Rooting for MSU or OSU?
I get it, I hate both teams and universities with every bone in my body and wish both could somehow lose, but that isn’t an option. So, which team will you be hoping wins Saturday night? I personally will be hoping for an OSU blowout, I love seeing Sharty lose and RCMB implode.
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:30 PM ^
Well thought out, my young apprentice.
October 4th, 2019 at 9:37 AM ^
OK, I'm an OSU fan, but this is a good take. Nice and sadistic mindset, I can appreciate it...
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:19 PM ^
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:20 PM ^
Hierarchy of my hatred: 1. OSU. 2. ND. 3. MSU. Always makes it easy to decide which team to root against when they play. Plus, MSU isn’t going anywhere this year; if they managed to spoil a postseason for the Bucks, that would be great.
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:35 PM ^
ND is alot closer to our program than you think, and its silly to hate them. They are a clean program and their fans are very pleasant.. Go to a game in South Bend before you 'hate' them. Then go to Columbus, get sucker punched, your car keyed, get a speeding ticket on 75... then head over to EL...
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:21 PM ^
Rooting for? Neither. But if the game should end in such a way that Sparty tears flow like the mighty Mississip' and they have to keep their blowholes shut for another week....well I guess that would be ok.
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:24 PM ^
I prefer MSU losses because that fanbase is easier to deal with when they stay in their hole.
October 3rd, 2019 at 5:23 PM ^
I second this. I live in the Lansing area and the locals are unbearable when they win. Even last week’s barely escaped win over Indy, they brag like they are a 70s Steelers team.
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:27 PM ^
Neither. Hope they scramble each other's brains - or does either have any?
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:27 PM ^
Would love an inept game with STAEE beating ohio college by a safety.
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:29 PM ^
You mean by a safety and a koala ear.
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:32 PM ^
:-) Koalas are on my shit list. Here's Mean Joe at the store picking up 2% milk...
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:32 PM ^
Meteor.
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:33 PM ^
"Rooting" for MSU as OSU is on fire and I don't see a loss on the schedule. (OSU will, of course, beat MSU by 30).
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:37 PM ^
Final 2-0, who cares who?
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:41 PM ^
Rooting for MSU.
Hate OSU more.
We have a better shot beating MSU so an added loss for OSU is more ideal. MSU more likely to drop additional games.
MSU winning could maybe keep Dantonio around to run that program straight into the ground.
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:42 PM ^
ALWAYS root against osu.
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:42 PM ^
OSU for sure.
October 3rd, 2019 at 5:19 PM ^
I couldn't have said it better myself.
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:46 PM ^
So, hypothetically we're still in the running for the B1G championship right?
With that in mind, I feel like we need MSU to hand OSU a loss. MSU at home is going to be a more manageable game for us than OSU, IMO, and so we need OSU to rack up a loss or two here and there.
This shouldn't be construed as 'rooting for' MSU (I'd characterize it as hoping for an OSU loss), but rather what would be most beneficial to Michigan.
I suppose on the recruiting trail, an MSU win over OSU could be damaging, but I'm speaking for a short-term, goal-seeking perspective.
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:48 PM ^
Both teams can suck a d!ck
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:49 PM ^
This is easy, and there is only one correct answer.
You pull for MSU to win, because it is better for Michigan.
To pull for OSU would just be stupid.
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:52 PM ^
Sweet Meteor of Death
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:52 PM ^
msu and then they will have to vacate because of all the title IX abuses
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:54 PM ^
When two teams I don't like play each other, I don't start out rooting for either team. But as it becomes clear who's going to win, I start rooting for them. It's slightly more pleasant to root for the team that is winning, and I concentrate on the fact that a team I don't like is getting beat.
October 3rd, 2019 at 3:59 PM ^
I hope that good sportsmanship prevails, and that both teams show great spirit and respect for each other. I also do not believe in capital punishment. But I do hope dangerous criminals have their livers cut out and made into wallets, as they are being forced to eat their kidneys from bowls that used to be their kneecaps.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:15 PM ^
Law and Order SVU fan?
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:02 PM ^
Let's see. . . which record-setting serial rape-accommodating institution do I prefer?
Actually, I'm just gonna go with the likely scenario: MSU gets ripped a pile o' new ones and limps between porta-potties from now to November.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:03 PM ^
Hoping for Meteor 2019.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:04 PM ^
MSU. Win the state 1st. Then if we decide to ride with the big boys,root for OSU. When we beat them it's playoff time for us.
#PLAY BEAVER STRONG.
IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO PLAY.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:05 PM ^
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PULL FOR EITHER TEAM.
You don't have to "get behind" anyone losing. You can just enjoy watching one team lose and take no pleasure in the other team winning. That is how I look at it.
If forced to opine on a best case outcome, I would say:
I want it to be a close game. That means OSU is not that great. We already know MSU is not that great (see ASU, IU, etc.). The outcome itself is irrelevant since we need to play both. (Gun to my head, I guess I would rather both teams also have an L after the game.)
That gives me the most hope that our flawed team could still win a Big Ten title.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:05 PM ^
I'm rooting for the sinkhole.
October 3rd, 2019 at 6:16 PM ^
I like a meteor because it's flashier. And more entertaining.
Cheers.
October 3rd, 2019 at 6:56 PM ^
Too much collateral damage.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:06 PM ^
I would rather see MSU get blasted.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:10 PM ^
How about just watch the game. No rooting.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:12 PM ^
I just want to kick both of their asses, but in the meantime I suppose a sparty win would be best.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:14 PM ^
Neither one. But if someone has to win I guess OSU. That is best for UM in the East Division race.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:16 PM ^
I’d love to see the buckeyes lose. I don’t care who beats them as long as they lose.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:16 PM ^
I'm going to root for OSU. Why purposely set myself up for disappointment and root for sparty?
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:16 PM ^
Don't care who wins. Won't watch, either. Hoping Dicktonio gets run over on the sidelines and they take him off on a stretcher......
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:19 PM ^
OSU. I want us to beat OSU when they're undefeated so no one says they had a down season, like 2011.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:59 PM ^
Fuck that. I'd be perfectly happy if we beat them in 2 OT on a bad ref call on 4th down after they shocking lost so bad to both Maryland and Rutgers back to back that Day got fired.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:21 PM ^
Neither one, its impossible to do so.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:22 PM ^
Rooting for the Buckeyes and it’s not close.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:24 PM ^
This isn't even a debate for me, I want sparty to lose by 50. I never root for sparty, would rather see osu win. My hate rankings go sparty 1, osu 2, ND 3.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:26 PM ^
Msu w a can of sour cream n onion pringles
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:29 PM ^
My desire other than meteor or kamehameha is OSU in a blowout.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:30 PM ^
The pragmatic side of me says to root for MSU because the more losses you can hang on OSU, the better our chances to take the Division.
The emotional side says fuck Dantonio and fuck MSU and their rape-culture whitewashing fans.
The good news is that somebody is going to lose on Saturday, and let's be honest here, Sparty is going to get the whole fist this weekend, I don't care how good their defensive front seven are; OSU is going to rip them to shreds.
October 3rd, 2019 at 4:32 PM ^
I’m rooting for MSU to win a close game that features a lot of injuries to both teams (that don’t cause permanent life harm).
If OSU wins, I hope it’s a complete blowout.