I thought I'd start this thread so people can show their love. Penny, Michigan losing in the Big House is actually a bad thing. Your hatred won't feel as good unless we field a good team. But don't worry my sweet, that time is coming soon.

Michael Phleps is a graduate of the University of Michigan! Go Blue!

I thought OSU looked decent, but whatever. Illinois...not so much. PSU - PU, but against a lesser foe, good times.

I'm sure he'd appreciate it if you spelled his name correctly: it's Phelps. And while I know he studied at UM and was a graduate assistant, I've never seen anything that says he graduated. Not saying he didn't, but nothing I've read has pointed to that fact.

There are a few teams that I always take delight in seeing lose, sorry. I know, I should want them to do well, except when we play them. Makes the victory more impressive, especially to the pollsters, and more sweet. I know the arguments. But still, I can't help but be happy when Meatchicken, sPitt, Notre Dame and Miami lose. It warms the cockles of my heart.

I know-as long as sPitt loses, all is good in the world

and scUM losing, that's just a bonus

Well, I guess when all of your players are getting high and selling weed you'll be a little bitter.

Meanwhile, scrub squad ECU thwarts West Virginia. I didn't think the whole R-Rod thing got to me, but I am very pleased to see that team lose. And (gasp!) in an upset!

Good weekend for the conference overall. Pur-don't almost pulled the upset, OSU laid an egg, and Meat-chicken continues to struggle, but everyone else won. I'll take an 8-3 record. 11-0 last week, and 8-3 Week 1. Certainly looking better than the Big East, Pac-10 and ACC.

Unfortunately, all anyone will talk about is the OSU loss, how the Big 10 is down. Maybe, just maybe, the Buckeyes aren't the best team in the conference this year. Best on paper, yes. Win alot of games, sure. But let's not annoint them conference champs until the season is over.

And if they are the best team, maybe that just means the conference lacks a top tier team. But looking at the early results, maybe the middle and bottom of the conference is stronger than average. Overall conference strength shouldn't be based solely on what happens to the top team. Well, unless you're the Pac-10.



Let me know when that time comes, so I can be ready. Based on the Notre Lame game, it won't be anytime this season. Yikes! I'm still trying to figure out if the Domers are that much improved (you wouldn't know it from the SDSU game), or if Meat-chicken is that bad.

Frankly, anytime scum loses, it's a good thing!
Show some love to Ringer and his 280 plus yards rushing in State's 17-0 win over FAU....

..and how in the bloody hell did Purdue let Oregon back into that game???

Purdue had quick scores to start the game, then the two teams settled in to play scoreless ball for most of the game. Oregon finally either wore down Purdue, or changed things up (I only saw part of the game), and got themselves back in it at the end. Then Purdue screwed up two chances to win with missed fieldgoals, while Oregon used a freshman QB after the starter went down in the first OT to score a TD to win. After they went up on the Ducks, they should have been able to hold them and win, but they couldn't sustain it. Typical Pur-don't... they'll pull out a couple of wins they shouldn't, but lose games they could have won.

How about some love for MSU running back Javon Ringer, who's game totals "slipped" to 196 yards against IU???
GO GREEN!

Another nice win for Michigan State!!

...and Toledo BEAT michigan!!!!

funny as crap!!

The term "imploding" comes to mind with Meatchicken. They seem to be regressing. I just hope they continue the trend when they visit Happy Valley, but I have a feeling they may actually show up and play a tough game. In the meantime, I'm doing my happy dance watching them flounder.

I've been through some horrendous seasons, and no one gave us any sympathy. We were told we were washed up, our coach couldn't coach... on and on and on. I can relate to tough times, but don't expect me to not take some joy in watching some of these teams struggle. It's all in good fun anyway, right?

One game at a time... I'm expecting a tough time tonight in Mad-town. Until we walk the walk, I'm going to remain cautiously optimistic.

Ummmmmmmmm... well, holy sh!t. I knew we were good, but I didn't think we were 48-7 good in Madison. That was definitely a take 'em out behind the woodshed game. Has Camp Randall ever been that quiet?

Now I'm worried about getting too confident and overlooking anyone on the schedule. I think the team seems to have the right focus, and a lot of that is the leadership on the team. I just hope they don't get too cocky for their own good. In the meantime... good times, good times.

Big game tomorrow as Ohio State comes to East Lansing...
Not sure how the Spartans will be able to hold up against better competition...
GO GREEN!!

Well, that was a harder and closer game than I thought. I knew Meatchicken would come out tough, and I figured they would give us trouble at times. As bad as they've been this year, it is still scUM. And, I figured since this was just their second road game, that would actually be in their favor, as they had a chance to get away from the Big Outhouse where they have played so poorly this year. But I didn't expect them to play that well in the first half. Fortunately there are two halves. Nice adjustments at halftime by the coaches, and then we started to wear them down.

The streak is oh-vah!!!!! Next demon to exorcise, winning in the Horseshoe. I just hope their game today in East Lansing was an aberration, not the beginning of them getting their act together. Sorry Sparty... I was hoping for an OSU victory so that our matchup next week would carry more importance. But, I was looking for a close game that didn't give OSU a lot of confidence, and that kept Sparty looking good for our matchup at the end of the season.

And, WTF?!?!?!? What is up with Wisky? I know Iowa has been slowly getting their act together (great, just in time for our game in a couple of weeks), but the Badgers look just awful.

Well... I really hate these close, defensive struggle games. You would have thought we were back in the 80's again. LOL Too much yelling at the TV and pacing the floor.

A win is a win... but I worry this will cost us in the polls. No style points, and so many pollsters are easily impressed with Big 12 teams that apparently have forgotten there is something called defense. Hopefully they will realize that winning in the Horseshoe is not easy (I think the only teams recently to do so were Illinois last year and Texas a couple of years ago. And the Buckeyes played lights out on defense.

I was disappointed in how the offense played. Not to take anything away from OSU, but we should have been able to move the ball better. Part of it was the play calling... after opening the playbook earlier in the season, we went conservative again. We have the horses, let them play. Hasn't Paterno learned anything from all of these road Big 10 losses in recent years where we played not to lose, rather than playing to win? I thought after the Wisconsin game we had thrown that monkey off our back, but apparently it was back today.

A week off, and it's been a rough stretch of games, so I think we need it. We also need to get refocused so we can go out and win the rest of our games. I think if we had to play next week, we might not have much left in our tank. 3 of our last 4 were on the road, including tough venues like the Horseshoe and Camp Randall. And early rumor says our QB got a concussion, which is why he was pulled in the 4th quarter. So, we need to see what's going on with that. Hopefully it's not serious and he'll be ready to go in a couple of weeks.

On a positive note... I like this team. Not only do they have the players, but they seem to have the intangibles. They stay calm, they stay focused, they are confident, and they find a way to win. After a lot of easy wins, they have faced some adversity the past few games and won. Every test, on and off the field, they've passed so far this season. I just hope the leadership doesn't allow them to get too confident, and overlook any of the remaining games. We made it through what should be the toughest part of the schedule, but there's no room for error. We have not reached our ultimate goal yet this year.

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I think they did try to open it up some but Clark just wasn't hitting his targets. It was generally a bad game for him. Still an impressive win but how will it all play out? The Lions are screwed if Alabama and Texas win out....

Not sure how Wiscy outplays Michigan State all game long, and still manages to lose to the Spartans..
This is the difference between this year's MSU and the previous 30 year's MSU: In the past, we would be the team outplaying the opponent, only to lose in the closing seconds....

GO GREEN!

Don't worry, hopefully you'll return to form on the 22nd... until then, keep winning! We need you to have a good SOS going into the game.

Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't even speak.

Well, was not expecting THAT result!

Big game in two weeks for the Big 11 Title!