Well, at least it's not a billboard.
http://rivals.teamfanshop.com/COLLEGE_Michigan_State_Spartans/Michigan_…
Sigh.
I personally am holding out hope for a scoreboard on a billboard on a Motivational Poster on a T-shirt on a car window sticker. Then maybe we will have reached ridiculousness implosion. It's one game, fer chrissakes.
October 5th, 2009 at 3:58 PM ^
Let 'em have their T-shirts. I'll take our future national championship(s).
October 5th, 2009 at 5:19 PM ^
Good call on that one I do remember nimrod I mean rich rod blowing the chance at a national championship by losing to pitt at 3 and 9 with steve slaton and pat white what makes michigan any different.
October 5th, 2009 at 5:45 PM ^
do people really have nothing better to do with their time than to register on other teams boards and talk shit?
October 5th, 2009 at 6:11 PM ^
They don't.
October 5th, 2009 at 5:46 PM ^
so much grammar fail. almost inexplicable. then remember buckeye. ohio people stupid.
October 5th, 2009 at 5:50 PM ^
I mean, seriously- what educational level is that? 4th grade? Do they not teach spelling/grammar anymore? Or does this guy just have some sort of developmental disability? Sigh.
October 5th, 2009 at 5:57 PM ^
The bigger question is, do you think he came on here knowing he was about to reinforce every stereotype about Buckeyes in one post?
October 5th, 2009 at 6:10 PM ^
Sorry but you've got to phrase your question in the form of a question
October 5th, 2009 at 8:01 PM ^
PUNCTUATION BAD!!!!!!!! TROLL GOOD!!!!! HURR NIMROD SUXXXXX!!!! GO BUCKS!!!! WOOO!!!!
Shut up and get out of here, please.
October 5th, 2009 at 8:29 PM ^
who's shocked that he spelled Michigan right? No use ragging on the guy, one more hit of meth and he'll forget he ever registered.
October 6th, 2009 at 3:43 AM ^
Fans of schools whose coaches have become a punchline for repeatedly blowing national championships should be smarter than to bring up the topic.
October 6th, 2009 at 7:54 AM ^
And did you see that Pitt/WVU game, G.F22?
I did. Pat White got hurt in that game and missed much of it. Slaton and company kept fumbling. Their usually reliable kicker missed two chip shot field goals. Excuses? Not if I, who doesn't give a rats ass about WVU or what Rich Rodriguez did there, bring them up.
And Pitt/WVU is a rivalry game. I think you folks down in Columbus have a little knowledge of what it's like to blow a chance at a national championship in a rivalry game.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:01 PM ^
Well, most teams do sell shirts when they win their respective championship.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:01 PM ^
Sparty fans wonder why they don't get respect. This is their answer: When you don't make t-shirts and billboards about beating a 20th ranked and a 3-9 team. When you can win this game and move on like it was just another game, you will have respect.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:59 PM ^
Right because I am sure UM fans would have been so humble?
October 5th, 2009 at 5:12 PM ^
did you notice or have you heard anyone talk about the 2 point converstion in the ND/Wash game this weekend? I watched the end and I watched that play 4 times and the ND rb's knee was down before he scored. I was just wondering if anyone has seen that or brought it up.Thanks
October 5th, 2009 at 6:51 PM ^
That's the "luck of the Irish" for ya. Seen it against Michigan way too many times.
Speaking of luck, them showing footage of "clock gate" and then interviewing TJ Duckett and Jeff Smoker almost made me throw up during the game (and it had nothing to do with all of the alcohol I had consumed).
October 5th, 2009 at 7:01 PM ^
Yeah, but you had to love his comments and the look of stunned confusion when the reporter asked Smoker, "So, any time left in the NFL for you?"
October 6th, 2009 at 2:00 PM ^
LOL yeah that was great. His face clearly said "well lady, I haven't shaved in two days, I'm drunk, and I'm high, what do you think?"
October 5th, 2009 at 5:54 PM ^
Maybe not humble, but I'd doubt we'd make t-shirts for beating MSU this year. And I agree with everyone else- I think the scoreboard t-shirt in MGoStore re: ND is kind of bad form. I like to think we're better than that as a fanbase/mgoreadership. Or maybe that's just me being naive.
October 5th, 2009 at 6:38 PM ^
I'll bet Irish knows all about T-shirts, like the beautiful "Catholics vs Convicts" shirts from the 1988 Miami game, or Miami's "The Luck Stops Here" shirts from 1989. The luck did stop there in the Orange Bowl for ND; Miami beat them and went on to win the National Championship. ND didn't know it at the time, but it was one of their last two chances to win one since 1988; they failed both times.
