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January 2nd, 2012 at 6:19 PM | Great win for the B1G, (Score:3 Normal)
Nardudeski
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Great win for the B1G, getting swept in the 1 o'clock SEC v. B1G slate would've hurt everyone going forward. Need Wisconsin to pull a big one here, and then Michigan twice more and the B1G will be back to proper form. 

January 2nd, 2012 at 6:20 PM | Sparty milestone (Score:3 Normal)
blueheron
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As the MSU coach, Dantonio is now 1-4 in bowl games and 6-12 against ranked teams. This year he was 3-2 against ranked teams (first time north of .500 for him).

"..."

January 2nd, 2012 at 6:20 PM | Is that the first time three (Score:3 Normal)
jmblue
Joined: 11/07/2008
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Is that the first time three overtimes have been played without a TD in a college game? 

January 2nd, 2012 at 6:20 PM | Well crap (Score:1)
Boomer519
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Glad the B1G wins over SEC but pissed that MSU won. I would have liked that bowl winless streak to continue.

"This is MICHIGAN ferGODsakes"

January 2nd, 2012 at 6:20 PM | I missed the beginning (Score:2 Normal)
market_gunner
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Of the rose bowl for that.

http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/

January 2nd, 2012 at 6:21 PM | he's 11-0 at getting his (Score:0 Normal)
January 2nd, 2012 at 6:22 PM | Cousins will appear on tv tomorrow... (Score:3 Normal)
Sinsemillaplease
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claiming he should've been in Pasadena.

2014 Offer List BOYCOTT ADIDAS

January 2nd, 2012 at 6:23 PM | http://memegenerator.net/inst (Score:2)
Stewart52
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http://memegenerator.net/instance/12796687

January 2nd, 2012 at 6:24 PM | See you in October boys. (Score:1)
NateVolk
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See you in October boys.  After your shenanigans in this years game, you better be ready to live up to it every season from here forward.

"because character wins in life and character wins on the football field....."  1-11-11

January 2nd, 2012 at 7:07 PM | posted from iPhone (Score:5 Normal)
exmtroj
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MSU fans with the little brother complex more excited about trolling a Michigan board than celebrating a bowl win. Nice

 

 

"All I've had today is, like, six gummy bears and some scotch"

January 3rd, 2012 at 2:17 AM | It's not either/or.  Spartan (Score:1)
SpartanShadows
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It's not either/or.  Spartan are celebrating their much deserved bowl win, thank you very much.  Spartans also enjoy watching all the teeth gnashing of Wolvrerine posters who pretend they don't really care abouit MSU, but post more comments in this thread about the Outback Bowl than any other bowl thread today.  Appears the shoe is on the other foot regarding the little brother complex.

 

January 2nd, 2012 at 7:37 PM | 1)  MSU didn't give up - (Score:3 Normal)
BlueTimesTwo
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1)  MSU didn't give up - Georgia did.  UGa played scared and handed MSU the game.

2)  Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

3)  MSU has done a nice job of stepping up to fill the void created by Michigan's and OSU's respective implosions.  Unfortunately for MSU, about 90% of the big plays that they made in that game were made by seniors or players not likely to return.  It will be interesting to see what they do next year.

"People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made."

January 2nd, 2012 at 8:46 PM | Gholston returns A White (Score:1)
Victor B
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Gholston returns
A White returns
Dennard returns
All starting LBs return
Leveon Bell returns
Dan Conroy returns
Worthy prob going pro but not for certain.

January 2nd, 2012 at 7:38 PM | You're shittin me (Score:4 Normal)
ReadYourGuard
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You're team just won a rare post season game and yet you're here on MGoBlog?



Insecure much?

Obsess much?



"the Spirit of Michigan...is based on a deathless loyalty to Michigan and all her ways....and a conviction that nowhere is there a better university, in any way, than this Michigan of ours" - Fielding Yost
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:56 PM | 10 pages of UM fans posting (Score:0 Normal)
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:08 PM | We are football fans and our (Score:4 Normal)
BlueTimesTwo
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We are football fans and our bowl game is not until tomorrow.  You'll notice that often times the BCS games are on after the typical, run-of-the-mill bowl games.  Nice little win, though.

"People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made."

January 3rd, 2012 at 3:54 PM | LOL. Enjoy your acc opponent. (Score:-1 Trolling)
January 2nd, 2012 at 9:29 PM | I'm a college freshman and (Score:3 Normal)
Kaminski16
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I'm a college freshman and your program hasn't been nationally relevant in my lifetime. 

See it through.

January 2nd, 2012 at 6:59 PM | Lol (Score:1 Normal)
goodbar
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Fun thread to read all the way through, lol.

January 2nd, 2012 at 7:12 PM | (Score:0 Trolling)
January 2nd, 2012 at 7:29 PM | Glad MSU Won (Score:5 Normal)
StephenRKass
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  1. I want the Big 10 to win.
  2. Our rival is Ohio, not MSU. Would rather a MSU win than Ohio win.
  3. Too much focus on MSU here. When someone can say Michigan is their favorite team, and whoever is playing Sparty is their second favorite, well, that person is on the way to being Sparty.
  4. An MSU win looks better for Michigan. If the teams we lose to lose, it makes us look worse.
  5. I want the SEC to lose whenever possible.
  6. Did I say, I want the Big 10 to win?

