Sparty and Wisky... who would we rather take a trophy from?

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March 10th, 2012 at 1:01 PM
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chewieblue
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Sparty and Wisky... who would we rather take a trophy from?

I realize that assuming a win against OSU is a luxury we don't have, but in the event we do win today, who would we rather play in the title game tomorrow?  

I have to believe there are reasons for rooting for either team.

Wisconsin is obviously the lesser team and would therefore be the better match up for us in many ways.  I know everyone at ESPN and most national media outlets is pulling for another Ohio-Little bro' rematch, so wouldn't a Wisconsin-UM game just make Doug Gottlieb's hairline retreat a little bit faster?  This prospect alone may be reason enough to pull for Bucky.

Sparty on the other hand, oh Sparty..... how we love to loathe thee.  Apart from not being able to ever root for them, the only reason for not wanting to play them tomorrow is the fear that another loss to the personified inferiority complex that is MSU and their whiny, media-darling-of-a-coach would possibly be just a bit too much for a cautiously hopeful Michigan fan base to bear.

Just interested to hear everyone's thoughts on semi-final #1  (Including the inevitable, "just shut up and worry about Ohio" remarks).

"What if there is no tomorrow?  There wasn't one today."  - Phil Conners

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March 10th, 2012 at 1:05 PM | Just shup up and worry about (Score:5 Normal)
mGrowOld
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Just shup up and worry about Ohio.

 

 

March 10th, 2012 at 1:27 PM | Never understood this logic. (Score:5 Normal)
madtadder
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Never understood this logic. We're fucking fans, why do we have to focus on Ohio? It's the team that better be focusing on them, we can dream all we want to.

March 10th, 2012 at 1:37 PM | Couldn't agree more. (Score:5 Normal)
Here2CWoodson
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I hate when people act like us looking ahead will do anything to affect the upcoming game.  Let us dream!!

March 10th, 2012 at 5:59 PM | Dreaming ahead is fine...It's (Score:1)
coldnjl
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Dreaming ahead is fine...It's that there is always a next game. We don't need posts about them, esp when it may or may not happen

March 10th, 2012 at 4:15 PM | Down Igor! Down! (Score:2)
UMgradMSUdad
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Down Igor! Down!

March 10th, 2012 at 1:03 PM | Either one because it will (Score:3 Normal)
aiglick
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Either one because it will mean we have beaten Ohio.

Here's hoping for a bright future. This team does try hard and I will continue to support them.

March 10th, 2012 at 1:07 PM | I will root for Wisconsin (Score:5 Insightful)
urbanachiever
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I will root for Wisconsin because I cannot root for Staee

"I hope I can get a bunch of championships - like 15"

March 10th, 2012 at 1:09 PM | Assuming we win the CG and (Score:2)
Lionsfan
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Assuming we win the CG and not just play, I would love to take the trophy from Sparty. Seeing their reactions after we got a share of the Title, I can only imagine what would happen if we beat them for the Tourney title. Another riot?

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

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March 10th, 2012 at 1:11 PM | I want the most difficult road possible (Score:2)
coopfour24
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Which means a win over Ohio State and then a win over Michigan State. In my opinion, that's the only true way to settle the three way tie for the B1G championship, and I think we can win both.

March 10th, 2012 at 1:11 PM | Is that seriously a question? (Score:4 Normal)
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Is that seriously a question?

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March 10th, 2012 at 1:13 PM | I don't even understand how (Score:2 Normal)
russale2012
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I don't even understand how this is a serious question. Why would you not want to play against MSU with the chance to beat them?

It's been a lot. Its been a roller coaster that for some reason seemed like it would never get good. But you know what? We kept fighting. It's like that old saying goes, "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions." -David Molk

March 10th, 2012 at 1:14 PM | Beat Ohio. (Score:1)
Hokemania
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Beat Ohio.

Whatcha gonna do, little brother?

March 10th, 2012 at 1:16 PM | I don't care about ESPN. I (Score:5 Normal)
BrownJuggernaut
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I don't care about ESPN. I care about beating our rivals. I love beating our rivals. I love demoralizing them. I mean, who wouldn't want to see this (again):

You know, except with us causing this directly this time...instead of indirectly.

