Spartan(s) you love
October 8th, 2010 at 10:54 AM ^
Don't know him, but I like Magic Johnson
October 8th, 2010 at 11:24 AM ^
Being from NC and a big canes fan gotta love some Rod Brind'amour
October 8th, 2010 at 12:03 PM ^
+1 for North Carolina.
October 8th, 2010 at 1:34 PM ^
Wow...ya know, I never really thought about it, but yes I guess I do have several friends I love who went to that piece o' shit school with the crap football team.
October 8th, 2010 at 10:57 AM ^
Jeff Smoker.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:09 AM ^
Those were the days!
October 8th, 2010 at 10:58 AM ^
Colin. Im still pissed he didn't get into Michigan. He didn't exactly fit in at state (although he had a good time he's just not a bro bro)
October 8th, 2010 at 11:28 AM ^
Is he still a Michigan fan or MSU?
October 8th, 2010 at 10:58 AM ^
October 8th, 2010 at 10:59 AM ^
I have heard great things about Cousins.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:06 AM ^
Total class act. I hope he throws a ton of interceptions tomorrow, but I'm okay with him doing very well for the rest of the season.
October 8th, 2010 at 12:05 PM ^
I hope someone knocks his helmet off tomorrow so that I can yell my usual: "Our pets heads are falling off!" and listen to crickets as my in-laws try to figure out what I mean. Good, clean fun.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:08 AM ^
I have heard most people have them. I know I do, but most of them aren't great.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:18 AM ^
Cousins is not only a stand up guy, he's an incredible quarterback. I think he is the best current pro qb prospect in the Big Ten. State is going to realize how great he really is when they are reduced to Maxwell/Boisture next season.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:29 AM ^
he's turning pro early from a credible source, I hate to break it to you, he'll be back in 2011.
He does seem like a pretty good kid, though. Agreed.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:40 AM ^
Total class act: He was on the Scott Van Pelt show last week on ESPN radio and had quite possibly the best college football player interview I've ever heard. He had nothing but good to say about Denard (I was expecting something like "Greg Jones is gunna destroy him, DUR!!!!"). Plus his summary of the rivalry was pretty dead on and made me laugh a little:
(SVP asked him about Michigan being down the last two years does that detract from their victories?)
Well, wether they're good or not we'll take whatever we can get, anytime we beat them we'll take it
Paraphrased, but you get the picture... great guy, Hope he hits Cam Gordon between the numbers on every drive though.
October 8th, 2010 at 4:31 PM ^
October 8th, 2010 at 11:53 AM ^
I heard his interview on College Football Live. Well spoken young man. I was very impressed by his eloquence.
October 8th, 2010 at 12:17 PM ^
Cousins was on Jim Rome's radio show yesterday, and Rome asked him about Denard. He had nothing but good things to say about him, even saying that Denard doesn't get the credit he deserves for his passing. By Spartan standards, he seemed like a good guy.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:00 AM ^
I love many people who have been affiliated with that place, but the part of them that retains the taint of Sparty has no place in my affection. In other words, I block it out, but that doesn't mean it doesn't fester a bit. I also am sensitive to the fact that I care WAAAAYYYY too much about this game, and will be irrationally devastated if Michigan loses.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:00 AM ^
I love my best friend Chip enough that he has one of my four tickets for the game tomorrow
Which, will be awesome if we win, because he has to ride home with me and two other Wolverines; but then there's the other scenario......
October 8th, 2010 at 11:01 AM ^
Leonidas
Menelaus
Ok, ok. My grandparents used to be big on State, but that was because they had no strong affiliation one way or the other. After learning I was going to UM they became huge Michigan fans. Outside of that, nobody I know (that I care for) is a Spartan fan. I'm not sure if this is coincidence or not...
October 8th, 2010 at 11:08 AM ^
Any dude who goes all medievil on Ahmadinajad's great-great-great...great grandfather has my vote.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:02 AM ^
Steve Smith, of MSU basketball fame, for donating $2.5 million dollars for the Clara Bell Smith Student Athlete Academic Center at MSU.
