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Woody' - It gonna be an interesting Eastern Div. race in the B1G as you know... Watching MSU and the Buckeyes go head to head in Indy last Dec was a treat and I came away impressed with your D-line and especially with Ryan Shazier and Roby on your D. IMHO, your 'corners' needed to step up a bit more in that game, and it became more apparent as the game progressed. Watching Braxton and Hyde work as a tandem on execution of the running game was very, very impressive to say the least. I'm pretty sure Urban will have worked on Braxton's passing skills and should even be more effective this year. Now, for MSU, we've lost our Jim Thorp Award winner in D.Dennard, along with D. Allen, Max, etc. on D... and a significant portion of our O-line... but... Dantonio and crew have a proven track record of building a 'team' from 2*'s and 3*'s. What you might see this year is continued improvement with Cook at QB, greater depth at WR, further use of our TE's, and giving JLang a bit more rest (with utilizing R.J. Shelton (and others)). I think you'll see more yds. put up by Cook and an improvement in his pts./game and efficiency %. I really want to see D. Terry at QB during the Spring Scrimmage this Sat. as see how he has progressed and how he can fit into the packages that Dave Warner commands. If Narduzzi can shore up the 'D' effectively before the Oregon game, it should be fun watching the Eastern Div. this fall. Also, you can easily see where Coach D's aspirations have turned to more of a National Stage in recent interviews. If both our teams can stay relatively healthy, it again should be a heluva WAR !!!

FWIW, when I was at the the B1G Tourn. (United Center) last year, McCaffery did a similar antic when we played Iowa. He couldn't take MSU coming from behind in the last 7 min. and went nutz on the refs, started throwing his jacket at things (lost his money clip on the floor) and had a hard time being restrained by his coaches. Izzo started to walk over to the Iowa side and discuss McCaffery's antics with the refs, but seemed to realize this guy can meltdown at any moment and become quite unstable... We were seated near the Iowa bench and saw the whole thing unfold.

For me, the 'key' to this game will be if Urban can quickly forget the disappointment of the B1G Championship and (as you mentioned) motivate his staff and lead his team to a victory over Clemson. This is going to be a very, very interesting game to watch on Fri. Good Luck to the Buckeyes!!!

Landlord - well put! Coach D. (and his excellent coaching staff) have put together the MSU team with mainly 2, 3 and some 4 star recruits. It's been a pleasure to see the Spartan team develop over the past few years into what it is today. It may not be pretty at times, but the relentless 'heart' of this team is displayed every weekend. That same 'heart' came together today for the Huskers on both sides of the ball. Something is tellin' me good things are in store for our conference! ........... Go Green !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the kind words Michiganball... sometimes we need to put aside the 'rivalry' and simply appreciate the accomplishments our teams give our respective Universities that we love so much! Interesting note, while I was at the B1G Championship game in Indy, I saw a UMich student in the massive SRO crowd at Lucas Oil Stadium. While I quietly watched him (not conversing too much with the Buckeye or Spartan fans) I could easily sense how much he wanted to be there and experience 'the moment' of that great environment. I only speak for myself, but we all need to build on this day and relish in the Spartan and Husker victories for the tangible benefits that can be gained. Coaching is the key to success as you so very well know. I wanted so much to see Bucky and the Badgers get over the hump for their seniors and go out on a high note... sadly it didn't come about this year... We now need tOSU to perform well and secure another BCS win! ................... Go Green !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow !!! Spartan Nation is gonna burn a 'couple more couches' in EL this evening !!! We're all pinching ourselves for bringing home the Rose Bowl and getting that important BCS win for our conference... Did you see Coach D's eyes in the post game interview on how much this meant to his program? Great time to be a Spartan! To look back, I took my family to Ryan Field and braved the 5 Deg. F temps and 25 mph winds off the lake to see us win the Legends, then had the opportunity to see the B1G Championship in Indy and saw two great teams battle it out (The tOSU fans were great (maybe a little too much spiked KoolAid b4 the game ) but everyone was respectful and experiencing the O-H-I-O chant go around the indoors stadium was impressive to say the least. I also want to give a shout out to you Huskers for skinning the Dawgs today and knocking down the SEC a few notches. The baton is now passed to you Buckeyes ... good luck! Go Green !!!