Avatar is a reference to this. Go Blue!

March 10th, 2012 at 2:24 PM | While I was watching that (Score:1)
bleep bloop
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While I was watching that game I felt bad about how much pleasure I was getting out of the fan reactions. Praying and pouting, really? At a game that just decides if you win the championship outright or with two other teams?

March 10th, 2012 at 1:18 PM | Beat Ohio (Score:4 Normal)
Hott Karl
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First beat Ohio. Then I would love to snatch the Big Ten Championship from Sparty, unless they fall to Wisconsin.  Then I would love to beat the Badgers.

March 10th, 2012 at 1:19 PM | Sparty (Score:2)
gsblue
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It would be great to beat Ohio and then MSU to win the tournament.  It is the perfect tie breaker when referring to the shared big ten regular season championship. 

March 10th, 2012 at 1:20 PM | Beat Ohio. (Score:2)
megalomanick
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Beat Ohio.

March 10th, 2012 at 1:20 PM | Beat (Score:1)
UMxWolverines
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Ohio. First.

"Ohio is like a giant turd that Michigan just can't pinch off"

March 10th, 2012 at 1:22 PM | I don't care.  Either way (Score:2)
snarling wolverine
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I don't care.  Either way we'd have bragging rights as the Big Ten Tournament champion.  

March 10th, 2012 at 1:26 PM | I just want to get to the (Score:1)
WillRussJohn
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I just want to get to the championship. That is something I have never seen as a young one. 

March 10th, 2012 at 1:30 PM | yes (Score:2)
Bosch
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n/t

All right Lemmings. Bring the heat.

March 10th, 2012 at 1:33 PM | BEAT OHIO (Score:2)
GoBlue1991
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hope sparty gets bounced, and take the trophy home on sunday. my kinda weekend.

March 10th, 2012 at 1:34 PM | As long as Michigan wins the (Score:2)
bluestan
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As long as Michigan wins the Big Ten tourney, it doesn't matter to me who they play.

March 10th, 2012 at 1:36 PM | I don't care who wins. It (Score:2)
bacon1431
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I don't care who wins. It would be funny to see a Spartan meltdown in a loss against Wisconsin. They might hate Bo Ryan more than they hate Michigan. But it would be awesome to see the Spartan meltdown if we beat them in the conference championship game. Either way, weve gotta beat the Buckeyes.

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Our toils obscure an' a' that, 
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March 10th, 2012 at 1:39 PM | I would rather beat Michigan State (Score:3 Normal)
ClearEyesFullHart
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However, I would also enjoy watching them lose in the semi.  Let me put it this way...I will enjoy the game tonight more(win or lose) if a spartan loss is already in the bag.

Omnes i facere est vincere 
March 10th, 2012 at 1:47 PM | If we beat OSU and MSU we not (Score:1)
VermontMichiganFan
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If we beat OSU and MSU we not only win the conference tourney but end up 2-1 against both beating of them at home and at a neutral site and losing away. Then it makes it hard for anyone to talk shit about us being co-champs.
Plus that helps our seeding.

March 10th, 2012 at 3:08 PM | They can talk shit all they (Score:4 Normal)
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They can talk shit all they want, that's not going to stop that banner from getting hung in the rafters next season.

Frankly, I think it's fantastic that it hurts them so much that they had to share the conference title with us.  The rhetoric after we beat them for the third straight time back in January was that MIchigan wasn't for real and that we'd fade to the middle of the pack by the end of the year.  The fact that we didn't, with the team we have, has to worry them.  Deep down they know Michigan isn't going away and that the good times are over for them.

..and another newsflash for the haters in East Lansing, Beilein and his guys are going to be doing more banner hanging in the years to come, so get used to it.

 

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March 10th, 2012 at 4:52 PM | Serious question.  How is (Score:-1 Trolling)
March 10th, 2012 at 5:57 PM | We get it - you're a Spartan (Score:3 Normal)
jmblue
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We get it - you're a Spartan troll.  Give it up.

