OT-ish: Lynn Henning Doesn't Understand Independent Trials

"Notre Dame under Brian Kelly isn't a good bet to go 1-2 in its first three games."

Wow -- he's got both hands on the Brian Kelly Kool Aid pitcher, doesn't he?

Dear MSU,

Beat someone and we will talk.

Sincerely,

the Top 25

he doesn't deserve to share the first three letters of his last name with Chad Henne.  From now on, he shall be Lyn Ing.

Wow.  Lynn Henning is a guy?  Really?

Beat the Irish, as MSU should do Saturday night, and do it in a way that makes clear this team has all the talent and crunch on both sides of the football that it absolutely possesses.

Then finish off Northern Colorado next week and prepare thyself for a mountain of pre-game chatter and coverage ahead of what will be the biggest big game of the Big Ten season's first five weeks: Wisconsin at Michigan State on Oct. 2 at Spartan Stadium.

Is it just me, or does anyone else thing it's not just entirely possible, but likely, that MSU will go into the MSU-Michigan game with two losses?

I used to attribute Henning's relative statements concerning Michigan and MSU to his love of baseball and ignorance concerning other sports.  After reading this column, it is apparent that he likes MSU a lot more than Michigan. 

How many variations of "MSU is underrated and Michigan is overrated" can he get away with turning in?  It's the same shit over and over.   His editor should do an intervention here. 

I care about regarding MSU at all is when they finally set a date to reclaim those seconds Spartan Bob added to the game from him to fill the void in time that occured.

Lynn Henning does not understand. 

My favorite bit in this particular article is when he says that how Sparty played in the first two games is irrelevant but then goes on to say that the played a decent WMU and more than decent FAU.

How can the the WHO they played be important when the HOW they played is not?

... Somebody posted a Wojo article earlier and it's occured to me why I only like him.  He gets that humor is really the last safe place for MSM sports columnists.  They are so far removed from facts -- too thinly spread out across too many topics -- they cannot articulate an intelligent point of view without being challenged by a fanbase more aware then they are. 

Henning is strongest when writing about baseball.  And his baseball columns are horrible.

His work reminds me of what sports journalism would be like if they let my grandma write guest columns.  He displays, at the very most, casual knowledge of sports.

Perfect example, the first line of this article...

"Michigan State's unbeaten and no one seems to know it."

Umm, that might be because it's mid-September and there are about 50 undefeated other teams, Grandma...

I thought there was a previous thread where we agreed to a moratorium on Lynn.

about the Sparties getting "oceans of attention" if they beat ND.

The press will be talking about Kelly's slow start at ND and what this bodes for ND's remaining games and if Michigan's win is now not that impressive and should they drop in the polls?

MSU will not squeak in the top 25 if they win.

Henning also says:

This might be the stupidest article I've ever read.

Clearly Miss Henning is ill-informed.  She has way more testosterone then I originally thought.

Seriously though, what a poorly written column by someone that hates all things Wolverine.  These people that are so high on BK make me sick.  I remember a week or so ago Petros Papadakis was a guest on Jim Rome. They spoke about the Michigan and Notre Dame game and both said that Michigan had no chance in the game and that Brian Kelly had turned the program around in one game.  Then in his atrocious radio show this week he said that Michigan is a one man team that will start 5-0 and finish 5-7.  People like this exist, it's sad but true.  Lynn Henning is just another idiot that will be eating his words once the season has ended. 

Lynn is a great guy. He baptized my child. That said, when it comes to sports, he's a relic from a bygone era.

Lynn - you're always wrong!