Sparty Week: Stay Safe Out There!
Seeing a number of comments on Sparty boards suggesting they would redeem their season by beating Michigan (duh), or more likely — injuring one of our key players. Yeah, that’s right. Many Sparty supporters believe injuring Michigan players is a legit strategy at this point.
Ok, first off. What absolute dicks, if true. Makes me encourage Harbaugh to pound them even worse than I expect he will already (because of the tunnel incident). But it does bring a point that other folks have mentioned on this board. I would like to see our starters pulled off the field perhaps a bit earlier in these lopsided games. I didn’t love seeing the first team on the field after leading 38-7 yesterday. And if the Sparty game gets out of hand, which it will, it just seems like we’re asking for disaster to strike — especially at MSU at night.
That being said, I hope we win 70-0, with Tuttle, Denegal, and 2nd/3rd team guys leading the way the second half.
October 15th, 2023 at 3:06 PM ^
I believe the player who tried to twist Denard's head off at the bottom of the pile was actively evil. And that the players who committed assault in the tunnel last year were actively evil. Shutting your eyes to what happened doesn't make it not happen.
October 15th, 2023 at 11:56 AM ^
More importantly, Dantonio is on staff, and he will be coaching them to hurt our players.
October 15th, 2023 at 1:21 PM ^
And so is Ben Mathers, the "Director of Football Operations" who was plainly visible on camera during the tunnel incident running into the MSU locker room, immediately after which the players who were already in the locker room came pouring back out into the tunnel aggressively.
I wasn't there, but it was so obvious that he's the genius who ran to get the rest of the team and yelled "Fight in the tunnel!" or some such nonsense. Chief pourer of gas on the fire.
October 15th, 2023 at 1:54 PM ^
He was also the putz mean-mugging and being all fake tough guy to the cameras during MSU's pregame field entrance.
October 15th, 2023 at 2:33 PM ^
Yes -- he is a bullying man-child. He shouldn't be anywhere near a group of impressionable young athletes.
October 15th, 2023 at 11:56 AM ^
I’ll be there with several other Michigan fans. Let’s make it an away Maize Out. Tickets as low as $75 on the secondary market. Go Blue!
October 15th, 2023 at 12:11 PM ^
Still six days out but there is no rain in forecast and temps will fall into the 40s and with a brisk wind. Nothing that the tough Michigan players or fans can't handle.
Go Blue!!
October 15th, 2023 at 12:18 PM ^
If I could get a plane ticket from AK I'd be there. The more the merrier, especially at EL. Hopefully people arent scared off from going to the game. We need a big contingent of Maize & Blue fans to take over the stadium.
October 15th, 2023 at 12:29 PM ^
Yea, I’m expecting a knife fight into the stadium and my car being on bricks after the way last year went. Just ugly. Sucks it sucks so bad for you guys that you’re that angry.
October 15th, 2023 at 1:04 PM ^
I have no doubt their fans ( well the ones that post on boards, which is not fair to judge, based on that sample set ) would love to see our players injured.
but I don’t think there is enough deep seated hatred on that team to muster the effort it would take to injure our players , they are all transfers and left overs from a tattered regime, The new coach also has not shown in any way that he can motivate them to do even the simplest tasks.
Mork lived off a scowl and the words of a college kid for many years , he is a petty little man who was never quite good enough and he functioned that way , Tucker was a fraud in way over his head , who pretended ( always ) to understand the rivalry , he also knew he could get away with anything ( well , almost ) if he just beat Michigan .
In what I have watched out of that team this year , I just don’t think they give a shit about anything , including this rivalry, enough to muster any kind of fight, and even if they do, This team will remove it very quickly!
October 15th, 2023 at 1:22 PM ^
This could have been written every year for the last 50 years.
October 15th, 2023 at 3:13 PM ^
This could have been written every year for the last 50 years.
Fair. But every year for the last 50 we weren’t legitimately expecting to win a National Championship. We don’t win a natty without JJ or Corum or a few others.
October 15th, 2023 at 7:05 PM ^
Sparty Super Bowl every year
October 15th, 2023 at 3:20 PM ^
Nonsense. They're not going to do any of that.
MSU Spartan football program was running almost entirely on Dantonio's hate for Michigan and the whole DISRESPEKT charade. There's not enough fumes of that left anymore, and they know it.
But they are most likely going to get steamrolled by 30+ points because they simply cannot run the football at all and they can't stay on the field once they hit a 3rd down. Defensively their rush def is mid, and they're pass defense has been either MIA on key downs, or a major liability in 4 straight games.
And don't even get me started on Michigan State penalty yards. Spartans are the new Nebraska - more likely to blow themselves up than even bruise their opponent on the gridiron.
How TF do you lose to Rutgers after leading by 18 points. That is insane
October 15th, 2023 at 3:21 PM ^
I wouldn’t mind a MSP contingent from the Ypsilanti or Brighton post (I think they’ve merged actually) form a halo around the team.
October 15th, 2023 at 3:57 PM ^
I fully plan to 'eat a battery' -- since somebody on the radio mentioned that's what will happen to UM fans.
Go Blue.