OTR Blog Feud over MSU Game Hits Sports Illustrated

OTR Blog Feud over MSU Game Hits Sports Illustrated

I just saw this as the lead story of Campus Clicks on SportsIllustrated.com today and I thought it deserved spotlighting. Yesterday the MSU OTR blogger Enlightened Spartan started talking shit about why coming to Ann Arbor sucks, and Ahor dutifully made his own response as to why Mr. Spartan is an idiot and the Big House rules. Well, SI caught wind of our little tussle and decided to spotlight it, so I think a round of applause is in order for both of them. *clap clap clap*


But I will admit selfish motives for writing this post because what I REALLY want to point out is that the guy in the photo repping Michigan fans is none other than my old roommate, Mr. Mike Anton. We spent every game last year with our faces painted (see my OTR picture) yelling into the ESPN cameras from our seats in the front row. Now I’m trying to calculate the odds that an OTR story would get picked up by Sports Illustrated, that it would be the lead story with a picture, that the story would be from the Michigan blog, and that the picture they decided to use would be one of my roommate, one where I’m literally the one holding the pom pom to the right of the page. I think I'd have a better shot of winning the lottery. Twice.


Crazy coincidences and national attention aside, the seriousness of the matter is upon us. We have to beat MSU tomorrow or else we’ll have nothing. NOTHING. We may lose every other game we play this season (which is entirely possible), but at least we’ll be able to say, “at least we beat Michigan State.” I’m getting nostalgic writing this because I really wish I was there for the game. One of my greatest college memories is when Braylon Edwards made that impossible triple overtime catch in the endzone against State oh so many years ago.


So I know we suck something awful this year, but I think the rivalry hype and lowered expectations could be enough to make us win. Yeah they’re 6-2 and we’re 2-5, but whatever, Michigan State will always be worse than us, no matter what.

 

Let's Go Blue

 

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Anonymous
www.SpartyOnBlog.com

Four football fans go rock climbing one afternoon, a Michigan fan, a
Michigan State fan, a Notre Dame fan, and a Penn State fan. They had
been arguing all the way up the mountain about who among them was the
most 'die-hard' fan. Upon reaching the top the mountain, the Notre
Dame fan proclaimed to the others... 'This is for the fighting
Irish!' and promptly threw himself off the mountain as a form of sacrifice. Not to be outdone by a Notre Dame fan, the Penn State fan jumped up and shouted....'This is for the
Nittany Lions!' and then threw himself off the mountain. Refusing to be outdone by the Notre Dame and Penn State fans, the Michigan State fan rose to his feet and yelled at the top of his lungs 'This is for the Spartans! and without any hesitation, pushed the Michigan fan off the mountain.

GO GREEN.
Posted 10/24/2008 8:15 PMReply
Anonymous
that was probably the stupidest joke ever. You'd need about an iq of 20 to laugh at that. Posted 10/24/2008 10:58 PMReply
Anonymous
yeah you're ****ing retarded. Congrats, "can't read, can't write" Posted 10/25/2008 04:11 AMReply
Anonymous
goes to show that at MSU, they don't teach you to love State (as if there's anything to love), they teach you to hate Michigan

go **** yourself, state. You'll never be as good as we are.
Posted 10/25/2008 10:53 AMReply
Anonymous
the only people that care about this game anyway were the state fans. the only game that matters is the ohio state game Posted 10/25/2008 7:59 PMReply
Anonymous
The State fans were so obnoxiously proud of their win. Good job, terribly rude fans, and go ahead and put that win on your resume and see how far it gets you in the future. Posted 10/27/2008 3:09 PMReply
Mr. Stay Puft
I think everyone should stop arguing about UM vs. MSU (since it's obvious how no one from MSU can ever be respected) and rather start discussing how dashingly handsome that pictured Michigan fan is....boy I'd like to get me a piece of him Posted 10/28/2008 12:02 PMReply
Anonymous
Losers are jealous of a winner like Michigan - typical Posted 11/08/2008 12:16 AMReply

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