Woody' - I know I shouldn't say this but I was actually pullin' for UMich to come outta there with the National Championship... but as ND said 'it just wasn't to be...' Too much experienced talent for Louisville that UMich couldn't overcome. Maybe, Izzo could have been a factor but we'll never know... Anyway, KUDOS to UMich, tOSU, Spartans and Indiana for giving us a BB season to remember for quite some time!!! Now, we've gotta start working on getting our football teams back into the NC spotlight this fall (major priority !!!).

Nice win! Very impressive.... Miles has your team playing hard and you certainly deserved that hard fought win in the B1G Tourn. tonight. Looking forward to seeing your team play Fri. night vs. tOSU. at the UC !!! As you can imagine, it's a great place to watch a BB game... or better yet... the 'Hawks this year!

As everyone commented, MSU got lucky (can't say that too often this season...) and pulled out a win for the B1G! What impressed me most was the way Conner Cook (redshirt fresh.) handled himself under fire. Certainly he has a arm and is a bit more athletic than Max. During the week it seems Cook was also relegated to working with the 2nd string offense in prep. for this game. The kid really seemed to spark the offense/defense when we needed it the most and he came thru with quite a bit of composure. Spartan Nation just might have had a look into next year if Coach D. can gives the kid an honest chance at the QB position. Good luck to the Huskers against the 'Dawgs'!!! I'm lookin' forward to seeing Taylor give Georgia some pain!!!

It was MSU. Michigan played some Horizon league team. Speaking of the Horizon League, Youngstown beat Georgia lol Don't laugh too hard, Valpo is about to come beat us in pretty embarrassing fashion. mrandyk - Keep the Faith! Just think what It'll feel like when your team makes it to the 'Big Dance' again... The transition from football won't be so tuff !

As Woody' mentioned, the B1G conf. season is gonna be fun to watch! I'm really impressed the the tandem of Appling and the freshman Harris. MSU seemed 'dead' on the court in Germany, but tonight they played typical MSU bball again.

After calming down a bit, I have to admit that that was one helluva game to watch! Congrats to the Huskers for having the moxie to come back after some horrible calls by the officials and pull out a thrilling win in the final seconds. What impressed me the most is watching Martinez come back after the 3 picks and simply will his team to the end zone. He is a stud, and you're blessed to have a kid like that working his tail off for you every week! I was also impressed that Pelini could keep himself under control will all the flags that were being thrown. All I can say it that the calls by the refs was 'consistently'..... BS for both teams. Good Luck for the remaining conf. schedule and represent our division well in Pasadena! PS.: Pls come back with the Roses this year... the conf. needs to start developing its respect again!

I agree Foppa that EL does not = Chicago in fan base or in things to see or do but still, East Lansing is simply a nice college town... only a couple of miles from Lansing, Mich. There are lots of sports bars, resturants (a nice Sushi resturant is 'Sansu' next to the campus), etc. We're also a bit of a drive from Detroit. The MSU campus is quite spread out, and kinda gives you a Forest Preserve like experience with the Red Cedar River meandering thru the campus. Spartan Stadium underwent a $10M upgrade for the sound and Videoboard and to see/hear/feel in person is a dramatic improvement from last year. View from usual visitors section (this weekend Spartan Stadium will prob. look like a christmas tree as sd'sker mentioned above! LOL...): Student Section on right: There prob. will be a 'sea of Red' in Spartan Stadium on Sat. and with the way the economy is going come and spend lots of 'green' !!! We need it...

Knapp' - I thought I recalled you grew up in DesPlaines? If so, when did your family move to Kenosha?

Michiganball - You can only imagiine how we feel about the lack of any offense with our team. As you said, what a waste of a good defense... Very, very sad for MSU this year... See ya at the Breslin!