Can we stop down playing this rivalry please?

If we don't match Dantonio's preparation and focus for this game then this will keep happening.

We've never beat them when they had anything better than a 6 loss team since he's been coach. If they are good or even just decent, then he finds a way to beat us. 

Dantonio's a great coach. Call it what it is. For this specific game of U of M vs MSU, you have to take Dantonio over whoever the U of M coach is until proven otherwise. MSU should be good next year, so you have to assume they'll beat us next year until proven otherwise and prep and prepare for this game like MSU does.

vs MSU between 1996 and 2007 and 13 out of 14 between 1970 and 1983. MSU in fact lost every game vs Michigan at Spartan Stadium between 1970 and 1987. People consider that the 'normal' for this rivalry and hence every time it looks like we're 'good' again, we feel like it will definitely return to that norm any time now.

Of course, what we sometimes forget is that Michigan went 2-10-2 vs MSU between 1956 and 1969 (and 4-14-2 between 1951 and 1969). Most people here weren't watching football then..(and neither was I), so maybe it's understandable we don't think of that much. At the time MSU had some of its glory days..legendary coaches and players..while Michigan went through several years of mixed results.

The thing is that there's no promises that the future is more like the 70s and the Carr years and less like the 50s and 60s. It's not predetermined. So I cringe every time I see people fall back into that old reflex of 'ha ha we're gonna roll MSU, we're good, they suck' (and then have the audacity after the game to moan about our team for some reason not being as into it as MSU). We mock the 'disrespect' thing but if I were an MSU fan I would most certainly feel like Michigan doesn't respect my school, my team and by extension me. Do we think that may make people willing to go that little extra step they wouldn't make vs other teams? I think it may.

It honestly feels like Dantonio and his staff outworked Harbaugh and his staff for this game. Dantonio wants it a lot more and preps and prepares for this game better than Harbaugh did. In terms of prep time, I don't think it was even close and Dantonio does this every year with zero accountability or hint of change on U of M's side.

It honestly always amazes me how the performance of 18-22 year olds can emotionally scar grown adults. 

Get over it dudes and dudettes.

Call me crazy but for 45 minutes of last year's game, Michigan looked like it turned the corner on downplaying the MSU game.  We played hard and looked like we actually gave a shit.  We unleashed our decided talent advantage and took it to the green and white like we SHOULD!  Then in the fourth quarter we got complacent and let MSU back into the game to make the final score look respectable.  That bullshit carried over into this game.  This year's game looked like, again, we really don't respect them or put the effort that we should into this game.  Coaches (mostly) down to the players need to do a lot of reflection and re-think how they approach this game.  Complete and utter bullshit.  Start playing the MSU game like you really give a shit, for fucks sakes!

You're just full of hot takes tonight.