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Previous Polls: Mar 25-31 Who will be MSU's player of the game vs Uconn: Suton 38% 29 votes Mar 10 - 15 Which would be the easiest #1 seed to beat? Memphis 38% 50 votes Feb 1 - Mar 9 What seed will MSU have entering NCAA tourney? #2 seed
- 73% 51 votes Jan 24- Jan 31 What is the second best team in the Big Ten? Illinois
43% Dec 16 - Jan 1 Point difference in MSU vs Georgia Georgia wins
by 7+ 38% Dec 7 - Dec 15 What scares you the most about UGA? It's an upper-tier SEC team 51%RB Knowshon Moreno 24% QB Matt Stafford 18% Coach Mark Richt 5% Pass defense 2% 55 total votes Nov 23 - Dec 6 Who would you prefer MSU play in its bowl game? South Carolina 56%Georgia 29% Oklahoma St 5% Ole Miss 8% Missouri 1% 96 total votes Nov 9 - 16 Considering MSU bowl needs, do your support Michigan over Ohio St? Yes
64% 103 total votes Nov 2 - 8 How many points for MSU vs Purdue? under
17 - 2% 45 total votes Oct 12 - Oct 18 How will
MSU finish the regular season? 91 votes Oct 19 - Oct 26 How many
yards will Ringer rush vs scUM? 63 votes Oct 12 -18 Best chance
for trick play vs Ohio St? 64 votes Oct 4 - Oct 11 What
is the key to victory at Northwestern? 73 votes Sep 28 - Oct 3 What
is the best matchup this weekend? 73 votes Sep 20-27 Who
is the best defensive surprise for MSU? 68 votes Sep 14-19 What
does MSU need to improve most to beat ND? 84 votes Sep 6-13 What should
MSU be most concerned about FAU? 66 votes Sep 4- 6 Which Spartan
does QB Brian Hoyer most closely mimic? Aug 31 - Sep 4 How many games will MSU win this year? 8 (45) 50.00%
90 Total
Votes Aug 26 - Aug 30 Total yards for MSU vs Cal? under 250
(4) 5.19% correct answer:
406 yards. 77 Total Votes Aug 16 - Aug 25 Key to MSU in 2008 Offensive
line blocking 28.47% 137 Total
Votes July 30 - Aug 15 Which of these players is your favorite? Greg Jones
(113) 57.95% 195 Total Votes June 28 - July 29 What do you think of MSU playing Montana State? Scheduling
D I-AA is too bad; now we've joined the rest. 30.27% I'm torn - we need a W, but it is watering down the schedule. 14.18% Appalachian
State II? We better win! 11.11% We need the
W for a bowl bid. Good move. 8.81% I love slaughters.
We'll kill them. A+ move. 5.36% 261 Total
Votes Apr
18 - June 27 Yes (48)
36.09% 133 Total Votes Mar 29 - Apr 17 Who would you rather gig with? Drew Naymick
29% Mar 22 - 28 Where will you watch MSU in Sweet 16? In Atlanta
3.81% 105 Total Votes Mar 15 - Mar 21 Which longshot will make it furthest in the men's NCAAs? W. Kentucky
29.63% 54 Total Votes Feb 29 - Mar 14 The Enlightened
Poll Semi finals
(39) 28.89% 135 Total Votes Feb 11 - 28 Who is the best player for MSU hoops so far this year? Kalin Lucas
56.18% 178 Total Votes Feb 1 - Feb 10 What will
be MSU's final reg. season M-hoops record be? 128 Total Votes Dec 29 - Jan 31 Your expectations for the '08 recruiting class Top 10 -
0.61% 326 Total Votes Dec 25 - Dec 28 Biggest advantage for MSU over BC? Rush offense
46.07% 89 Total Votes Dec 3 - Dec 24 Best thing about Orlando? Champs Bowl
30.46% 174 Total
Votes Nov 17 - Dec 2 The Enlightened
Poll A (47) 12.14%
