wheelco Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 cities full of the alcohol poisoned trash fires burning how much would tickets for game 5 be? Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 $Texas Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 So Michigan State fired John L. Smith today -- he'll finish out the season. Can't say I'm surprised. Link to post Share on other sites
parisisstale Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Can't wait for WVU/Louisville tomorrow night!!! I'll be rooting for your guys Mike. Should be a great game. I should be rooting for Louisville, but can't bring myself to do it. Since WVU's got the best chance to play for the championship, I gotta pull for them. Link to post Share on other sites
IATTBYB Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 So Michigan State fired John L. Smith today -- he'll finish out the season. Can't say I'm surprised. If Perles is elected to the MSU Board of Trustees next week, do you think he might put some pressure on Mason for the job? But seriously, who would want that job. The football team plays third banana to the Izzo's basketball team and the hockey team when it comes to administrative support, and they will never have a chance to get the same recruits that U of M, tOSU, and ND get. Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Can't wait for WVU/Louisville tomorrow night!!! I'll be rooting for your guys Mike. Should be a great game. I should be rooting for Louisville, but can't bring myself to do it. Since WVU's got the best chance to play for the championship, I gotta pull for them.that's really going to be good, and i'm glad it's not getting lost in the weekend fray Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 MSU's football program is a joke. And, as badly as John L. did there, he's not the crux of the problem -- he really didn't do any worse than Bobby Williams did. Anyway, I'm heading to A2 this Saturday to see Michigan take on the mighty Cardinals of Ball State. Yeah, shitty game, but it'll be my first game at the Big House since graduating (and my first Michigan football game at all since then other than the unfortunate whooping at the hands of the Irish in South Bend two years ago). Even if it is a lame game, I'm pumped. And Lloyd is saying there's even a chance that Manningham will play this weekend (although I sort of doubt it). Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 But seriously, who would want that job. The football team plays third banana...I dunno, turning MSU into a consistent winner seems a less-daunting task than turning around Illinois or Indiana. From an outsider perspective, I always think of the Spartans as being a "dangerous" game each year on the OSU schedule--partly because you never know which team is going to show up (I'm still bitter about '98). Its a program that does seem to attract talent, although why it runs so streaky--seemingly regardless of the coach or players--is beyond me. Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 MSU is always going to struggle to recruit because they will always be competing directly with Michigan and Notre Dame for players. However, they still should be able to get better players than Illinois or Indiana. Indiana also competes pretty directly with Notre Dame, and has even less of a winning history than the Spartans do, and Illinois...well, I don't know why anyone would want to play football at Illinois. I'd love to be able to offer up an explanation for MSU's struggles, but I can't. As several others have noted here, they seem to always be either really, really good, or completely awful all within the same season. And they do it every single season, no matter what changes they make from year to year. It's really remarkable. Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Can't wait for WVU/Louisville tomorrow night!!! I'll be rooting for your guys Mike. Should be a great game. I should be rooting for Louisville, but can't bring myself to do it. Since WVU's got the best chance to play for the championship, I gotta pull for them. The next 20 hours are going to be pretty nerve wracking, I was at the game last year when WVU rallied from 17 down to win in triple overtime and I am hoping the mental edge might carry over for this year, but Louisville doesn't lose at home and WVU has yet to be pushed in a game for four quarters. It'll be interesting, it's the biggest game WVU has been in since the 1993 Sugar Bowl disaster they went into that game undeafeated and number 3 in the nation and got dropped 41-7 by Flordia. After the game Erric Rhett famously said "West Virginia is a Vanderbilt level team with all due respect to Vanderbilt." Maybe one day I'll forgive him for it. Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Anyway, I'm heading to A2 this Saturday to see Michigan take on the mighty Cardinals of Ball State.Park in my neighborhood. Only a mile walk to the stadium (or less, depending on where you actually park) and it's free. Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted November 2, 2006 Author Share Posted November 2, 2006 Anyone else think this is a little ridiculous? Silencing the cocks? Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted November 2, 2006 Author Share Posted November 2, 2006 Well isn't that the point? You think I'm gonna like having to hear "woopigsooie" all day at the game on Saturday? No, but I think the fans have the right to do it. What's the difference in that and our rooster crow? Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Well isn't that the point?Well, yeah. I'm just not a fan of blasting stuff over the PA system. Like that lion roar at Penn State games--even on TV I'm always thinking "Will somebody please shut that thing up???" But of course that's the point. I noticed that OSU has halfheartedly picked up on this and they've started playing the intro to "Hell's Bells" before key defensive 3rd downs. I guess its ok, but call me old fashioned, but I still think 100,000+ people doing the O-H-I-O chant around the stadium will always be waaaaay cooler. Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Park in my neighborhood. Only a mile walk to the stadium (or less, depending on where you actually park) and it's free. You live west of the stadium, right? I have some friends who are still around campus who may save us a parking spot in their lot, but they probably will forget, so I'll probably keep this in mind. Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 You live west of the stadium, right? I have some friends who are still around campus who may save us a parking spot in their lot, but they probably will forget, so I'll probably keep this in mind.Yup. Just head west past Pioneer High School and through the stoplight, and then look for parking in the neighborhood on the left. You may need to go a few streets west before finding anything, because they do fill up, but after a couple of blocks there's plenty of street parking. If you don't mind walking a mile or so, it sure beats paying twenty bucks. The neighborhoods closer to the stadium are overrun, as you might imagine, but if you show up early enough... Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Yup. Just head west past Pioneer High School and through the stoplight, and then look for parking in the neighborhood on the left. You may need to go a few streets west before finding anything, because they do fill up, but after a couple of blocks there's plenty of street parking. If you don't mind walking a mile or so, it sure beats paying twenty bucks. The neighborhoods closer to the stadium are overrun, as you might imagine, but if you show up early enough... This is the first time since high school that I've had to drive into town for a game, so I appreciate the tip. I'm not sure if I would have even thought of trying to park in that part of town. Sounds like heading that way gives us a better chance of being somewhat close to the stadium than any other part of time. Definately don't mind walking a mile. We're not going to get there very early, as we aren't leaving Chicago until early Saturday morning. We'll make due though, I guess. Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Well... Louisville is a really good team. Mike there all yours next week knock them off so we could still get a BCS bid all right. --Mike Link to post Share on other sites
wheelco Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 what a freaking sloppy feetball game - no defense and lots of fumbles Link to post Share on other sites
quarter23cd Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 That was a fun game to watch last night, but yeah, I still don't feel like I have a read on just how good those teams actually are. I mean, sure, the offenses were fun to watch, but where the hell was the defense? Both teams ran a number of plays that worked for them, but over and over I kept thinking "Jeez, there's no way that receiver shouldn't have gotten creamed on that play." Rutgers supposedly has the toughest D in the Big East (and I still can't get used to saying stuff like that), so we'll see how that matchup goes. Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted November 3, 2006 Author Share Posted November 3, 2006 I haven't said one bad thing about Arkansas this week. What is wrong with me? Link to post Share on other sites
MrRain422 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 It's not too late. Link to post Share on other sites
parisisstale Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Well... Louisville is a really good team. Mike there all yours next week knock them off so we could still get a BCS bid all right. --Mike We're gonna have to play the perfect game to get this win. I think we'll be able to move the ball on them, but stopping them (or at least slowing them down) will be an adventure. Biggest college football game in New Jersey since November 6, 1869 (Rutgers/Princeton...1st college football game ever). Even Mike and the MadDog are venturing across the GW Bridge to broadcast their show from Piscataway. I'm just hoping we don't get embarrassed. Link to post Share on other sites
tugmoose Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Paterno carted to locker room after sideline collision Associated Press MADISON, Wis. -- Penn State coach Joe Paterno was carted to the locker room after one of his own players ran into his left leg in the second half of the Nittany Lions' game at Wisconsin on Saturday. Freshman tight end Andrew Quarless caught a short pass for a first down along the Penn State sideline, and tumbled into Paterno's leg -- knocking the 79-year-old coach to the ground. Paterno then stood for several minutes before having to be helped to the bench and having his leg bandaged by the Penn State training staff. Paterno remained on the bench, surrounded by trainers and police, as his team drove into Wisconsin territory while trailing the Badgers 10-3. Paterno remained seated for most of the third quarter, but he was carted to the locker room with less than 2 minutes remaining in the quarter. Link to post Share on other sites
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