What is "Little Brother?"
February 18th, 2015 at 10:53 AM ^
A meme that's been pretty much shoved back up our ass football-wise since the day it was said.
February 18th, 2015 at 11:02 AM ^
February 18th, 2015 at 11:24 AM ^
Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but are you suggesting that Hart (and the team he played on) may not have had the ability to support his assertion that Sparty is like our little brother? Because I'm pretty sure his record was flawless in that regard
February 18th, 2015 at 11:28 AM ^
February 18th, 2015 at 11:47 AM ^
February 18th, 2015 at 11:55 AM ^
February 18th, 2015 at 1:09 PM ^
Too bad they couldn't do shit against OSU and went 0-4 .
February 18th, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
Does that make OSU MSU's daddy?
February 18th, 2015 at 3:41 PM ^
February 18th, 2015 at 11:28 AM ^
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February 18th, 2015 at 9:45 PM ^
February 18th, 2015 at 9:29 PM ^
Says the guy with the HateSparty username. LOL
February 19th, 2015 at 9:40 AM ^
Great point
February 18th, 2015 at 12:08 PM ^
I mean, Hart was basically goaded into that comment by Dantonio/the press corps who led him to say it. Not defending it, but labeling him as arrogant because of it is a bit of a stretch.
February 18th, 2015 at 1:07 PM ^
Sorry, but as long as the University of Michigan defines itself by comparing itself to elite educational institutions and Michigan State defines itself by comparing itself to the University of Michigan, MSU will always be "little brother."
Sparty hatred of all things Wolverine cements their "little brother" status even more. They are the bitter little brother, screaming for attention. Some years, they are more successful than others.
Even with seven vacated victories, Michigan leads the basketball series 90-79. They lead the football series 68-34-5. I understand that it is a great achievement for Sparty to have won exactly half as many games against Michigan in football as they have lost, but it doesn't change much AFAIC.
Regression to the mean: coming to a theater near you.
February 18th, 2015 at 2:57 PM ^
University of Michigan: Founded in 1817.
Michigan Agricultural College/State University: Founded in 1855.
older.
brother.
the end.
February 18th, 2015 at 4:49 PM ^
My wife works at Mott, and a lot of her coworkers are spartan grads. It is amazing to me, the stories that she tells, about how much those cowrkers hate Michigan. It's just bizarre to me that someone would carry that much hate around, when they work at Mott and are a small part of what makes the University great.
I get annoyed by Dantonio and Izzo, and always want to beat them, but outside of playing them in sports, I just don't have any hate towards State. It is a weird state of mind over there.
I also think this is somewhat new, since none of my friends that went there in the late 90s, early 2000s ever showed the type of hatred that seems to come out of students now.
February 18th, 2015 at 6:36 PM ^
in the 70s, and my brothers and I went to UM. We barely even used to kid one another about it. But the notion of American universities as a kind of infinite caste system didn't exist then, either. A lot of academics in this country carrying around a perpetual resentment that they aren't teaching at Harvard or Yale.
February 18th, 2015 at 6:53 PM ^
And I can assure you the hatred for MSU is real. Mostly perpetuated by people who didn't go to U of M, just work there.
February 18th, 2015 at 7:35 PM ^
February 21st, 2015 at 2:13 PM ^
What is your response to Michigan State graduates who admire M and their students/graduates? Treasure their friendships with M folks? Are we "little brothers" too?
February 18th, 2015 at 7:32 PM ^
February 18th, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^
It probably should have never been said, but the guy who said it was 4-0 against them.
BTW-In case people forgot, Dantonio was the one who started it all with his "Should we have a moment of silence?"
Dantonio was told on Sept. 1 of U-M's season-opening loss to Appalachian State on the radio after his team's win over UAB. He replied: "Should we have a moment of silence?"
I can't wait for Harbaugh to put this asshat in his righful place.
February 18th, 2015 at 11:14 AM ^
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Dantonio's statement was said sarcastically as a response to the press informing him of the App St. loss. Like, "why should I care? Why bring that up here?" Taking that as a slight deserves the same ire given to Dantonio for feeling slighted by seemingly inconsequential events or words.
February 18th, 2015 at 11:57 AM ^
I'm tired of this Michigan apolgism and flagellation over comments made by a guy who a) went 4-0 vs. Sparty and b) ran for ridiculous yards against them.
If peoiple have a problem with Hart's results based shit talking then they should have similar issues with Dantonio's "pride comes before a fall" quote.
It's an f'n rivalry and crap is going to get said.
Now, back to letting the hate flow.
February 18th, 2015 at 7:06 PM ^
This. He was a 21 year-old responding to his peers on the MSU squad, and an arrogant, jackass coach who came in taking swipes before he'd even coached a single snap against Michigan as the HC at MSU. Fuck them and their ongoing butthurt. If 6 for 7 hasn't helped them get over it, nothing ever will, hence their own perpetuation of the term.
February 18th, 2015 at 10:12 PM ^
February 18th, 2015 at 10:42 AM ^
IBD. No one cares about MSU here.
February 18th, 2015 at 11:01 AM ^
is what pisses them off.
And I love it.
February 18th, 2015 at 9:33 PM ^
So if we care so little about them.....why do we have a number of topics pertaining just to them on our board?
February 18th, 2015 at 11:14 AM ^
February 18th, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^
Listen, you worry about these Sparties winning the next 35 in a row and taking control of things.
I'm confident Harbaugh has this thing under control.
February 18th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^
They can claim all they want that Harbaugh's hiring doesn't worry them. Either they're lying through their teeth or they're blissfully unaware of what he and his staff will do for the Michigan Football program.
Things are about to change in football, no bout a doubt it.
February 18th, 2015 at 7:00 PM ^
Oh, lying asshats, no question about it. I'm taking postgrad classes there now and work in Lansing around several MSU grads, I hear plenty of what gets said. In 2013, we were supposed to be scared shitless because they hired a recruiting coordinator. Fast forward a year and some change, Michigan hires an NFL coach the same week they lose one of the best assistants in the country, head coaching material, and Michigan fans being excited and hopeful is ridiculous and arrogant. OK, guys.
February 18th, 2015 at 2:52 PM ^
I said something similar last year to a Sparty cousin who was wetting himself with glee over Staee's success over the recent years. I said congratulations, over the life span of a first grader, MSU has been dominant.
Of course, over his own life span (born in 1970) UM leads 31-13. So when you've won 75% of your games over four decades, come see me then.
And as you said, with JH in the driver's seat, that ain't gonna happen.
February 18th, 2015 at 10:42 AM ^
February 18th, 2015 at 10:43 AM ^
Whingy posts like yours are what "little brother" is to me.
February 18th, 2015 at 10:47 AM ^
February 18th, 2015 at 10:44 AM ^
February 18th, 2015 at 11:15 AM ^
put the chicken in the fridge and go to bed.
February 18th, 2015 at 12:09 PM ^
...and find another chicken to eat.
February 18th, 2015 at 10:44 AM ^