Saturday, January 07, 2012

Spartan hockey - still fun after all these years

Went to the MSU Spartan hockey game last night.  Unfortunately, the #15 Spartans lost to Miami-Ohio, 2-1, in overtime.  Fun game, over 6,400 in attendance.  MSU could have played better on the offensive ends - hell Miami was seemingly in a perpetual penalty, and State even had a two-man advantage, but spent most of that time passing to the points instead of movement around the net and making good shots.  Tough. 

But, what the ES will say is that it is still a BLAST going to Munn Ice Arena after all these years.  MSUFCU had a promotion, free two tickets for every membership, so I brought the kids... Three tickets for $10... Now that wa a GREAT deal. 

MSU is 11-8-2 and #15, 6-6-1 in the CCHA.  It is the swan song year for the Big Ten teams in the CCHA.  Sayonara CCHA, hello Big Ten!  That said, MSU has its rematch with Miami tonight at 7 pm.  Go GREEN!

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

"We are supposed to be playing on the big stage."

People around the nation wonder why there is such hatred between the Michigan State faithful and the Michigan faithful.  Give the Wolverines (yes, the ES uses the word GIVE deliberately) a victory in an unearned BCS bowl berth with pitiful Va Tech coaching decisions, and the AArogant Wolverine Nation thinks they own the world.  To wit, scUM AD David Brandon, in USA Today: "We've had a bumpy three years, but we're Michigan," Brandon said. "We're supposed to be playing on the big stage. We're supposed to be playing against formidable competition. We're supposed to be in the national hunt. For years and years and years, that was Michigan. That's what we want Michigan to be in the future.":

Matter of fact, NO YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYING ON THE BIG STAGE.   You need to earn it.  Michigan State earned it with 22 wins the LAST TWO YEARS, including double-digt wins against YOUR FOOTBALL TEAM each year, and didn't get a BCS berth.  And, Michigan State was in the Conference championship game.  And, Michigan State isn't supposed to play on the Big Stage -- no, MSU needs to earn it, just like every other team.

You know what, screw you and your Aarogant Aass.  This pisses the ES off to no end.  Now you know why there are thousands of t-shirts worn across the Big Ten that state "Muck Fichigan!"

Formidable competion? Don't get me wrong, congrats for the win over VaTech, but the ES argues that VTU is anything but formidable -- the.Hokies looked handcuffed by their coaches, and still outgained scUM by twice as many yards; stupid VaTech coaching decisions led to scUM victory with Christmas gifts that would have made Jesus Christ proud. 

Gimme a break Brandon, you embarrass the college football nation.

With the Spartans' record the past three years, the ES could say, "we are supposed to play on the Big Stage." But, let us let our performance dictate things - as the ES said, we had our fate in our hands, losing to Wisky and thus losing our bid for a BCS. I accept that.  But, to think that "we are supposed" to get a BCS bid is absolute height of arrogance.  Screw you. 

Once again, thank you Aan Aarbor, you once again lay claim to the ownership of Aarogant Aasses.

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

SPARTANS kick Badger tail

MSU wins 63-60! Nice to be able to STICK IT to Bo Ryan at the end. He is the Devil incarnate. He tried to get it to Double-OT, but sorry,unless you are counting thousandths of a second, there is no question the SHOT WAS LATE.  GO GREEN - HATE BUCKY BADGER!!!

Live Chat: Spartans at Badgers men's hoops

#10 Michigan State at #18 Wisconsin. Wisconsin favored by 6.

17 TACKLES FOR LOSS, led by Gholston

Adam Rittenberg over at ESPN deserves some kudos for writing what we all know:  the Spartan defense rocks.  He calls the Big Green Machine a "model to emulate" for other teams looking to compete on a national basis.  My God, that trench crew in our Outback Bowl win over Georgia --  DE William Gholston (#2), DT Jerel Worthy (#99), DT Anthony White (#98), Marcus Rush (#44) -- consistently pushed the Dog line back time and time again.  Right in their face.  Look at the DEFENSIVE STAT SHEET below, lit up like a Christmas Tree.  When three of your four tackle leaders are defensive lineman, it means you have a devastating defense.  (In the JLS-slapface era, our leading tacklers were SAFETIES). Lookit the stat sheet, by God - Gholston 7 tackles (5 TFL), Rush 6 tackles (2 TFL), White 5 tackles (3 TFL), Worthy 4 tackles (2 TFL) ... brings tears of joy to the ES.   17 TACKLES FOR LOSS by the Spartan defense... 17!!  Unreal, the effort. Gholston put on a First Team All-American effort the Spartan Nation can be proud of.  Denicos Allen, Chris Norman, Max Bullough all laid the wood in support where necessary... but this was a DEFENSIVE LINE led effort.  Gholston's post-game You Tube video ("everybody gotta eat") ain't too bad, either.  Lots to look foward to, Spartan fans, for many years to come...


