Kirk Herbsreit and his #13 Michigan State Spartans

Cupcake schedule in 2013 & 14... but not this year.  If you didn't see Herbstreit &  Co. with their 2012 College Football Preview of Michigan State - well, it is a worthwhile looksie.  Kirk picks the Spartans as his #13 preseason football team.  He concludes with... "All eyes will be on Andrew Maxwell and what he can prove.  Because with the defense that Michigan State brings back, if the offense can excel, they'll have another great season."  The nice this of the video is the discussion of the change in tone, the change in culture under Mark Dantonio to make Herbie a believer in Michigan STATE.


Kickoff just 3 months minus 1 day away!  Go GREEN!

How loud was it? The loudest EVER, that's all. Stadium videos of the replay call. Herbie & Musky deserve kudos

Two days after, and the ES has watched the last minute drive at least 50 times.  AT LEAST.  What an amazing story by Wojciechowski at ESPN.com.

I have ripped on Herbstreit & Co. for their blanket endorsement of Wisconsin, something that you don't expect out of someone as talented as he and the Game Day crew.  But, I have to give credit to Herbie and Brent Musburger for the post-game analysis, which I've just watched for the first time (since I was at the game, then at the Roadhouse to celebrate).  Musky called it "one of the great football games that I've been around.... It was unbelievable, I mean the whole game.... Oh, what a ball game, and what an unbelieveable ending."  Herbstreit: "and that's saying something... This is what makes college football so special."   Looking at the video, it is amazing how thousands of fans just wouldn't leave after the game, everyone just stunned celebration.  Several bloggers, including yours truly, are ranking it among the greatest college football games EVER PLAYED IN HISTORY (or try this) (dating back to Princeton & Rutgers in 1869).



I want to share with you below several clips that I've found from within the stadium of the timing of the announcement. Seriously, it must have hit 140 decibels in the stadium (ie a jet engine) -- the loudest single sound I have EVER HEARD in Spartan Stadium.  I have been attending Spartan football games for 25 years and never, NEVER, had it been as loud as on Saturday night. These all give you the sense of how AMAZING the experience was -- I'm not lying, it was truly one of the greatest single experiences of my entire life.

Thank you THANK YOU to everyone taking video in the Stadium.  It was historic, an amazing climax to one of the best games ever played.

Here is the announcement - just a BANG like an atomic bomb blast. Swear to the good Lord above.



Here is a video from the student section, right where the ES was standing, everyone in the stadium with their arms up signaling TD, when IT HAPPENED:







Here is a clip of the entire last drive, including the announcement:



Here is an amazing video of "Rocket," front row seat - ROW 3 to be exact:



Finally, a clip taken by the ES of the celebration of the players running to the corner of the endzone to celebrate with the student body: