In retrospect: Do you wish OSU had beat MSU, or no?

No. Absolutely not. I'm very happy in retrospect that OSU lost to MSU. I don't hear a word about MSU where I live, but it's certainly all OSU, all of the time. This at least took a little wind out of their sails...for a week, anyway. Now, of course, they are almost just as obnoxious -- but it'd be far worse around here if they were sitting undefeated right now, and far worse still when they absolutely rolled Iowa.

My answer would very likely be different if I lived in Michigan.

So, I'm OK with it. Now that said, go Iowa.

Absolutely.  OSU beating MSU would have meant The Game was for the B1G East.  Even if we get our butts kicked it is better to be playing for a championship.

Try to imagine a world where Sparty gets to the playoff and somehow wins a National Championship. The specter of what life would be like for years, for eternity, is enough to make me wish it had no possibility of happening. And it does have a possibility of happening. 

OSU going to the playoff and competing for/winning the NC is a wound that has thrice healed over and scarred, such that living with another one would be child's play in comparison.

Sauron already reigns, would I want Saruman the Green and White to ascend next to him? No.

If OSU beating MSU could have prevented that, I'm all for it. 

Or a baller

From an economic perspective, the NCAA has to be hoping for MSU to lose.  Their fans cannot even fill their own stadium.  What will happen if MSU plays in the playoff and the ratings take a plunge and the Spartys cannot fill their ticket allotment.

IMO The MSU/OSU game had a huge effect on our teams pysche. Heres why- i cant find anyone else who heard this but i saw it in the postgame presser at Penn State. Harbuagh said " we are going to play for a championship" in his mind MSU was already going to lose to osu. He said this before the start of their game.

All throughout the week players were asked if the steam that was let out from this game because osu lost? They replied with their typical answers- no still a big game ect. ect. I really think harbs had this team believing they were going to play fo rthe BTCG appearence vs. OSU.

If you have ever played sports and been in a game like this no matter how hard you try and convince yourself it doesnt effect your play it absolutely does. Maybe im wrong, maybe its different on a higher level. You cant say our game was sole lost on talent and coaching. There was a clear fire that was out after the first 2 OSU drives.

In short- i wish sparty wouldve lost i think it wouldve changed the entire dynamic of "The Game"....and anything that couldve helped woulkd be better for UM. I hate em both..... starting to hate sparty more becuase of the daily interactions i have to spend with them.

I'm glad MSU won. If Ohio State made the playoff, there is a chance they could win it. 

If MSU makes it, they have no chance. 

Yes, the worst thing that can happen at this point is for the flukes to keep on coming and for MSU to win it all.  I hate even saying that.  I think someone will beat them but it's not out of the realm of possbility. Imagine Sparty having a more recent National Championship than Michigan.  This can't happen.  Iowa better step the fuck up.

I, like most of you, live in Michigan, I will interact with maybe 2 or 3 Ohio State fans the entire year.  I will interact with hundreds of obnoxious MSU fans.  I wish Ohio State had won.

And if MSU wins it all this year I might leave the state permanently.  And before people say, "they have zero chance", you all said that about Ohio State last year.  MSU has a chance.

What's kind of funny is that as bad as we feel about getting steamrolled by Ohio State, you know who feels even worse?  

Ohio State.

Had they struggled against us they could have said "Well, this was just not our year.  We would have been exposed in the Playoff.  Let's just enjoy the success of last year and move on."

But this was their year.  Once they got their heads out of their asses and started Barrett, they were probably the best team in the counrty.  But they will never get the chance to prove it.

Because they stepped on their own dicks and missed a bunny layup on National TV.

'Tis a pitty.

if you hate OSU more than MSU. For me MSU can be annoying, especially in basketball, but OSU fans are the biggest douche bag, mean spirited, idiots on the planet.

Realistically OSU had the best raw talent in the Big10, followed by MSU. Then there is a gap, especially if you consider depth, and UM is in the next tier with Iowa.

Playing LSU or Florida in the Citrus is a very good ending for year one in rebuilding especially considering key injuries and a new QB who took until October to get comfortbale with the team. I hated The Game but am fine with this season if we "show up strong" in the Citrus Bowl. 

That said, I am getting as much joy out of OSU fan freaking out over not getting in the Championship Series. The no respect crying is laughable. These same aholes were ready to run their team out of town for not showing up against MSU. They say the Rose Bowl is fine but deep down they know their season is a failure not having an opportunity to go back to back.

D'Antonio is getting cocky and I can't wait until he gets "the pride before the fall". I stunned he is openly talking about winning it all. Iowa giving them humble pie would be terrific and would make my season. Not only would it kick MSU out of the top 4, but also OSU would be relegated one step below the Rose.

Bottom line it all worked out for my expectations and am "happy" MSU beat OSU.