387 Total Votes Nov 14 - Nov 17 Would you go see MSU play at the Motor City Bowl? Yes (111)
81.62% 136 Total Votes Oct 28 - Nov 13 Will MSU win another game? Yes (221)
61.22% 361 Total Votes Oct 21 - 27 What is the biggest key to victory over Iowa? Ringer/Caulcrick
- 150+ rushing yds combined 37.82% 156 Total Votes Oct 14- 20 Who is MSU's
MVP so far? 184 Total Votes Oct 7 - 14 Grade MD on the season so far? A (12) 4.69%
256 Total Votes Sep 30 - Oct 6 Other than MSU, who is the biggest surprise in the NCAA? California
(3) 1.99% 151 Total Votes Sept 23 - 30 Now how many wins will MSU get this year? 7 (102) 32.90%
310 Total Votes Sept 17 - 22 How many rushing yards can the MSU defense hold ND to? 50-100 (62)
43.06% 144 Total Votes * correct answer: 117 yds Sept 14 - 16 Compare Wannstedt's moustache: who is he mimicking? Ugly She-Man
32.09% 134 Total Votes Sept 9 - 13 How many points will Pitt score on MSU? 15-17 (32)
23.19% 138 Total Votes Sept 2 - Sept 8 What was more sweet? watching Appalachian St beat scUM? 63.49% watching
MSU crush UAB? 36.51% 189 Total Votes Aug 27 - Sept 1 How many yards will MSU run vs UAB? 101-125 (0)
0.00% correct answer:
298 yds. 116 Total Votes Aug 9 - Aug 26 What position is the key to MSU success this year? OL (51) 22.67% 225 Total Votes
Previous Quotes of the Day: ""Change your shorts, change your life. Get rid of that nine-year old Hindu boy and get rid or your wife. Step right up. " Tom Waits. (3/26/09) "I'll do anything for my sweet sixteen." Billy Idol. (3/24/09) "Jesus was way cool. He could've scored more goals than Wayne Gretzky." King Missle. (3/22/09) "I always sing the same song in the shower: The MSU Fight Song" actor James Caan (3/20/09) "It's time to light the stove." MSU head coach Tom Izzo (3/19/09) "Remember when I told you I would kill you last? I lied" - Arnold Schwarzenneger in Predator (3/17/09) "I love the smell of napalm in the morning." - Apocolypse Now (3/16/09) "That place was either designed by the town drunk or the village idiot" - Jud Heathcote on Williams Arena (3/15/09) "He can beat his'n with your'n; and he can beat your'n with his'n." - Bum Phillips. (3/14/09) "Please disperse. Nothing to see here." - Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Dreben in Naked Gun (3/13/09) "Hey, everyone. Free Shakespeare on me." - Rodney Dangerfield in Back to School (3/12/09) "Before Elvis, there was nothing" - John Lennon (3/11/09) I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy" - Tom Waits (3/10/09) |
Spartans Add Another VHT to Recruiting Trail Welcome to East Lansing :: ES Feed on Twitter :: MSU Spring Game Program (1 July 2009)-There is a lot of discussion being made about MSU snaking yet another very highly talented high school gridder, notably local RB Nick Hill (5-7, 180-lbs) out of Chelsea... right in scUM's back yard. Hill ran for nearly 2,300 yards a year ago and scored 27 TDs. He caught another 19 balls... Add some muscle to his frame, and he might be yer next Javon Ringer. He turned down Stanford (so he must be smart), the MAC, and also considered scUM and ND. But, he'll be sporting the green and white! Complete list of recruits link here.
