligatory Fight Club/Tyler Durden post in response to the thing we never discuss.
October 16th, 2016 at 10:59 PM ^
while only recently opening an account in order to comment. One of the things that always stood out most to me is how much you are disliked here... So it's natural that I am floored by you're Mgo Point total.
October 16th, 2016 at 11:13 PM ^
He's WD. Unless MPT (Mgo Point Total) is another alias of his.
October 17th, 2016 at 8:23 AM ^
Every upvote counts as 2 points.
Every time you downvote, you lose a point.
October 17th, 2016 at 9:33 AM ^
who upvotes you to 100,000.
You do great work for us.
October 17th, 2016 at 10:50 AM ^
more than enough to counteract your 8800+ upvotes.
/s
October 17th, 2016 at 9:02 AM ^
Gag me with a spoon.
October 16th, 2016 at 7:45 PM ^
Until October 29, 2016
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad
October 16th, 2016 at 7:47 PM ^
That record will be broken a few times this year. Let's make it our highest scoring game of this year.
October 16th, 2016 at 7:47 PM ^
Get ready for that record to fall.
October 16th, 2016 at 7:50 PM ^
This was mentioned in the afternoon games thread yesterday (was talked about on the TV broadcast).
Sent from MGoBlog HD for iPhone & iPad