Izzo Excuses Thread: 2017 Edition
Who's living in the past now?
Izzo: "U-M's seniors have lost 4-5 times to us, and they played with incredible passion that we didn't match"
— Minh Doan (@_minhdoan) February 8, 2017
Izzo says he's not making excuses ... but, 'that was seniors against freshmen.'
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) February 8, 2017
Irvin, the other senior, had a whopping 3 points. Bzzzt.
Izzo says his freshmen (Winston, Ward, Langford) didn't understand the seriousness of the game
— Minh Doan (@_minhdoan) February 8, 2017
Ward is from Columbus and Winston is from Detroit.
Izzo says MSU had a great week of practice, didn't show up on court.
— Matt Pargoff (@MaizeBlueNews) February 8, 2017
Wyulllllllllllll.......
BONUS FEATURE: Jemele Hill's tweets from after Michigan handed MSU a loss on the gridiron back in October.
February 7th, 2017 at 11:38 PM ^
February 7th, 2017 at 11:42 PM ^
February 7th, 2017 at 11:39 PM ^
to refs about Wagner intentionally falling on Ward's foot.
February 8th, 2017 at 8:25 AM ^
February 7th, 2017 at 11:42 PM ^
February 7th, 2017 at 11:48 PM ^
I can't imagine Beilein ever getting 4 top 50 recruits. . .
The reason there's no backlash against Izzo is that he wins about 10% more of his games. . .
What I will be interested to see is if our wimpy coach takes exception to what Izzo had to say about Wagner. . .
February 8th, 2017 at 12:26 PM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 6:55 PM ^
That's what Izzo does, sits great freshman to crush their confidence and trick them into not leaving for the NBA. See Ward and Winston as examples, playing less minutes than Goins and numnums because ....
February 7th, 2017 at 11:39 PM ^
February 7th, 2017 at 11:40 PM ^
Reminds me of John Belushi's line to Carrie Fisher in the Blues Brothers.
February 7th, 2017 at 11:42 PM ^
Hey tommy boy, one is for you and one is for jemele....
February 7th, 2017 at 11:41 PM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 7:17 AM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 8:55 AM ^
Someone needs to do a Gif with Izzo's face on Miles
February 7th, 2017 at 11:41 PM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 10:29 AM ^
February 7th, 2017 at 11:41 PM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 1:20 AM ^
chance to point out that our seniors have lost 5 against them, I don't see how he didn't own up to it. Complimented the passion with which our players played and acknowledged his didn't match it. I don't really see what's wrong with that. Beilein has said on multiple occasions this year that at some point, players have to play hard, rightly calling them out for not playing hard enough.
February 8th, 2017 at 8:23 AM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 12:02 AM ^
It's one thing to be a terrible loser. but why do MSU coaches always target the opposing players?
February 7th, 2017 at 11:50 PM ^
February 7th, 2017 at 11:54 PM ^
We beat them both by a combined 59 points at Crisler.
February 8th, 2017 at 6:07 AM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 7:04 AM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 12:26 PM ^
so he didn't accidentally type it. It had to be that pesky autocorrect. Hate it when my autocorrect does that...
February 7th, 2017 at 11:50 PM ^
February 7th, 2017 at 11:58 PM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 12:04 AM ^
Beilein will probably call Izzo and apologize for Wagner being a pain in the butt. . .
February 8th, 2017 at 6:45 AM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 7:51 AM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 12:03 AM ^
Loathesome. How did she get a spot on TV???
February 8th, 2017 at 6:57 AM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 12:04 AM ^
"I'm Not Trying To Make Excuses..."
The worst-selling novel, by MSU head coach Tom Izzo!
- Jemele Hill calls it "SPARTYRIFIC!"
- Drew Sharp has come back to say "It's so much better than any book Jim Harbaugh could've written."
- RCMB gives it 5 burned couches out of 5!
February 8th, 2017 at 1:08 AM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 6:53 AM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 8:49 AM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 12:09 AM ^
college basketball should be. He gets the most out of his players and they always come ready to battle. His teams alwys peak by March and he never makes excuses. He is leader of men and a man of great character. 110% is what you are guaranteed to get anytime you face his Spartans. He does things the right way, and has never taken short cuts. Just a class act and everything you would want in a head coach, someone you would want your son to play for.
Did I miss anthing guys? Don't want to f-up one of the most absurdly alternative fact based narratives in modern collegiate sports.
#1 on that list, of course, is Joe Pa didn't know...but that of course got me my -9999999999 points, so I digress.
February 8th, 2017 at 7:53 AM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 12:19 AM ^
Lets see Kentucky and Duke don't have problems beating senior led teams with freshman. GTFO. Cry me a river. Enjoy the trip back to EL. Got 29 reason it won't be a good one
February 8th, 2017 at 12:26 AM ^
29? Wow, that's a lot more than the 3-9 reasons I could think of.
February 8th, 2017 at 12:55 AM ^
February 8th, 2017 at 6:22 AM ^
here we are in Feb. with Tom Thumb still trying to play the media and his loser fans.
When will this douche ever stop. He's almost pathological at this point.
February 8th, 2017 at 1:26 AM ^
Watching him lose and absolutely self destruct on his team and himself is always a beautiful sight. Was at the game tonight, and the energy in Crisler was pretty awesome in the first half, the best I've seen it all season. That was the best basketball I've seen Michigan play since the 2013-2014 season. Walton has played like the senior PG that he is, and it was finally contagious tonight. Xavier looked much more comfortable with the Offense tonight, and Moe and DJ will keep getting better. Heres to winning at least 4 out of the next 7 to get in the tourney.
ALSO: What is this I'm hearing about some form of allegations made on the MSU Football program tommorow? News of Recshke, Lukusa, and maybe now LJ Scott (Name removed from MSU directory)? Can anybody shed some light on this?
February 8th, 2017 at 7:23 AM ^
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