(27 June 2009)-Last time I spoke with Goran Suton was just prior to last year, and I asked about the team: "we're playing real well. we look good." I was with my family, at Goodrich's Shop Rite, and I didn't push too much, but said, "hey, keep it up. We need you, please work real hard." Little did I know he'd make the NBA. Suton is a great example of what can happen to anyone if you work hard and remain focused. He will go down in Spartan history as one of the most beloved players, in my opinion mainly because Tom Izzo kicked his ass enough to try to motivate him and understand life in the NBA and outside of basketball. Izzo's style FINALLY rubbed off - and Suton always shined in the biggest games the last two years. To his credit, he used the NCAA tournament to prove his worth and for the benefit of MSU faithful. MSU rode Suton to the national title game in '09. Suton dominated the NCAA tourney the last two years. He showed what he can do and likely earned about $500k from it. Do you remember when he came up from high school? Who was this punk? I first spoke with him at Meijer's on the north side of town 5 years ago, and he asked this other tall kid in front of me in the checkout lane, "how tall are you? I'm 6'7" -- just kind of awe-struck at college and life in general. Many, like I, thought Suton was doomed for a Drew Naymick-at-best college career. But, Suton had that Eastern European shooting touch down solid from day one. What he COULDN'T DO, was play defense. By year four, he grew another 3-4 inches, had a killer post up move, and started blocking shots like mad. This year, his defense was so impressive -- with the Gold Star award for shutting down UConn's Thabeet to 17 pts/6 rebs -- he showed all of us wrong. He could shut down a lane like yo mama giving Elvis the cold shoulder. Impressive. Now, here is Mr. Suton, the #50 draft choice in the NBA, drafted by the Utah Jazz. I'm virtually in tears. Here is his original recuriting analysis from Rivals.com as a 3-star out of Lansing Everett. Mind you: Marquise Gray was a 5-star, Drew Neitzel a 4-star, Tom Herzog a 4-star, Isiah Dahlman a 3-star, Maurice Joseph and Travis Walton 3-stars... who do you think was the most valuable of the bunch? Yes, SCREW THE RECRUITING RANKINGS. Here is a guy who worked as hard as any Spartan EVER, and he reached the gloryland. Good for you, Goran, you earned it and the hearts of MSU faithful are with you. Below, find a video I took of Goran's last stand as a Spartan, kissing the Breslin floor after putting up 10 pts and 11 rebounds particularly with a great second half physical effort... WE love you Goran. Thanks!
(25 June 2009)--OK, so the ES has been out of it of sorts during the dead summer period. And, speaking of dead, the world interest in the shocking passing of "Billie Jean" Jacko did set me off kilter for a moment. But, shaking it off with a nice IPA, the ES learned that our 2010 class is... well, BLASTING into hyperspace with the commitment of stud QB Joe Boisture (pictured at right), who told the BC Catholics to to take a walk. Boisture also considered UCLA, Pitt, Wisky, and Kansas State. But, Dan Enos got him to East Lansing. God Bless Dan Enos. This is big. Boisture is 6-6, 210, and considered one of the best QBs in the nation. He's out of Saline, Mich. Figure MSU has the Nichol-Cousins battle of studs, and Boisture fits in with Andrew Maxwell to battle in the next generation. This is PURE SUCCESS for MSU down the road, and has to have Dick Rod at scUM fit to be tied that the Big Green is having so much success sucking talent away from his ass. OK, for the sake of hype, let's love Rivals and Scout. If you do, they have MSU commitments from the #4/#14 QB (Boisture), #3/#13 LB (Bullough), #7/#11 DE (Gholston), and #31/#19 DB (Hicks, 5-11, 179)... on top of DE Taylor Calero (6-3, 235, Southfield, MI) and #58 Athlete Tony Lippett (6-3, 180). Brings a tear to the eye, kicking scUM's arse on the field and off, god bless ya, Doctor. Big Ten Bloggers Roundtable; Phil Steele; Big Ten Coaches (24 June 2009)--Give some thanks again this year to Lake The Posts, who is compiling responses from Big Ten Bloggers as to cumulative thoughts on the pending Big Ten football season. Questions have been asked of the ES... and here is the ES' response:
Also please
rank each Big Ten team in order of predicted finish 1 through 11: Phil Steele About 3 weeks too late, but I finally tortured the kids in 93 degree weather, taking them to an outdoor concert at Eastwood Towne Center which cover band played a grandpa-monotone "Doctor My Eyes" and "Take it Easy"; didn't take long to hear their request "can we go now?"... so, headed over to Schuler Books and plopped down $9.48 for my Phil Steele. ES early impressions: nice to see MSU mentioned before scUM; Notre Dame at #7 means Phil hasn't yet given up the ganja and a pending ES research assignment; MSU listed at #29 is fine; Phil notes likely improvement in QB, WR, OL, DL, LB, DB, and ST... what's left? RB - and he says a higher ypc sans Ringer; Phil likes Dantonio, but he likes the tradition of the Irish and scUM better by overrating them. Phil lists PK Brett Swenson, LB Greg Jones, OL Joel Foreman as First Team All-B10; Schedule: he puts 2009 enemies, CMU and WMU, at #1 and #2 in the MAC. So what does this mean, coming from Steele? More to come later.... Big Ten Media Day If you have the time and money, why not head over to the Big Ten Football Media Day on July 27-28 at the Hyatt in Chicago. Expect MSU to take more of a dialogue that you've heard in years. Spartans Continue In-State Recruiting Dominance; Wings Fan in Pittsburgh, TSN on MSU, etc. (17 June 2009)--The Doctor nailed it. Again. After winning the in-state recruiting battle for the first time in a decade in February, the Spartans haven't missed a beat early in the '10 race. The Big Green added highly touted William Gholston and Mylan Hicks to a class that included Spartan LB legacy Max Bullough and Tony Lippett. Gholston is a 6-7, 235 lb speed rushing defensive end out of Detroit Southeastern: he joins MSU after turning down Oklahoma, Ohio State, USC, Alabama, Florida, Florida State, LSU, scUM, and the rest of the college football world. He's a future Spartan to be excited about. As for Hicks, he's a 5-11, 180 pound defensive back from Detroit Renaissance, and joins MSU over Iowa, Minny, Purdue, scUM, Wisky, Colorado, Arizona, and Mizzou. They are joining super-stud LB Max Bullough (of the Chuck Bullough, Hank Bullough Spartan legacy) and speedy athlete Tony Lippett as the first four members of the class of 2010. Excellent... things are looking up for the Spartans... gotta love the focus on DEFENSE FIRST. Other
thoughts: The Wings TSN on
MSU ES travels to Chicago, Pittsburgh donning Red Wings jersey (9 June 2009)--The ES wants thank Smig out in Novato, Calif., sometime ago presenting him with a personalized Wings jersey for participating in his wedding some years back. As he brings twins into this world, I'd have never thought that jersey would have come so handy. Two weeks ago, the ES wuz in Chi-town and happened upon the Reagle Beagle and a few other pubs, donning the Winged Wheel jersey and drawing enemies.... now, the ES heads to the Steel City for vacation, and will once again don said jersey, just to rub it in the face of the Penguins. Thanks, Dave! My timing is of the essence, and you're making the essence stink bad, real bad! It's glorious. GO WINGS! SPARTAN FOOTBALL COMMERCIAL I just saw a commercial for MSU football tickets for this year -- pretty good, succinct - replay of Adam Decker's stop of Iowa's Shonn Greene on 4th and 1 late in the 4th quarter to preserve the MSU victory. Then, George Blaha: "MSU Wins! MSU Wins!" Love it. Now I'm fired up. Time to wind up the tape from the MSU-Michigan crushing victory and watch the second half.... MSU cracks Lindy's, Phil Steele rankings. Otherwise, no love for MSU - but pundits drink the ND cool aid. (4 June 2009)--Other polling rankings of Michigan State: Lindy's at #24; Phil Steele at #29; ... one of the better rankings to follow every year is down at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, whose has Tony Barnhart doesn't rank MSU early; but, has ND #24 (there seems to be a collective agreement on the Irish, sans proof: "they have to get out of the dumps eventually, no?"). Finally, check out the national preseason update over at lsufootball.net, with MSU #35; ND is #24, Ohio State #8, Penn State #11, Iowa #21, and Minny #39. According to Matt Hayes of the Sporting News, only 2 of the country's 25 best players are from the Big Ten. Does this mean another long year and poor bowl performance? Similarly, no love for MSU out of ESPN"s Adam Rittenberg, with only 2 of the Big Ten's top 30 players from MSU (Trevor Anderson #30, Greg Jones #11). All MSU on Big Ten Network, June 1 (27 May 2009)--The Big Ten Network has an "All MSU" day planned for June 1. Here is the lineup, for all you early risers and night owls: Monday, June 1. All times Eastern
