October 29th, 2016 at 3:51 PM ^
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October 29th, 2016 at 4:00 PM ^
Meh. This really is Sparty's Super Bowl. They won't play anywhere near like this the rest of the year.
October 29th, 2016 at 4:14 PM ^
October 29th, 2016 at 4:21 PM ^
You have to give them credit for how they always play us. It's their identity, it's their very DNA.
And you know they spend all year working on us.
I would like to see us channel some of that kind of approach against Ohio State.
October 29th, 2016 at 5:40 PM ^
Seriously. I came to the board to celebrate a win over MSU, not to hear Michigan fans bitch and moan because we didnt manage to beat them by fifty points.
Things got a little uncomfortable in the 4th quarter, but if you had told me at the beginning of the season that Michigan would be 8-0 and would beat MSU by 9 in East Lansing despite playing their worst game of the year, I would have taken in a heartbeat.
There are certain some things that will need to get fixed going forward, but people crying and carrying on like we just lost really need to get a grip.
October 29th, 2016 at 7:49 PM ^
Thank you. Some here act like we were supposed to win by 40 or 50. It's a rivalry game on the road. All that matter is the win. The worst are the people who keep saying we will lose to Iowa and/or Ohio State now even though Ohio State just barely got by Northwestern. Come back to reality people.
October 29th, 2016 at 6:20 PM ^
October 30th, 2016 at 11:52 AM ^
He was getting interviewed on field as part of the gameday 15-second interview with the noon game coaches spiel and he said something like "We prepare for this game all year". In most seasons, that game IS their season. And in this year it was especially all they have to play for. Glad to know we ruined it for them.
October 29th, 2016 at 4:35 PM ^
October 29th, 2016 at 5:13 PM ^
And yet most here were confident in a massive blowout all week.
October 29th, 2016 at 4:17 PM ^
Brady Hoke's teams were the same way against OSU. We'd be a mediocre team and still manage to keep things close in those games. Doesn't mean OSU wasn't a good team.
October 29th, 2016 at 4:43 PM ^
See this was Michigan's plan all along. They knew they would win even though the refs would likely play to the home crowd and that Michigan State was essentially playing a bowl game/Super Bowl. So, why not get MSU fans hopes up, and then play a crappy, conservative game in order to make the terrible Michigan State offensive and defensive coordinators look like they called a good game, giving Dantonio a reason to keep them for next year essentially sabotaging next year. Harbaugh is a genius, Peppers for Heisman, Go Blue!
October 29th, 2016 at 4:43 PM ^
That's the problem...the selection committee will look at our schedule and see we struggled against a terrible team that lost 6 straight.
I guess we don't need to worry about it if we win out....so let's do that!!
October 29th, 2016 at 5:57 PM ^
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October 29th, 2016 at 4:01 PM ^
Eh. They didn't play well the last 3rd of the game and failed to put the game away at several key moments. Still, aside from maybe that one game where we beat bobby williams 49-3, MSU has pretty consistently overperformed in this game for the last 30 years so can't say I'm suprised.
October 29th, 2016 at 4:14 PM ^
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October 29th, 2016 at 4:22 PM ^
I mean, I think we all agree that that happened today. I guess my thought is that the general pattern from Harbaugh is to destroy teams, go for 4th downs, be aggressive etc. So I don't worry about it on a recurring basis the way I did with some previous coaches who repeatedly lost games for that. There's more ruthlessness now, philosophically, so I'm a little disappointed...but not worried about how this played out being indicative of future problems.
In the end, after some time passes this will just be a win for us, and a turning point back to normalcy in the series.
October 29th, 2016 at 4:29 PM ^
October 29th, 2016 at 4:36 PM ^
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October 29th, 2016 at 4:46 PM ^
October 29th, 2016 at 4:58 PM ^
I guess we'll just disagree. But I hear you saying past performance isn't predictive of future performance, which, at least when it comes to football, is not usually true. But whatever. If UM wins the B1G, I can look back at this and shrug and chalk it up to rivalry stuff. If they struggle down the stretch and/or don't win the B1G, then it looks like all that early season flash, was in fact just that, flash.
October 29th, 2016 at 5:04 PM ^
Dude, OSU is struggling at home against NW. These things happen.
October 29th, 2016 at 4:35 PM ^
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October 29th, 2016 at 6:23 PM ^
October 29th, 2016 at 4:50 PM ^
I thought the previous 8 years or so could be a little more disappointing than this current 8-0 team, but only my opinion i guess...
October 29th, 2016 at 3:52 PM ^
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October 29th, 2016 at 4:51 PM ^
October 29th, 2016 at 3:53 PM ^
I dunno man, everything about the 4th quarter was bad. We were 30-10 in the 4th and gave MSU a serious chance to win. Sphincterball was in full effect
October 29th, 2016 at 4:14 PM ^
October 29th, 2016 at 4:45 PM ^
Caveats about Sparty Superbowl and all, but Sparty's O should never have been able to operate like that.
Jabrill was pumped all game, from his rushing touchdown through backflips at the final whistle; the rest of the D should follow his example.
October 29th, 2016 at 10:25 PM ^
October 29th, 2016 at 5:28 PM ^
Horrible coaching and defense in the fourth. Our team gave up, luckily we were up enough.
However, that game was no where near as close as the score and we still won by 9 points on the road in a rivalry game. 8-0, and I'm very happy with where we stand.
October 29th, 2016 at 6:10 PM ^
October 29th, 2016 at 3:53 PM ^
gutted it out. glad that dantonio's 2pt conv turned into 2 for us.
October 29th, 2016 at 5:00 PM ^
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October 29th, 2016 at 8:55 PM ^
missing the 2-pt conv kept them down by 7 (poor pitch and subsequent 2-pt return not withstanding). If they make it then a TD wins without an extra point attempt. I do not care for MD but petty? Really? My point is we do not have to trump up stuff to prove that MD is a deusch bag.
Go Blue!
October 29th, 2016 at 9:48 PM ^
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October 29th, 2016 at 10:49 PM ^
but it's all good, we won anyway.
October 29th, 2016 at 3:54 PM ^
October 29th, 2016 at 3:54 PM ^
Michigan did not look like the 2nd best team in the country. How you stop playing in the 2nd half of a rivalry game I have no clue.
Really disappointed with the defense and the team's effort in the second half.
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October 29th, 2016 at 3:57 PM ^
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October 29th, 2016 at 5:17 PM ^
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October 29th, 2016 at 7:20 PM ^
We didn't really start to go bad until after our FG. From that point we had 1 first down and 3 punts. MSU had 4 long drives, 2 for TDs, 1 for a missed FG, and 1 where they turned it over on downs. Over that period, they outgained us 227-41.
October 29th, 2016 at 9:53 PM ^
October 29th, 2016 at 4:01 PM ^
OSU is ranked 6th and they lost to PSU. S*** happens. MSU is not as bad as we thought they were. Give them credit. Didn't Alabama have a bad game against Ole Miss? Does not mean Alabama is not the #1 team. Sometimes teams play up to the other team.
October 29th, 2016 at 4:14 PM ^
I mean Jesus....a bad 7-5 Michigan team that squeaked out wins over UConn and Akron was a failed 2-or conversion away from beating #3 Ohio State a few years ago.
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