SIAP: The Freep Predicts MSU's FB Season
Solari has them going 7-5, which is plausible. However, he has MSU beating UM 17-13 in Ann Arbor. So you don't need to click the link (I won't even provide it), here is his reasoning:
"Oct. 7: MSU 17, Michigan 14
A stunner, you say? Perhaps. However, the Wolverines are in the same position the Spartans were a year ago with a number of new faces who have not experienced this rivalry. That growth – and last year’s loss – fires up MSU defensive tackles Mike Panasiuk and Raequan Williams to set the tone in the trenches."
If I understand this correctly, MSU will beat us because the few remaining players who didn't get kicked off the team in the off-season have "experienced the game already," and their DL will be "fired up." So, there it is...
August 28th, 2017 at 12:56 PM ^
August 28th, 2017 at 1:21 PM ^
Kindly inform this ignorant soul what music video, exactly, this is?
August 28th, 2017 at 1:31 PM ^
August 28th, 2017 at 1:49 PM ^
Thank you sir....I'll try to remember to do that when I get home this PM.
August 28th, 2017 at 8:23 PM ^
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August 28th, 2017 at 12:13 PM ^
This is too laughable to laugh at.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:15 PM ^
Staee is never too laughable to laugh at.
August 28th, 2017 at 7:35 PM ^
August 28th, 2017 at 12:13 PM ^
I much prefer that MSU people get their hopes up first.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:28 PM ^
I hope it's a blow out just make it hurt more.
August 28th, 2017 at 1:29 PM ^
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August 28th, 2017 at 3:06 PM ^
Older readers? Anyone who watched last year witnessed this.
August 28th, 2017 at 2:23 PM ^
Growing up in Flint, I had one friend who was a die hard Sparty fan. On the rare years they won, he would gloat. Forgetting what the norm was.
The last decade was rough though. Both my Regular Dr and Pharmacist are Sparty fans. Unlike most, they didnt gloat too much during the run. I guess they remember the down times. Thankfully my Gastro is a UM alum and season ticket holder.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:14 PM ^
What a plot twist that is! And here I thought that Michigan was going to drive MSU into the ground like a tent stake.
You know why MSU wins it? Moxie. They've got moxie and grit. They're the moxiest and grittiest team out there.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:17 PM ^
Moxie..I really dont know how we will compete
August 28th, 2017 at 12:21 PM ^
also have a chip on their shoulder. Don't forget that.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:33 PM ^
Sounds like another FREEP article defending another awful Red Wings player acquisition.
Only way Sparty wins is if they use that grit to get away with a ton of cheap shots. Let's face it. That option is on their table.
August 28th, 2017 at 4:46 PM ^
Darrien Hatcher? How about MIke Modano?
August 28th, 2017 at 2:14 PM ^
but they have so much VIM. mean, they're just absolutely full of it. They're totally vimmy. The vimmiest bunch I ever did see. Their vimiosity is off the charts. The verisimilitude of their viminess is a sight to behold. Any other team is just a cheap imitation of their vimitation.
August 28th, 2017 at 8:32 PM ^
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August 28th, 2017 at 12:30 PM ^
ranch Doritos....always
August 28th, 2017 at 12:16 PM ^
is last year was the year state played the most freshman ever under dantonio; and this year they project to play even more.
his winning formula was senior leadership, depth, years of development (or roids). not playing young freshman.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:16 PM ^
However, the Wolverines are in the same position the Spartans were a year ago
*Ron Howard voice* They aren't.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:53 PM ^
Always a +1 for Arrested Development. I'll just add in this quote from Ron about Michigan State: "Ok, we should tell you right now. She is the one who dies!"
August 28th, 2017 at 3:37 PM ^
Her?
August 28th, 2017 at 5:12 PM ^
Chewed baby carrots all over the monitor. Thanks.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:17 PM ^
Crazy how fast MSU has fell off the planet.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:19 PM ^
Yes, the program has fallen off the planet quickly...
August 28th, 2017 at 1:21 PM ^
I thought it would have taken 3-9 years to happen.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:17 PM ^
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Thanks for making me laugh on a Monday, Solari. Comedy gold.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:31 PM ^
i do believe your ass has fallen off due to laughter. very understandable response
August 28th, 2017 at 12:22 PM ^
And they say newspapers are dying because of the internet and people not wanting to read good journalism. What they tend to ignore is that there is a LOT of shitty journalism out there, and this is yet one more exhibit of it.
EDIT: Also, this doozy
Nov. 18: MSU 28, Maryland 13 In perhaps the Spartans’ most important game since the loss to Alabama in the College Football Playoff, Lewerke shines in a repeat start against the Terps. He and Felton Davis show off their developing rapport, while Joe Bachie directs a defensive effort to give Dantonio his 10th bowl game in 11 seasons. ./blockquote>What are you even talking about? Beating Maryland at home is regarded as the most important game of the year? I know the Free Press is trolling for clicks to prop up their piss-poor sports writing, but good lord, try to at least put some thought into it.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:45 PM ^
Dantonio's last home game. Another season like 2016 and he may have announced he's stepping down by then.
August 28th, 2017 at 10:06 PM ^
August 28th, 2017 at 12:19 PM ^
DA FUK?
August 28th, 2017 at 12:19 PM ^
Lets just ignore the giant talent gap between the two teams
August 28th, 2017 at 12:38 PM ^
August 28th, 2017 at 12:20 PM ^
You pretty much have to be delusional so their fans will know you're one of them and will keep reading.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:21 PM ^
While Solari's is pretty funny. Graham Couch's takes the cake.
Michigan 34, MSU 24
The Wolverines, after a stunning loss at Purdue, find their mojo at home. Brian Lewerke is sacked five times but leaves Ann Arbor with his leg intact."
August 28th, 2017 at 12:37 PM ^
Graham Couch is a cunt.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:21 PM ^
to understand how state fans, even with their thickest green and white glasses, can actually believe michigan is in the same position they were in a year ago. Their argument is the same we have been hearing all off season: they lost all those starters yada yada and recruiting stars dont actually mean anything because, well, crootin'.
Ok.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:21 PM ^
Solari must really be a Sparty Slappy, his line of "reasoning" is so far off the logic scale.
Good, there is still a section of Sparty fanbase that is delusional about D"antony. They will hang on to him as his tire fire rages to epic porpotions........
August 28th, 2017 at 6:42 PM ^
The funny thing is their fanbase called him part of the "blue wall" after he had the audacity it write about the sexual assults over the off season.
August 28th, 2017 at 12:22 PM ^