Join the Big Network Fan Council: Due June 15 (27 May 2009)--From Mike Vest at the Big Ten Network: "Hey Big Ten fans, we want to hear from you. What would YOU like to see on the Big Ten Network? Here's your chance to have your voice heard and have the opportunity to attend popular Big Ten events, meet Big Ten Network talent and tour the network’s studios in Chicago . Council members also will provide periodic feedback directly to network executives throughout the upcoming football and basketball seasons. Members will be required to attend one of two in-person Big Ten Network Fan Council Meetings. These meetings will be scheduled in Chicago around the 2009 Big Ten Football Kickoff Luncheon (July) and in Indianapolis around the 2010 Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament (March). Fan Council members will receive a complimentary ticket to the Kickoff Luncheon and Men's Basketball Tournament semifinal games as part of their membership benefit. The Big Ten Network will review all applications for the Fan Council and will select between 30-35 applicants to become members of the Big Ten Network Fan Council. Members will serve a one-year term. In 250 words or less, tell us why you should be selected to join this exclusive group. The application deadline is June 15."
Fill out the application at http://www.bigtennetwork.com/fancouncil/ ES Ramblings on Farm Lane, ND vs Yankees, Arthur Ray, College FB Playoff, and Red Wings in Chi-town (26 May 2009)--Another week bites the dust. Items of note: the constrution on Farm Lane is going to extend into the early fall, likely impacting the much anticipated matchup between MSU and MSU. Blame the delay on the steel industry, I guess... Notre Dame to play Army in 2013 at the new Yankee Stadium? Good thing the Irish are scheduling the heavies... in all honesty, the Friggin Catholics have a better shot playing the Yankees. My, oh my, how the mighty have fallen. Excellent, indepth article on Arthur Ray from ESPN's Adam Rittenburg. This seem to be going slow, but steady in the fight vs bone cancer and a return to the Spartan gridiron. Anyone want to chime in on a college football playoff? As the ES has said time and time again, it is dead in the water. Just ask Big Ten Commish Jim Delaney... Wuz in Chicago for Memorial Day weekend. Perfect timing to wear my Red Wings jersey, and it was gorgeous rubbing it in on Sunday night. Blackhawks? Put a fork in 'em. College Football Previews - Lots of Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma. Some Talk on MSU (Athlon #20) (17 May 2009)--It's been a week since the ES last posted on here: must be summer. Anyhow, if
it is the beginning of summer, it also means the beginning of national
football previews, and the ES preseason compilation. But, why bother compiling
this when the folks over at lsufootball.net
have been doing this, and scoring it the same way as the ES has going
back to 2001: 1 point for #1, 2 points for #2, etc. - if not ranked in
a poll, each team scores 26 in that poll. The ES takes
issue with Notre Dame, TCU, North Carolina, East Carolina, Miami, and
Cincy ranked ahead of MSU - ???? love to see them play a 9-game Big Ten
schedule... note this ranking doesn't include Athlon, which ranked MSU
