Can we stop down playing this rivalry please?

Submitted by UMxWolverines on
Good call this morning Desmond. How many times do we need to lose to inferior MSU teams for us to take this seriously? Even most of John L's teams played us down to the wire. I'm sick of us playing down to MSU and we even looked uninspired out there. Meanwhile MSU is jacked up and played smart, ran the ball, and hung on to the ball. What is the problem here?

JHumich

October 8th, 2017 at 12:07 AM ^

significant factor in our losing today. That's not what made the playcalling crap. That's not what made John O'Korn make crazy decisions with the ball. That's not what turned McDoom's hands into teflon.

MichiganMan_24_

October 8th, 2017 at 12:19 AM ^

Im replying to my own post, sorry..You got Washington State out here passing the ball all over the damn place with talent that UM should be able to exceed..Wisconsin out here trampling people with a Freshman RB for hundreds of yards and this fucking place cant score shit..Don Brown is a genius..Go get a fucking offense that plans to swing for the fences or die swinging and dont worry about playing 1970s football to play field position, Don Brown will be fine...Score some damn points you lames

 

Sorry..im done

mich_hockey_6

October 8th, 2017 at 12:20 AM ^

That people are sick about this game. Get over it. Indiana is next week. It will all be forgotten IF we handle OSU finally. Losing sucks no matter who it's too, but I don't understand the meltdown. It makes me laugh that everyone seems so worried about Michigan State and everyone is worried to go to work on Monday to face the Spartys. I couldn't care less. They can talk all they want. I'm looking at the next game and OSU. Nothing changes.

NJblue2

October 8th, 2017 at 12:48 AM ^

Do you honestly think they'll beat OSU though? I mean, the pretty much own us, and although in my mind we won last year, they're better and we're worst and suck playing in most games of any importance.

One reason I think people are very upset about this loss, and maybe it's just me, is because we can't seem to win against our rivals, so it still feels like we're not completely back. Also losing to MSU, makes it really hard to believe that we'll beat OSU, when was the last time we lost to MSU yet beat OSU?

YouRFree

October 8th, 2017 at 12:09 AM ^

it's the fan downplaying. You can't help to kill your momentum by stupid mistake and one sided playcall at the beginning though.

We do want OSU game more though. The record is worse there.

Magnum P.I.

October 8th, 2017 at 12:09 AM ^

LOL we are not in a position to be claiming whether or not this is a rivalry

Sparty has been drinking our milkshake for ten years--I wouldn't blame them if THEY stopped considering it a rivalry

Perkis-Size Me

October 8th, 2017 at 12:10 AM ^

Honestly Desmond wasn’t really wrong. I’d happily lose to MSU every year if it meant we beat OSU. The game doesn’t mean to us what it means to them.

I’m not from Michigan so I’m sure others have their own feelings about it, but I won’t ever consider MSU to be THE rival for Michigan.

AMazinBlue

October 8th, 2017 at 12:16 AM ^

We don't care enough.  Alabama takes every game personally and wants to crush every opponent, all we do is focus on fucking OSU and we can't carry their dirty socks.  We are not even close to OSU.

Until this program starts taking every game as seriously as MSU takes this game, we won't win any championships.

ToledoWolverine

October 8th, 2017 at 12:10 AM ^

Dismissive attitude of our fan base. Those mouth breathers are bully’s and until we are ready to punch them in the mouth they are gonna keep mouth breathing while they celebrate all up and down Michigan stadium. You have to fight fire with fire. It’s like we are bringing our lawyer to negotiate a surrender at the OK corral, because we have better guns than they do.

I can only hope this lights a fire, because this shit is beyond old.

ToledoWolverine

October 8th, 2017 at 12:54 AM ^

Just calling how I see it. We act like we are above them and say shit like this is Dantonios super bowl, like he is some kind of douchebag for wanting to beat us more than anyone else. I cannot stand to see the smug look on his face as he walks off the field having just beat Michigan, again.

Now back to being an obtuse idiot, have a good night.

BoCanHam15

October 8th, 2017 at 10:43 AM ^

My comment was a drenched overreaction also. I can see where you're coming from. I never downplay any game and I support the team, rain or shine. So, my reaction although jaded was a little obtuse. We can agree to disagree. Go Blue!

Copey1050

October 8th, 2017 at 12:12 AM ^

Jim Harbaugh - 3rd year - where's the signature win?   Florida?  Florida sucks.   

 

Dantonio is a coach 

Harbaugh is a promoter. 

 

If that's okay with you,  have fun.  

 

It's not okay with me.   1-4 vs. the rivals and that 1 win was against a 3-9 team.   

Jim Harbaugh has been outcoached several times now.  

 

If he doesn't get them to a Big Ten title game, at the very least, by the end of the 4th year, he should be gone.  It's just not good enough.   Especially when you compound it with this constant need for attention.   

Epic-Blue

October 8th, 2017 at 12:18 AM ^

The truth!! 9 million a year get us Brady Hoke 2.0! Actually...Hoke has a better record than Harbaugh! Mark Dantonio owns Michigan and just embarrassed us on national television! This one is going to sting for awhile! Oh btw.....what is Jay Harbaugh doing coaching anything above JV football??? Nepotism at it’s best!!!

DHughes5218

October 8th, 2017 at 12:36 AM ^

Beating PSU by 39 was impressive and so wasn't knocking off a top 10 Wisconsin. The only two games that we could've won and called a signature win was osu and FSU. It's not like we were out classed in either of those games. I guarantee we beat PSU again this year. What do people expect? Harbaugh is building a perennial powerhouse and one bad game in the middle of a storm and you want to fire the best coach we could possibly hope for? That's absurd.

Tuebor

October 8th, 2017 at 1:01 AM ^

I'd trade Harbaugh for Dantonio in a heartbeat. Dantonio has won championships at the collegiate level. Harbaugh hasnt even won a division let alone a conference. At this point i want harbaugh to shut the f up and just coach like he is at san diego trying to prove himself. He has become blinded by the spotlight.