The highest paid coach in the Big Ten hasn't finished better than 3rd in his division
November 28th, 2021 at 8:38 AM ^
FVCK OSU
FVCK MICHIGAN STATE
BEAT IOWA!!
November 28th, 2021 at 8:44 AM ^
I was thinking about this last night. Fuck them, they got what they deserved.
November 28th, 2021 at 9:04 AM ^
What I love about this win, among many other things, is that to a lot of us, it makes the loss to MSU completely irrelevant. They can have it. It means nothing to Michigan now, because they got what mattered infinitely more.
It’s a reminder for them that no matter what happens, no matter what they do, they will never be at the top of the totem pole for Michigan. They are a rival, an important one for sure. But they are not the rival.
November 28th, 2021 at 9:15 AM ^
This. Right here.
What percentage of the UM fan base do you think falls into the category of “loss to MSU is irrelevant because we just beat Ohio and won the division” camp?
November 28th, 2021 at 10:25 AM ^
I would conservatively estimate that at 98%.
(The remaining 2%: people married to particularly insufferable Spartans, kids who have especially dumb Spartan classmates, or people who bet a lot of money on the MSU game.)
November 28th, 2021 at 10:03 AM ^
Dear Sparty....
November 28th, 2021 at 8:51 AM ^
My 2c: It's utterly irresponsible, a sign of late stage capitalism and the decline of our society for the highest paid public employee in the state of MI to be a football coach...
...who hasn't finished higher than 3rd in the division!
November 28th, 2021 at 9:05 AM ^
It’s fully guaranteed too.
Absolutely insane.
November 28th, 2021 at 9:31 AM ^
Agree. Although the money may not be coming from tax payer dollars if I understand endowments at State. Regardless, these stupid contracts are insane. MSU fought hard to pay those victims but throwing money around to a coach with barely over .500 career winning percentage. Stupid move.
November 28th, 2021 at 9:37 AM ^
It’s coming from billionaires. The only way he is possibly going to earn this is if he wins multiple national titles which is exceedingly unlikely. MSU is not located in an area rich with talent and has to compete with Michigan, OSU, and ND for elite talent in a region not as fertile as other areas.
Utterly idiotic from a business sense.
November 28th, 2021 at 10:27 AM ^
I'm not convinced there really are boosters willing to foot the whole $95M bill. That feels like a cover story.
November 28th, 2021 at 11:32 AM ^
As a taxpaying Michigan resident I'm honestly interested in seeing how this contact works and where the money is actually coming from.
As a snarky Michigan fan I'm honestly interested in seeing if MSU will use the saving to pay the dining hall staff or is that just "not in the budget".
November 28th, 2021 at 12:55 PM ^
Tax the rich
November 28th, 2021 at 10:09 AM ^
With a 17-14 record as a head coach
November 28th, 2021 at 10:24 AM ^
If I were a betting man, I’d say Michigan is more likely to finish the division in the Top2 again next year than MSU is to finishing greater than 4th. Aside from when we play them (when talent doesn’t matter), the transfer portal won’t be enough to sustain finishing near the top of the division, IMO.
November 28th, 2021 at 10:28 AM ^
Bonus is that yesterday likely knocks Sparty out of the Rose Bowl.
November 28th, 2021 at 12:02 PM ^
Heheheheheh
Spartys can put that in their pipe and smoke it for all we heard about forever.