Spartans anxious for Michigan game
"...and it was refreshing last week to hear his players talk about the Oct. 25 clash at Michigan Stadium." Refreshing??? That is ALL Sparty talks about, thinks about and wetdreams about.
Take your beatings and countdown clock back to E.L.; go to Rick's, burn some couches, trash your campus and spend the weekend in the clink.
From the Freep, via ESPN...
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080812/SPORTS07/80812…
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/bigten/0-1-224/Spartans-anxious-for-Michigan…;
ESPN.com's Andy Rittenberg has found that even as the Spartans prepare for the upcoming season, they have the Oct. 25 game against Michigan on their minds.
"I do not want to go through my whole college career without beating my rival
school," senior running back Javon Ringer said to ESPN. "That would be
embarrassing."
The Spartans have not
beaten Michigan since 2001. Michigan State led 24-14 in the fourth quarter last
season but gave up two touchdowns to lose in East Lansing.
"It's imbedded in our minds and our
memories," safety Otis Wiley told ESPN. "We were close last year, been close in
all of our encounters. We need to be on top this year. We have the people and we
have the talent to do that.
"It's our top
priority right now. We want that one, and we want it bad."
Poor little brother, why must you obsess?
August 12th, 2008 at 10:44 PM ^
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August 13th, 2008 at 9:20 AM ^
August 13th, 2008 at 2:32 PM ^
The Notre Dame game killed John L's career. And the halftime rant against OSU before that.
August 13th, 2008 at 2:10 PM ^
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August 13th, 2008 at 11:09 AM ^
It's a Spartan! Kill him!
But yeah, Dr. Worm, there is a fair dose of hypocrisy in obessively making fun of someone elses obsession.
August 13th, 2008 at 11:43 AM ^
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August 13th, 2008 at 12:37 PM ^
August 13th, 2008 at 2:11 PM ^
So, you are operating under the theory that RR is so "focused" on one game that he will not be able to yell as loudly as JoePa or Mark Dantonio, resulting in their teams being more "fired up" and them winning the game? And you use the RCMB level "O$U lol" nickname. Fantastic.
August 13th, 2008 at 12:46 PM ^
August 13th, 2008 at 8:31 PM ^
the difference here, is that we are fans. we should be obsessing over our rivals. the MSU players and coaches should most certainly NOT be obsessing over one game. that's what makes you sparty, sparty.
not to mention that, when we obsess, it's in jest and laced with overwhelming satire. when you guys do it, it is sincere and sad, brah.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:01 AM ^
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August 14th, 2008 at 12:26 PM ^
- When a Michigan coach who has won a national championship goes 7-5 , 11-2, and 8-4, 18-6 in the big ten over the last three years, with one rose bowl appearance, and a capital one bowl win, and fails to beat his biggest rival, the fans call for his head and he is asked politely to step aside.
- When a Michigan State coach goes 7-6, 3-5 in the big ten, losing to his rival, and losing in the champs sports bowl, he is hailed as the second coming.
- ??????????????
August 15th, 2008 at 1:53 PM ^
I'm not even going to point out the most blatant flaw in your criticism, that Dantonio was in his first year and Lloyd was in his 5294857296247th. (By saying I'm not going to point it out and mentioning it, I'm really pointing it out while giving the idea that it's obvious). What did you expect when you're rebuilding a program? Dantonio took MSU to a bowl game and is bringing in four star recruits. That's a step up for a program that just last year was one of the worst in the conference. For Michigan, a school consistently in the upper echelon of college football, constant bowl embarrassments and losses to the biggest rival are unacceptable.
I do like how Lloyd merely "failed to beat" Ohio State, whereas Dantonio flat out "lost" to Michigan. You included Dantonio's bowl loss in his record, but didn't count any bowl losses for Lloyd. See what I'm getting at here?
August 17th, 2008 at 12:14 AM ^
August 17th, 2008 at 1:00 AM ^
We've actually won the last two meetings in Crisler Arena (in 2006 and 2007). Last year we only played them once, in EL.
August 17th, 2008 at 1:00 AM ^
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