Michigan State      
## Player               Solo  Ast  Tot  TFL/Yds  FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2  Gholston, William       7    .    7  5.0/16   .  1-6    .      1    .   2.0/10   .
44 Rush, Marcus            6    1    7  2.0/4    .   .     .      1    .      .     .
98 White,Anthony Rashad    5    2    7  3.0/7    .   .     .      .    1      .     .
39 Robinson, Trenton       5    1    6     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
99 Worthy, Jerel           4    1    5  2.0/2    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
10 Norman, Chris           4    1    5  1.5/7    1   .     .      .    .      .     .
28 Allen, Denicos          2    3    5  1.5/6    .   .     .      .    .   1.0/5    .
31 Dennard, Darqueze       3    1    4     .     .   .    2-38    .    .      .     .
40 Bullough, Max           2    1    3     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
52 Drone, Denzel           2    1    3  1.0/4    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
9  Lewis, Isaiah           1    2    3     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
5  Adams, Johnny           2    .    2     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
23 Jones, Jairus           1    1    2     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .

Monday, January 02, 2012

Michigan State deserves Top Ten nod after Outback win over Georgia

More on this later.  BUT GREAT BIG GREEN VICTORY!!!!  Michigan State 33, Georgia 30 - in 3 OT!  Said the Doctor - "We've beaten every football team in the Big Ten in the last four years. The standard has been set by our seniors. ... Two 11-win seasons, There's not too many football teams in the country that are saying that right now. I would think that this, hopefully, helps solidify a Top 10 ranking in this year's final polls."

Love the Big Ten and Georgia fans squirming... :)

Here are the stats: notable are that MSU was 6-20 on third downs and UGA was 6-18 on third downs; and, on Red Zone TDs, MSU was 3-5 while UGA was 1-3.  MSU's stout d-line held the Dogs to just 51 yards rushing on 39 carries - just 1.3 yards per attempt. OUCH!


Team Statistics (Final)
                          2011 Michigan State Football
           Michigan State vs Georgia (Jan 02, 2012 at Tampa, Florida)

                                    MSU       GA

FIRST DOWNS...................       15       15
  Rushing.....................        2        4
  Passing.....................       13        9
  Penalty.....................        0        2
NET YARDS RUSHING.............       73       51
  Rushing Attempts............       29       39
  Average Per Rush............      2.5      1.3
  Rushing Touchdowns..........        2        0
  Yards Gained Rushing........       94       98
  Yards Lost Rushing..........       21       47
NET YARDS PASSING.............      318      288
  Completions-Attempts-Int....  28-51-3  20-32-2
  Average Per Attempt.........      6.2      9.0
  Average Per Completion......     11.4     14.4
  Passing Touchdowns..........        1        2
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS...........      391      339
  Total offense plays.........       80       71
  Average Gain Per Play.......      4.9      4.8
Fumbles: Number-Lost..........      0-0      1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards.......     8-50     5-15
PUNTS-YARDS...................    8-401    7-306
  Average Yards Per Punt......     50.1     43.7
  Net Yards Per Punt..........     33.6     43.3
  Inside 20...................        4        2
  50+ Yards...................        3        2
  Touchbacks..................        2        0
  Fair catch..................        1        3
KICKOFFS-YARDS................    6-366    5-294
  Average Yards Per Kickoff...     61.0     58.8
  Net Yards Per Kickoff.......     45.3     40.4
  Touchbacks..................        0        0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD.    2-3-0   1-92-1
  Average Per Return..........      1.5     92.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD   5-92-0   6-94-0
  Average Per Return..........     18.4     15.7
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD..   2-38-1   3-55-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD.    1-6-0    0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards...........        0        0
Possession Time...............    28:26    31:34
  1st Quarter.................     4:28    10:32
  2nd Quarter.................     8:24     6:36
  3rd Quarter.................     7:07     7:53
  4th Quarter.................     8:27     6:33
  OT  Quarter.................     0:00     0:00
Third-Down Conversions........  6 of 20  6 of 18
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 0   0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      5-5      2-3
  Touchdowns..................      3-5      1-3
  Field goals.................      2-5      1-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     4-16      1-6
PAT Kicks.....................      1-1      2-2
Field Goals...................      2-2      2-4