Ski Masks Tomorrow Please Read

But it's so funny...

I understand where you are coming from, I really do, but I also think ski masks might be funny. It can be taken too far, and the language needs to stay classy, but honestly I would die laughing if the whole student section was wearing ski masks.

...brother. I'd rather have Michigan become athletically irrelevant than be ashamed of the people that support it.

But its stupid though. And they can pretty much shut us up by beating us. Of course its funny if we win, but I don't like to tempt fate here

I'm sort of on the fence about this. I'd love to laugh at that, but the most important thing is that we win the game, end their unbeaten streak, and shut them up, most of all.

Agree that ski masks are in bad taste though.

Well when the low road is flooded with ski masks, misdemeanors, guilty pleas and felons it is bound to encroach upon the high road. There is too much stuff to ignore at this time and perhaps a visual representation will add value to my message.

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No matter what you are going to get bad apples at the game tomorrow night. Sure they might pepper the Michigan State teams with a couple chants about little brother, ski masks, etc but for those 40 minutes I guarantee you they will be rooting their heart out for our Michigan team. When Michigan goes on an 8-0 run to take a lead they will be a key component that makes Izzo call a timeout to calm down our racous crowd tomorrow night.

Win or lose, their horse voice at the end of the game will tell you all you need to know about their dedication in creating that home court advantage for Michigan tomorrow night.

GO BLUE!

and don't get thrown out.

I personally don't want to see any ski masks in the crowd tonight, however, if the students feel inclined to do it anyway (they probably will) it would be great to hear ESPN recant the dorm story during primetime for those in the sports world who don't know about it. Just sayin'.

but the act that prompted is far worse. The focus should be the act and how the thug actions could have been prevented by the coach.

Root for our team and, if necessary, bring out the "Can't Read, Can't Write" chant and serenade them with "If you can't get into college, go to State."

Also, if he's there - a nice loud "we want Ziegler" chant might be nice.

I think we can honestly and begrudgingly admit, as my friend and fellow Michigan alum just gchatted to me: "Izzo is probably the best well rounded basketball coach in the nation in terms of top talent, development, and running a classy and clean program even though it is sparty."

Jeering Michigan State basketball and Tom Izzo about the recent thuggery on their football team just seems outright neither witty, smart, nor intelligent - items which I like to pride myself for being a former Maize Rage and student hockey season ticket holder.

If Spartan fans made fun of Lloyd Carr and his football team in 1997 after the Ed Martin basketball scandal was plastered all over the media, wouldn't we laugh at the short sightedness of Spartan fans for giving Lloyd Carr's football program flack for lack of control and classlessness? It would have been absurdly ridiculous and would have been fodder to chuckle, once again, at the expense of Spartan fans.

It may be fun to make fun of MSU in this situation, but behaving intelligently, looking at the big picture, rather than just doing something because its "fun" in the moment has been what has separated Michigan from other institutions and specifically our in-state neighbors.

Do we want to hold ourselves to a higher standard or do we want to lower ourselves to Sparty's level?

Michigan Arrogance? Damn right.

Oh the ski masks make a ton of sense.

Considering that nobody on MSU's basketball team was involved, their basketball program has never had any sanctions, and the dorm fight had nothing to do with the basketball team.

Geez, by attempting to paint MSU as a bunch of thugs, it's almost as if they and not Michigan are the program with a history of paying players, NCAA sanctions, domestic abuse, and most recently a star player assaulting his teammates at practice.

I personally would like to see a, "Glenn Winston is a talentless thug" sign, and I'm sure most of you will know what this is in reference to.

C'mon...student shenanigans at the game can be fun. The football players are tough enough (obviously, they can even whoop ass at a potluck) to take a lil friendly ribbing. And, given that two more sparties got charged today, they deserve an extra something special.