#20. Athlon: MSU at #20. "State’s football team seems poised to vault past flailing Michigan in the Big Ten hierarchy... With eight starters back, the Spartans could be salty on defense this year and kicker Brett Swenson is one of the top fantasy options." Bleacher Report: MSU at 5th in the conference. "This season, most of the defense returns and should be loaded with Greg Jones and Trevor Anderson leading a good front seven." Tim Hyland/About.com: Don't know this guy, but he buys the ND hype and picks an Irish 5-0 start (that's a win over MSU; he picks ND #15 preseason) and says "MSU is eternally second-tier." College Football News: Read their ND Preview: "...and Michigan State might turn out to be the best team in the Big Ten". Or, read their MSU early looksie: "There’s no Ohio State on the schedule and the road games are at Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota and Purdue. That’s easier than it looks on paper... Oh yeah, and Michigan still stinks. It’ll be a stunner if MSU isn’t better than its arch-rival again." FYI - watch The Quad at the NY Times, which had a great preview on MSU a year ago (ranked MSU #28 or #29)... they are at #107-Tulane right now. ES' Top 10 Moments for Michigan State athletics in 2008-09 (8 May 2009)--The ES wuz sicker than a dog the last three days... and, while resting & healing got me thinking - what were the best 10 Spartan experiences for ME -- the ES -- the last year. You might have others, if so, share them on the Tag Board. But here's mine: 10. MSU 63, Duke 49 - Women's basketball. NCAA tournament - This wuz a surprise, MSU #9 against the #1 seek Dukies; the ES had class that night, but came back and turned on the tele in the second half and WOW. Always gratifying to kick your departing coach's butt. Coach P was embarrassed. 9. MSU 17, Florida Atlantic 0. Football. Weather prediction was 70 degrees and rain all day. Weathermen were wrong: the heavens opened up, heaviest rain in MSU history (including ND game in 2006). ALL GAME LONG. Saw FAU QB pass knocked to the turf by RAIN. FAU receivers dropped 20 passes. Hoyer couldn't hang onto the snap. Ringer went crazy for nearly 300 yards. Let it rain, rain, rain.
MSU vs FAU... let it rain, rain, rain. 8. MSU 16, Iowa 13. Football. A physical, bruising game. All game long. Iowa played better between the 20s. But, MSU made all the big plays, at the critical times, including tackle of Shonn Green on 4th down late in the game to preserve the win. Exciting defense. 7. MSU 25, Wisconsin 24. Football. Here was MSU, being manhandled all game long by the Badgers... but UW couldn't complete the sale. The stands emptied around the ES with 9 minutes left... but MSU clawed back. With Swenson's 50-yard FG at 5:15 to pull MSU within 2, and the game winner, a 44-yarder with 7 seconds left. Thanks to Bielema's poor coaching decisions late, MSU took advantage and won in un-Spartanlike fashion.
The Spartan fandom couldn't believe it, as MSU beat Wisky on a long FG 6. MSU 35, Michigan 21. Football. We kicked rival scUM's ass. Saw this one on the tele, but gorgeous it was to see us run all over scUM, and laugh at Wolverine ineptitidue. Ringer-Hoyer was gorgeous, as was the Spartan secondary. Normally, this would rank much higher, but had to watch the kids while my wife was sick as a dog. 5. Cal 38, MSU 31. Football. This ranked so high because the ES traveled out to Cali to watch this game -- as someone who watched 8 years of Cal football as a kid, it was neat to return to Memorial Stadium as a visitor. Chock opened the City up to the ES again. Fun. OK, we lost, but MSU showed some early signs of its potential. The location was PERFECT -- not a great stadium (porta-johns in the stadium?), but San Fran/Berkely rocks. Just a blast. 4. MSU 61, Wisconsin 50. Men's basketball. Wisky was on the edge of the top 25 and MSU was trying to find itself after a crushing loss at Purdue. But, the Spartans proved why they were the better team with the best performance in Goran Suton's career; Suton completely dominated on the boards and with his inside-outside shooting in the second half to help MSU use the game as a springboard to its conference title. The Breslin was never louder. 3. MSU 62, Purdue 51. Men's basketball. The Spartans ran away with this game late as the team's depth and strength pounded the Boilers into submission. MSU played controlled, minimized mistakes, rebounded with a passion - a good preview of the tourney to come. This game cemented why, under Izzo, MSU is a tourney-tested success team instead of a "wanna be" like Boilermaker's history. A complete team effort across all statistical measures. And, experiencing the postgame celebration,on the floor with the fandom & players, cutting the nets, was awesome.