"It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up." Vince Lombardi

 

January 2nd, 2012 at 7:43 PM | Check this one out, it gets worse. (Score:1)
OMG Shirtless
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http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-richt-how-many-ways-did-he-blow-game

I put up a tough front, but deep down I just want to be held.

January 2nd, 2012 at 8:32 PM | Of course it chafes us that (Score:2)
BlueTimesTwo
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Of course it chafes us that we played MSU so early in the season before we really hit our stride.  Things might have been different if we had played MSU later, but that is how the schedule shook out (MSU with bye week before, Toussaint injured, Denard staph infection, etc.).  MSU also narrowly beat OSU when OSU didn't have most of its offense suspended.

MSU has done a good job of capitalizing on the recent mediocrity in the B1G, but I don't know if it is sustainable for them.

As far as "Sparty No" goes, your QB threw a pick in OT.  That is not exactly a clutch performance, and should have been the game right there.  You guys were just lucky that UGA was even more dedicated to throwing away the game than MSU was.

"People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made."

January 2nd, 2012 at 9:24 PM | (Score:2 Normal)
Lionsfan
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Why are you here troll?

If you're doing nothing, how do you know when you're finished?

StraightDave owes me a steak dinner

January 2nd, 2012 at 9:32 PM | You just won your first bowl (Score:2 Normal)
Kaminski16
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You just won your first bowl game in about a thousand years, why are you on a University of Michigan message board?

See it through.

January 2nd, 2012 at 10:28 PM | Actually, for a team that was (Score:3 Normal)
BlueTimesTwo
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Actually, for a team that was implementing new schemes on both sides of the ball, there is a big difference between playing early and playing late.  In Denard's first six games he had 3 multi-interception games.  In his last six, he had none.  Once Denard and the OC got on the same page, things improved dramatically on offense.

You act as if Michigan wasn't even close against MSU.  The ill-fated 4th down play only happened because the previous play was spotted incorrectly.  It should have been first down going in for the tying score.  Late in the season Denard and Toussaint got healthy and things really clicked.

It is not just a coincidence that MSU has been playing well during a time when the dominant teams in the conference have been down (Michigan's rough transition during RR-era, MSU not playing OSU last year and playing a mostly suspended OSU team this year).  As Michigan's roster and coaching are returning to form, things will return to the way they are supposed to be - MSU winning 2 or threes times against Michigan per decade.  That begins next year.

"People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made."

January 3rd, 2012 at 12:22 AM | posted from iPhone (Score:1)
MGoPietrowski
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Openin'





Dumbass.

fomerly known as "hailtothe"

hailing from Evansville, IN...

To hell with Notre Dame.
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:03 PM | Wow the trolls are out in (Score:-1 Trolling)
January 2nd, 2012 at 8:43 PM | Of course the difference is (Score:1 Trolling)
BlueTimesTwo
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Of course the difference is that the last four years are an anomaly that is unlikely to be repeated at any time in the near future.  Coming off of MSU's best two years in decades, recruits still prefer Michigan, as do the bowls.  When you guys are at your best, still nobody cares.

"People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made."

January 2nd, 2012 at 8:14 PM | (Score:1)
Craze for Maize
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why do spartans come on a michigan site?

January 2nd, 2012 at 9:51 PM | I need some upvotes the (Score:1)
ThadMattasagoblin
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I need some upvotes the spartan trolls negged me.

903 wins most in college football

January 2nd, 2012 at 11:43 PM | The irony of an MSU fan (Score:2 Normal)
ThadMattasagoblin
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The irony of an MSU fan calling a Michigan fan a jerk is priceless.  Aren't you the guys who cheer injured Michigan players and had a player who punched one of ours.  Yeah we're the classless ones.

903 wins most in college football

January 3rd, 2012 at 1:39 AM | Yeah, until then we have (Score:2)
BlueTimesTwo
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Yeah, until then we have nothing - other than our upcoming BCS game.  And our highly-ranked recruits.  And the biggest stadium and the most fans.  And the ability to sell out our stadium.  And more wins than any other team - ever.  And a coach that is likable as a person and not a hypocrite.  And integrity.  Did I miss anything?

What is wrong with wondering whether or not MSU can sustain its recent success over any length of time?  All of recorded football history suggests otherwise.  Hell, even when they won national championships waaaaaay back in the 1960's MSU couldn't even win all of their games.  The fact that their recent resurgence coincides exactly with Michigan's brief stint with mediocrity suggests that this is an anomaly that will be rectified shortly.

"People who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made."

January 3rd, 2012 at 2:01 AM | > We come on here to piss you (Score:1)
mgoblue0970
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> We come on here to piss you off...

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Way to reaffirm the "little brother" meme.

 

 

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