OT: One beautiful quote by Wojo

Submitted by Njia on

Today's Wojo column in the Detroit News is about the MSU - ND game.

The link to the article is here: http://www.detnews.com/article/20100917/OPINION03/9170358/Spartans-vs.-Irish-rarely-disappoints-tipsy-masses

However, he couldn't resist a little, Little Brother trash talking. To wit:

Michigan State's Kirk Cousins has been billed as, possibly, the best quarterback in the Big Ten who actually ties his shoelaces. Always eager to keep up with their brotherly neighbors, the Spartans sent word to the national media Cousins often runs around with his chinstrap unbuckled.
I like it when Wojo stokes up the fires of resentment in East Lansing. No better place, I always say.
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NateVolk

September 17th, 2010 at 10:47 AM ^

That's what makes the MSU job so thankless.  You come in and do pretty well, you have an adoring fan base to the point of fawning, the media gives you a free ride more or less, you beat your biggest rival a couple years while they are 40 year down (as you should), you nab a few name recruits and you host a national program in prime time.

BUT

You are still probably losing ground and  the second biggest story in your own state.  

 

But remember MSU knew what they were getting and could have spent the money to get a big time difference maker. They went cheap and safe. How it ends up over 5 to 10 years is how it ends up.

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Flying Dutchman

September 17th, 2010 at 9:32 AM ^

Can you imagine what would happen if Nard Dog didn't buckle his chin strap.   He would run right out of his helmet, and those dreads would be unrestrained, shooting straight back like that giant flame thingy out of a jet engine.    Then we would have that huge gleaming grin to deal with as he sprints past fools in green, red, etc - you could see that from space.

Oh, the humanity.   Keep it strapped, 16!

 

EDIT - one of you MS Painters is going to want to get on this. 

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Shalom Lansky

September 17th, 2010 at 10:53 AM ^

I think Wojo's absence from the air space is probably due to a non-compete clause in his WDFN contract but the fact Drew Sharp, Terry Foster and Mitch Albom are on the air and not Wojo really grinds my gears.  The Detroit sports scene is filled with hack sports columnists/radio show hosts and our one truly entertaining and thoughtful media member is the one we get the least of!

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Sambojangles

September 17th, 2010 at 10:59 AM ^

I came here to post that article. I never realized Wojo had such a great sense of humor. The one liners in the main part of the article are great.

Notre Dame won 33-30, one of the highlights of Charlie Weis' final season, before the school finally decided to go in a different direction and replace all the broken couch springs in the coach's office. 
 
This historic rivalry goes back to the famous 10-10 tie in 1966, when Ara Parseghian had the Irish wimpily run out the clock to preserve their No. 1 ranking. That was one of the early instances of Notre Dame thoroughly annoying college football fans, even before the insufferable scamp Rudy showed up. 
 
and from the Michigan preview paragraph:
So be wary of this matchup between the Minutemen and the Excess Minutemen (NCAA enforcement's name for the Wolverines).

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steelymax

September 17th, 2010 at 11:03 AM ^

To be fair, Wojo snarks at UM, too... but I respect him because he doesn't play favorites and he's usually funny about it. Easily the best sports columnist in Detroit, although that's not saying much.

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