Travis Walton cutting down the net after beating Purdue wuz sweet. 2. MSU 23, Notre Dame 7. Football. As the Sloth said, "Beating Notre Dame never gets old." And, once again, we kicked their ass. This isn't even much of a rivalry anymore, but we hammered the Irish physically pretty good. Great, watching the demolition among a crowd of supporters, pretty much the same crowd that was at California amazingly, with a kickass tailgate at Big Bob's before the game. And, singing the old ADPhi fight song when ND played their Irish gig was hilarious... Sing along Cheers
Cheers for old AdPhi, We never
stumble we never fall Nanananananana Look at
the crescent look at the star It's Saturday,
HEY, time for the game 1. MSU 82, UConn 73. Men's basketball. It hurts the ES to put hoops above the gridiron, but it belongs here. Greatest sports experience of my life, being at Ford Field for the Final Four. And, then to see us KICK THEIR ASS. It was a wild atmosphere, people tailgating in the Big D for hoops before the game. Weather was great, about 55 degrees and sunny. The town was PACKED. Walking into the arena, watching the team take the court brings shivvers up my spine. In Detroit. After Summers' dunk, the 40,000+ Spartan Fandom exploded. Post-game Detroit looking like Burbon Street. A big time wow. Very very cool; amazing; once in a lifetime experience. And, it was in Detroit. So so sweet.
Wow, what an experience in the Final Four. And, here, we kicked their arse. Big 11 Expansion Nonsense; Izzo Broadway Excellence
Adding a football-only school (Notre Dame) to the Big 10 is living in dreamland, and JoePa's dream will crash and burn like a popping a hot air balloon. (7 May 2009)--If any of you picked up the LSJ and read Joe Rexrode's comments, filling the balloon of Joe Paterno's Big 10 expansion talk with hot air... well, it is just that. Hot air. #1 is that the conference Presidents don't want it; and Big 10 commish Joe Delaney put all his eggs into the ND basket 10 years ago only for the eggs to land on his face. Finally... read Rexrode's column a bit more closely: not once does he mention football, but that is what he is really talking about: football. Thusly, the only team really in the mix here is Notre Dame.... Give the greedy Irish another 2-3 losing seasons with Fat Boy, and they might actually take a hand out from the Big Ten. We're talking about more than football here: the Big Ten will NOT add a football-only school, and thus added travel costs for other non-football sports will balloon. But, adding any other AAU team (Pitt, Rutgers, Mizzouri, Syracuse) and you are likely adding more significant travel costs for the majority of the membership. This, at a time when institutions are reducing their athletics budgets and travel costs and beginning to play more same division mid-major teams from their own state. We've had this discussion before, but it is always nice to dream in football-only land. But, it is only a dream. Lesson learned? Just because JoePa says something doesn't necessarily mean its worth printing. Unless, he is gonna talk about squeezing his Charmin. Reason #11,947 to Love Tom Izzo CBS Sportsline wrote an awesome column about Tom Izzo and his "Izzo Goes to Broadway" fundraiser to raise $125,000 for cancer at the Wharton Center. The Spartan nation gushes with joy and love for such an awesome person... and coach. Won't he do anything? Has he no shame? No he doesn't, thank God - we love ya coach! Dance, dance, dance! U of Toledo Point Shaving Scandal (6 May 2009)--If
you haven't heard, several former basketball and football players from
the University of Toledo have been charged by the federal government in
an
indictment for sports bribery -- point shaving in both basketball
and football back in 2006. Two metro Detroit businessmen bet about $407,000
on Toledo basketball games alone...
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Yes,
Suton IS NBA material
No,
not Jacko - its Boisture, and it Has Dick Rod Reeling
Alabama
& West Virginia on the Gridiron...