WWJLSD?: Iowa/Michigan State Open Thread

by Hawkeye State on Oct 27, 2007 10:14 AM CDT in News Comment 29 comments

I'm a little melancholy this morning. Part of it is the inevitable passage of time, the feeling that we are all on a slow march toward old age and death (can't you tell it's my birthday?), but most of the melancholy stems from today's game with Michigan State. I'm no Sparty apologist, to be sure, but this game doesn't have the same feel without that cute little ball of incompetence, John L. Smith, patrolling the other sideline. You may remember JLS from such meltdowns as this:

Or this:

Or causing his team's fans to start talking like this.

Now we get Mark Dantonio, who by all initial appearances seems to be competent. Fuck that.

Michigan State hasn't won at Kinnick since 1989. That's 4 consecutive Sparty coaches who haven't gotten a W in Iowa City (including the $4 million man, Nick Saban). In 2000, they lost in Kinnick despite the fact they were in the top 25 and Iowa hadn't won a game in 13 months. They never play well in Iowa City. Throw in the Annual Michigan State Mid-October Death Spiral (MSUMODS, for short), and I'm guardedly optimistic this morning.

Open thread. You know the rules. Let's talk some football. I'll be here with you through the early afternoon, drinking away.

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Well Great...

Now I'M guardedly optimistic too. When I'm crying later, I'm blaming it on you.

by Adam on Oct 27, 2007 10:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I won't be following the game

I'll be spending my day with 6 year olds--who, coincidentally, MIGHT have the same mental capacity as the entire Michigan State student body. So, close enough?

God speed, my friends.

by dmbmeg on Oct 27, 2007 11:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow

When your best player names your rival's last Heisman winner as his favorite player, you've got issues. The inferiority runs deep at MSU.

by Hawkeye State on Oct 27, 2007 11:06 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Wide left

Yee fucking haw! The special teams gods smile on us today!

And then KOK sucks the wind out of the crowd with one of his patented three-and-outs...

by Hawkeye State on Oct 27, 2007 11:14 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Shutdown

Apparently, Adam Shada is going to defend passes as Gary from Team America...

7-0 MSU.

by Hawkeye State on Oct 27, 2007 11:31 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I just remembered

Gary graduated from Iowa University. With a double major in theater and foreign languages. A-1, Top Gun actor.

by Hawkeye State on Oct 27, 2007 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Remember

When we had a good defense? That was fun.

by Adam on Oct 27, 2007 11:33 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Sparty is a petter-ass

Sparty just put the full nelson on some 9 year-old ballboy. We're a Chris Hansen and a 6-pack of Zima away from an episode of "To Catch a Predator"

by Hawkeye State on Oct 27, 2007 11:55 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Michigan State is Who We Thought They Were

Botched pooch punt, followed by a big run, followed by a 15-yard personal foul for a late hit. It's like JLS never left.

by Hawkeye State on Oct 27, 2007 11:57 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Iowa is Also Who We Thought They Were

Sandeman just has to fall forward for the first down. Instead, he takes a step backward, leaves a 3rd-and-1, then a false start, then a hold, and now we've got 4th-and-16.

At least we got some points. 10-3 MSU

by Hawkeye State on Oct 27, 2007 12:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Seriously

We had the best defensive line in world like a month ago. I clearly remember this. What happened?

by Adam on Oct 27, 2007 12:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

They're linemen, not marathon runners

When you put your defense on the field for 22 of the first 30 minutes, they're gonna wear down.

Kirk should be pissed about the offense, but at least he's pissed about something.

by Hawkeye State on Oct 27, 2007 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's true

But they were shitty at the start of the game too. This isn't like the Wisky game where they dominated at the start and feel apart as the game went on, they've been getting pushed around from the first snap on.

by Adam on Oct 27, 2007 12:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs