Alamo Bowl Open Thread
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http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/michigan-state-texas-tech-threadpredictions
Or just post here. I just can't believe the original one is about to be page 3 on MGoBoard with all these posts on a non-game Saturday, with these weak games today. And there's still on hour till kickoff! Guess you can post things too early, but then we had bowl game threads, Rose Bowl threads, and Sugar Bowl threads yesterday, so, whatever.
Been a busy day for MGoBlog...
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:27 PM ^
Eastern Michigan represent! haha
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:24 PM ^
wow that non pass interference call could have landed that guy in prison
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:24 PM ^
Epic ref fail. But I'm sure the loony sparty board is saying that somehow, Dave Witvoet is the problem and you are somehow being wronged.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:26 PM ^
i wanted SO BAD for them to say that 'the wide receiver was mugged by the corner'.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:27 PM ^
Those guys look like some crazy motherfu%$#ers.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:29 PM ^
in a cave because every one of their white guys seems to have a big mountain-man beard
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:28 PM ^
I would not like to meet Brandon Carter (Tech's RG) in a dark alley. Wow that is a scary looking dude.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:30 PM ^
My sister has met him a few times at random bars around Lubbock. Completely soft away from the field. On the field, way different.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:35 PM ^
He used to be a minor league pitcher? Or did I read the article your posted earlier incorrectly?
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:37 PM ^
I didn't link to it, but yes:
He's the elder statesman at 26, having spent four seasons as a pitcher in the Chicago White Sox farm system before he walked on at Tech.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:49 PM ^
Huh. Apologies to whoever did post it.
I can't reconcile the image of him wearing face paint and weighing around 300 pounds with him being a pitcher.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:49 PM ^
Thanks for the info. To bad his baseball career didn't work out. It would have been interesting to see him and Ozzie Guillen on the same team...
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:41 PM ^
you from the LBK? I know most people are rooting against Sparty more than rooting for Tech. All of my in-laws are Red Raiders and are just south of LBK.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:42 PM ^
I'm from Houston. I've got a sister at Tech, but I've been a fan of the Red Raiders for a while. I never had a solid college allegiance growing up. If anything, I just hated OU, LSU, and OSU (Ohio).
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:44 PM ^
Did you attend UofM? What's your connection to the Maize and Blue? (If you don't mind me asking)
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:47 PM ^
I was at UM for 3 years ('04-'07) before changing my major. It wasn't financially viable for me to stay for another 3 years to get my degree.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:49 PM ^
I feel like you're our rock. 3
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:52 PM ^
Cool. I grew up in Spring/Woodlands area of north Houston. Had music scholarship to UM until I also switched directions and went to school out in Abilene.
Thanks for sharing and thanks for adding to the mgoblog.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:55 PM ^
Yeah, I'm from Pearland on the south side. I'm currently in Lake Charles at McNeese. Despite its MSU acronym, they also use a yellow block M on a blue background. This way I can re-use all my Michigan baseball hats.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:10 PM ^
And now I know that Bob Howry went to McNeese State. Though to be honest, I hate the guy.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:35 PM ^
Blocked
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:41 PM ^
doing alright without Leach, granted this is MSU and not Texas.
I love how they can run the same swing screen every time, and it will always get them 5-10 yards.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:44 PM ^
I wish TT would put this game away so that I can go to bed.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:45 PM ^
Detron Lewis?
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:21 PM ^
Your avatar and that guy look eerily similar.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:24 PM ^
I'm a sucker for blond mustaches.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:49 PM ^
pontificating about Mike Leach the entire game is OK
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:54 PM ^
Just shows how insignificant MSU really is. Nobody cares on the national level.
January 2nd, 2010 at 10:53 PM ^
I love that ESPN had two instances of "(expletive)" but left "ass" in the statement.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:12 PM ^
Just caught up on the rest of the 1st half. Gotta give Sparty credit for hanging tough.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:15 PM ^
I wonder what Mike Patrick was sorry for?
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:17 PM ^
Well son of a bitch.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:17 PM ^
Is Texas Tech trying to lose this game?
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:17 PM ^
on the play
Let's see how he & Mike Patrick do at that suggestion.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:20 PM ^
finally got a text message from the boss saying, "hey guys, there is a game on."
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:24 PM ^
took 3 minutes to go back to the James story.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:18 PM ^
TT stealing our play where in the D makes Cousins look like McNabb.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:21 PM ^
SRSLY?
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:23 PM ^
Why are they Oregoning away this game?!?!
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:23 PM ^
That non-call on the pass interference really looms large now.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:24 PM ^
Did TT just fall asleep in the red zone?? Or was that the parting of the sea so the backup QB could get some ink?
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:24 PM ^
Am I the only one pulling for Sparty?
They can lose, but just not by more than double digits.
Should be an interesting second half.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:28 PM ^
How much did you put on it? Is it enough to be worth 9 months of "oohhh, Dantonio-Sparty rising!!"?
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:35 PM ^
Just a couple dollars
Ideally, Sparty could still cover, but blow the straight up win thanks to a Dantonio gaffe. That's win/win all around.
But, hey, if Spartina is going to overachieve, I'd rather win a buck or two.....it's a whole lot better than waking up in Ohio after a buckeye win in the Rose Bowl after having bet Oregon
Brutal
Anyway, plenty of time for Tech to still blow them out. We'll see if MSU has four quarters in them.
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:02 AM ^
I know you have pull with the head guy here, but do you really want to be using the "S" word, even if only on principle?
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:25 PM ^
1. The team I root for always has worse placekicking than its opponent
and
2. The team I root for will tend to commit more turnovers than its opponent, especially in the second half.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:25 PM ^
wow....just wow
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:25 PM ^
What do you do when a whole Network has a conflict of interest? Wahhhhh Adam James...
Crap, they are going to piss this game away. God hates us.
January 2nd, 2010 at 11:33 PM ^
Honestly, I think the commentators have been reasonably balanced in the way they've discussed the Leach episode. I don't feel like they're really slanted towards James. They're just talking about it too much.