It's GREAT to see athletes give back to the universities that helped them along.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:05 AM ^
Agree about Steve Smith. He also developed a yearly scholarship at his high school in Detroit; I really respect that.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:08 AM ^
Tom. Well, not LOVE, but he's a cool, smart guy. Made up for his time at MSU by getting a Master's at Cornell.
I actually only know one other person from MSU who turned out to be a total d*ck. We had a lot of mutual friends and he needed a roommate when he moved out to Chicago. I was a year out of college and looking to leave my ghetto for a more decent abode. Worked it out so we'd get a 2 BR apt together, but at the last minute (literally, within 2 weeks of when we were supposed to move in), he totally flaked out and said he wasn't moving in with me after all. I ended up homeless for a month with my stuff in storage for a month. I basically lived out of my suitcase at various friends' houses for that month (friends who all lived at home with their parents - home-cooked meals, at least!).
October 8th, 2010 at 11:03 AM ^
So after the Chris Perry game in '03, I was walking back to a friends dorm and there were a bunch of drunk Spartans half passed out on a picnic table. They were kinda angry but I decided to press the issue so I started talking shit like I tend to. This dude got up from like ten feet away and chucked something at me kinda fast but because I am so sweet I caught it. It was a disposable camera. My quick wit came into play and I realized I had a golden opportunity in my hands. So I wound up the camera and took a picture of a bunch of depressed Spartans after yet another loss. Best part is that it was their camera. I love those Spartans.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:08 AM ^
The guy in that picture is so spectacular.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:14 AM ^
Actually I just chucked the camera back at them after I took the picture. It was perfect.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:27 AM ^
or does the dude in that avatar look like Tom Brady? ish..
October 8th, 2010 at 11:32 AM ^
Have you been living under a rock? Hope that was sarcasm from you.
October 8th, 2010 at 12:22 PM ^
A poor attempt at sarcasm. My apologies, sir. *No sarcasm*.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:05 AM ^
Magic and Mateen, and no one else.
Well, technically Kirk Gibsonn, too -- but I've just never even thought about him as a Spartan, so the cognitive dissonance is minimized.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:26 AM ^
I agree. Magic, for being a class-act and part of the greatest era of basketball, and Mateen, for spraining his ankle and playing in the second half against UF in the 2000 NCAA tourney. Even though the Freep calls it one of the most overrated returns in history.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:41 AM ^
I loved watching Gibby play baseball. He played it with the energy and excitement and need-to-win that he had from college football. There was a big difference between having 10 games and needing to win them all and 162 games, but he played like he needed to win them all.
I remember watching a game on TV where he was in the booth doing color, and the Tigers won it in extra innings. You could actually hear him jumping up and down in the booth with excitement. He is a fan, which made his color commentary better for fans in a lot of ways I think.
October 8th, 2010 at 4:37 PM ^
October 8th, 2010 at 11:06 AM ^
I don't know if there are any I love, but I've always admired Kirk Gibson.
I think the MSU grad who cleans our house twice a week is pretty cool too.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:08 AM ^
My uncle, who can shred hot lixxx on the guitar, and my cousin, who wears only the freshest of Zubaz
October 8th, 2010 at 11:10 AM ^
All of them. Mom would be disappointed if you didn't love your little brother.
October 8th, 2010 at 2:23 PM ^
Wish I could vote because that is a +1 from me
October 8th, 2010 at 11:11 AM ^
but I like Magic a lot.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:11 AM ^
My brother, sister, brother-in-law, and one of my best friends from high school.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:13 AM ^
Thank you! I thought I was the only one with so many Spartans in the family…
October 8th, 2010 at 11:15 AM ^
October 8th, 2010 at 11:13 AM ^
... derrick mason. Of all the spartan receivers who went into the NFL he was one of the few who didn't waste his talent (rodgers, plax, muhammed)
October 8th, 2010 at 11:12 AM ^
He's the best goalie in the world right now and got the USA to within an inch of a gold medal.
I hated him when he was at MSU and was (wrongly) convinced that he would not be as good at the next level.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:18 AM ^
I, too, was pleasantly surprised by how well Ryan Miller has done in the NHL. If anything, I think he improved once he got to the show.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:38 AM ^
I'll never forget his performance in the Olympics. To me, that made his MSU history irrelevant.
October 8th, 2010 at 11:12 AM ^