March 10th, 2012 at 3:29 PM | I worry about Michigan and (Score:1)
mgoblue0970
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I worry about Michigan and Michigan only.

Never been to one of those other teams' blogs -- never fed any of the internet trolls.

I could give a flying leap what someone from that shithole down south or over in east landfill says.  This is Michigan fergodssakes.

March 10th, 2012 at 1:59 PM | Is the question assuming we (Score:1)
AmaizeingBlue
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Is the question assuming we win no matter what if we make it to tomorrow? If so then I obviously want to beat Sparty, but if the question is who do we have a better chance of beating it's Wisconsin.  We match up terribly with MSU, I fear that we wouldn't be able to grab an defensive rebound with Nix, Payne, and Green out there.

March 10th, 2012 at 2:04 PM | Assuming we get by OSU, this requires no thought (Score:4 Funny)
Don
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MSU because Badger tears taste really horrible.


March 10th, 2012 at 2:08 PM | If we were to win the final (Score:5 Normal)
jtmc33
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If we were to win the final I'd rather beat MSU than Wisco to take the title

If we were to lose the final I'd rather lose to Wisonsin than MSU

If we were to lose to Ohio today I'd rather Wisconsin win to avoid Sparty getting their redemption

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March 10th, 2012 at 2:18 PM | Wow... (Score:3 Normal)
TatuajeVI
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I think we can close this topic now. You win.

March 10th, 2012 at 2:24 PM | My new Michigan philosophy is (Score:2 Insightful)
M-Go-Away
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My new Michigan philosophy is "Beat Everyone". Let everyone else figure out why they do or don't want to play US while we worry about rafter space and the structural integrity of Crisler from holding all of the new banners.

"When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing." -Bo

March 10th, 2012 at 2:28 PM | Argh! (Score:2)
Mtruck
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So the NC State vs UNC game is on TV here on ESPN AND CBS.  Stupid living in NC and having the same game on 2 channels instead of the Big 10....so mad!

March 10th, 2012 at 3:58 PM | uh... (Score:1)
ashea
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i thought about this long and hard (that's what she said) and all i could come up with is...

 

BEAT OHIO!!

March 10th, 2012 at 4:02 PM | I want Wisconsin to win (Score:3 Normal)
jmblue
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I want Wisconsin to win today.  I think it will be very difficult for us to beat OSU and MSU on back-to-back days (coming on the heels of an overtime game with Minnesota).  Wisconsin isn't as strong overall and play at a slower pace, which could be good for tired legs.

March 10th, 2012 at 4:45 PM | Well it (Score:1)
manchild56
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really doesn't matter anymore now does it? Sparty is trouncing the Badgers. So we need to win, and we can pull off the greatest basketball weekend ever by beating Ohio, then Sparty back to back games to win the BTT. What a weekend it can be if this all happens, then add the huge hockey win last night, and so far one commit its goona be great.

21 years of coaching and every senior who stayed had at least 1 big ten title... That is what " Those who stay will be champions" will really get you Ohio native Bo Schembechler.

March 10th, 2012 at 7:20 PM | Can we delete this entire post / thread!? (Score:2 Normal)
RLS-Jr
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It looks a little presumptuous after getting dominated in every fathomable way by OSU today.  The good news is that we over-achieved this season (which is obviously better than under-achieving).  Nantz & Kerr were stunned at the gap in talent between our two squads and that we finished tied for first in the Big Ten.  What we saw today was Michigan with a True Freshman PG (rather than the MVP/Superman that Burke was the rest of the entire season).

Go Blue or Go Home...

March 10th, 2012 at 7:27 PM | Jinxy McJinxerton.... YIKES. (Score:-1 Trolling)
March 10th, 2012 at 8:05 PM | So this thread should be (Score:3 Normal)
dothepose
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So this thread should be deleted and the OP banned for obvious reasons. Nice reality check though.

You know, Dude, I myself dabbled in pacifism once. Not in 'Nam of course.

March 13th, 2012 at 1:13 PM | as long as we win...wherever (Score:2 Normal)
SysMark
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as long as we win...wherever the misery lands so be it

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