Why? Because a book called "Under the Tarnished Dome" would be published in 1993. It would accuse Lou Holtz, among other things, of ignoring injured players as though they didn't exist until they got well enough to play. To be fair, the book was a hatchet job, but it ruined Holtz' ability to recruit because parents didn't believe him anymore. All opposing recruiters had to do was buy a copy of the book for the parents and "loan" it to them.
ND never recovered; neither did Holtz. And now, Irish knows all about humility, too.
October 5th, 2009 at 8:18 PM ^
you really think we would create a t-shirt/billboard to celebrate another defeat of MSU? You've been a touch salty since Jimmah & Co. dropped that game to Michigan, Irish. Just sayin' is all.
October 6th, 2009 at 3:49 AM ^
I don't have a problem with other teams' fans on here, as long as they just argue based on facts/opinions and do not come here just to trash the place (and you are always respectful), but I don't get it. You spend a lot of time on here. Why?
October 5th, 2009 at 4:03 PM ^
can't criticize them too much, the mgostore is selling the score of the ND game on a shirt.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:11 PM ^
My first thought when I saw that shirt was, "Really? We're not Notre Dame or Sparty, get this crap outta here."
I'd say OSU too, but they'd have to figure out how to stop cutting off their fingers with the screen printer.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:11 PM ^
I agree, however, the Rivals store sells officially licensed products, so the money trickles back to MSU in the end.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:17 PM ^
...and I am taking my alma mater to task for this. Scoreboard on anything other than scoreboard = ignoble in victory, ingracious in defeat.
October 5th, 2009 at 6:05 PM ^
That shirt is definitely cringeworthy. I wish it weren't for sale.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:05 PM ^
Um, isn't there a shirt in the MGoStore with the ND's game score on it? How is that any different?
http://mgoblogstore.com/?p=prod_page&id=15
EDIT: Whoops, should have refreshed before posting.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:05 PM ^
This isn't even really Sparty fans creating the t-shirt. It's the Rivals store.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:06 PM ^
Well, in their defense:
http://mgoblogstore.com/?p=prod_page&id=15
Did anyone see the on-the-field interview after the game? I think it was with Caper. He called it (slightly paraphrasing) "one of the biggest wins in the history of the school". FAIL.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:13 PM ^
Sadly, for them, that probably was one of the biggest wins in school history.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:24 PM ^
So, how many of those Mgostore ND score Tees have sold? Not may, right? The reason the Rivals store puts out the Sparty Tee is because they can sell a bunch to the the Mike Valenti nutjobs out there.
October 5th, 2009 at 5:08 PM ^
The shirt looks cheep. It will probably fall to pieces by next year.
October 5th, 2009 at 7:22 PM ^
Thenkyew thenkyew. I'll be here all week.
October 5th, 2009 at 5:55 PM ^
http://mgoblogstore.com/?p=prod_page&id=15
Wolverine fans wonder why they don't get respect. This is their answer: When you don't make t-shirts about beating a 23rd ranked and a 7-5 team. When you can win this game and move on like it was just another game, you will have respect.
October 5th, 2009 at 6:01 PM ^
This might have been a good response...had you been on here before every other wolverine fan called out the hypocrisy.
As it is, you just look like Michigan didn't let you in for some very, very specific reasons.
October 5th, 2009 at 6:03 PM ^
My bad. I didn't cycle through the comments, but you're correct. Still, the irony is pretty funny.
October 5th, 2009 at 7:20 PM ^
...it was a pre-emptive strike.
You calling out the hipocrisy of me calling out the hipocrisy of Brian calling out the hipocrisy of the billboard totally ruins everything.
October 6th, 2009 at 3:52 AM ^
You too could make a t-shirt about beating ND -- well, if you had beaten them.
October 5th, 2009 at 6:12 PM ^
+ 1 for the recovery. Let's call it even.
October 5th, 2009 at 6:40 PM ^
Don't you just hate it when people whine for undeserved respect, DoctorWorm? Me too.
October 5th, 2009 at 6:53 PM ^
The t-shirt says "It's in the books." I guess State fans will never find it again.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:01 AM ^
So, that's why they needed to make it a t-shirt! It all makes sense now!
October 5th, 2009 at 7:29 PM ^
If somebody feels good wearing a shirt like that, let him/her wear it.
October 5th, 2009 at 7:45 PM ^
Kind of like that old joke about winning at the special olympics?
October 5th, 2009 at 9:14 PM ^
Why does the font look like the writing you would see on a third rate porn box?
Er, I mean so I've heard...