MSU versus Ohio State - MBB on CBS at 1:00 ET
Not much to watch on TV today with Michigan being shut down for another week, but we do have a men's basketball match-up between a mighty 8-5 MSU team and the #13 ranked Buckeyes. The suckeyes are favored by 6.5 I believe.
Who do you have, and what is the optimal outcome here? I personally hope that Ohio State blows em out by 50 in the first half and that Tiny Tom starts throwing punches at his players in a momentous meltdown where he misses on every swing except for a glancing uppercut to Aaron Henry's crotch.
I hope that a winter storm creates a bunch of leaks in the Value City Arena at halftime, and they are unable to complete the game as well as needing to cancel the remainder of Ohio State's home schedule.
Such are the dreams of a man who starts drinking at breakfast on a Sunday morning!
January 31st, 2021 at 2:53 PM ^
I do actually feel pretty bad for Langford, who could have been the guy he thinks he is if he never got hurt.
January 31st, 2021 at 2:57 PM ^
The game is close enough we could be in for the full Izzo
January 31st, 2021 at 2:58 PM ^
MSU is so bad that we may miss seeing Izzo’so head explode. He may just be accepting of his fate.
January 31st, 2021 at 3:06 PM ^
The Spartans are incredibly horrible! Most of these guys were highly rated coming out of high school, but it looks like Izzo is utilizing some of his legendary coaching magic to turn them into a steaming pile of dog crap. When there isn't a single player on their roster that would get significant minutes if they were on the Wolverine team, you know it's bad! Time to retire Tiny Tom!
January 31st, 2021 at 3:07 PM ^
I thought OSU was playing MSU, not the New Zealand national rugby team.
January 31st, 2021 at 3:15 PM ^
Amazing. I don't recall an MSU basketball team with so little going for it.
January 31st, 2021 at 3:15 PM ^
oh how sad.
January 31st, 2021 at 3:18 PM ^
Still time for the meteor...
January 31st, 2021 at 3:18 PM ^
Msu is primed for a knockout punch at Iowa on Tuesday... I will watch
January 31st, 2021 at 3:24 PM ^
I can't wait. This game was about OSU being really good as of late and MSU a steaming pile of dog shit.
January 31st, 2021 at 3:34 PM ^
I don't know that OSU has been that good. They escaped past PSU by the skin of their teeth last time out. I don't think they even played particularly well today. MSU is just terrible.
January 31st, 2021 at 3:59 PM ^
Yeah, but that PSU team is decent. They just smoked a good Wisconsin team and have won 3 out of their last 4 which isn't easy in the B1G (OSU their only loss)
My point: can't look at any one game this year in the B1G but the overall package. Anybody can beat anyone else this year. UM, Iowa and OSU are legit Final Four teams - and maybe even a couple of more. The B1G and NCAA tournaments are going to be a war
January 31st, 2021 at 5:10 PM ^
OSU is not a legit final 4 team. There are decent, but highly flawed.
January 31st, 2021 at 5:37 PM ^
wolve1972 might be the most low-key OSU fan ever. Not obnoxious, rarely makes any flamboyant comments. You really wouldn’t know unless you looked at his comment history and the quick math tells you >85% of his post specifically talk about OSU. Impressive
January 31st, 2021 at 6:02 PM ^
Nice internet sleuthing!
wolve1972 you’re on notice!
January 31st, 2021 at 7:34 PM ^
As I've stated in the past, I live in Delaware Ohio and surrounded (obviously) by everything OSU and OSU fans. Hear far more OSU news than UM info. But believe what you want
January 31st, 2021 at 3:40 PM ^
Methodical destruction of Sparty. Best thing to see? How helpless Izzo looked, as well as disinterested. I’ve seen plenty of cases where a coach loses a team, but this may be the first I’ve seen of a team losing its coach.
January 31st, 2021 at 3:44 PM ^
I couldn't agree more. No whining at officials. No screaming at his players. No sarcastic comments at halftime (i don't think they do that doing COVID but still). No full Izzo with 2 minutes left. I haven't heard the post game report but I would be surprised if he checked out of the post game Izzo as well.
It's hard to believe all of their four star talent just sucks.
January 31st, 2021 at 4:02 PM ^
MSU is a really bad team this year, which is surprising to me. Is this Izzo’s last hurrah in EL?
January 31st, 2021 at 4:08 PM ^
He isn’t walking away after this season. He desperately wants that second title. I am sure he is desperately hoping Bates actually gets to campus.
January 31st, 2021 at 4:04 PM ^
You hate to see it. But make no mistake MSU will look like a different team when they play Michigan. Their shots will fall and they will be grabbing rebounds that they couldn’t get in any other game. It will be a slug fest and hopefully Howard doesn’t dismiss them and figure it will be a cake walk like Harbaugh did.
January 31st, 2021 at 5:31 PM ^
Izzo will look different when they play us, but I don’t know about his team. I think it could look a lot like the 2017 game in Crisler. MSU is just a bad team.
January 31st, 2021 at 4:17 PM ^
I wish that stupid, ugly troll face was not the first thing I see upon entering this site. Get Tom Izzo off the front page, please!
January 31st, 2021 at 4:56 PM ^
Username checks out
January 31st, 2021 at 5:25 PM ^
OSU has some talent but UM is too long for them and will have them chasing their tails trying to stop our wide open threes.
This is the worst Sparty team I can ever remember. Unathletic, can't shoot, and generally brain dead. Trying to decide if any of their players would even be in UM's rotation. Maybe Henry (if he got an IQ transplant). Loyer would make for a pretty good IM Bldg plater.
Austin Davis is going to have a career day against MSU.
January 31st, 2021 at 7:59 PM ^
I never root for sparty. I want Izzo to go through a slow painful ending to his coaching career.