First Minnesota knocks off No. 1 Indiana, which wasn’t a complete surprise. Then Penn State beats No. 4 Michigan – perhaps the biggest shock of the season.
Who’d have thought a week ago that MSU’s loss to the Hoosiers wouldn’t be as much of a death-blow to the Spartans’ Big Ten title hopes? This makes Sunday’s game in Ann Arbor that much more important for MSU to rediscover the mojo it had in dismantling the Wolverines the first time around in East Lansing.
And the past two days also proves something I’ve said for months now – Penn State and Nebraska, to me, are every bit the big stories of the Big Ten. Regardless of records, neither has been the doormat people predicted at the start of the season. That only makes the conference that much more of a gauntlet.
Of course, we’ll see what that battle-tested nature means for how each team physically come March.
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Paris is burning!!
Tommy go down to Chrysler baby !!!
Nixer stop talkin baby !!!
Keither bang up shoulder baby !!!
The Tanner brings the good baby !!!
Please put it to bed. The real “tanfan” was mildly annoying at best. Your feeble attempt at imitation is boring and on some weird level, actually an insult to the original idiot. Cue the family feud “ehhh” noise…you fail.
Michigan has been overrated all year, it was only a matter of time before they lost a game like this.
They’ve lost 4 straight road games. What will happen if they lose the next home game?
When they lose the next home game, we will celebrate!! MSU 72 – um 66
yep not if they lose, when they lose !
WeON wears his Fab Five Final Four wound like a crown
He calls his child Brandon
‘Cause he likes the name
And he sends him to the finest school in town
WEON, WEON likes his money
He makes a lot they say
Spend his days counting
In the BTN studio converted warehouse by the Dan Ryan motorway
He was born a pauper to a pawn on a 600 thousand dollar signing day
When the Dept of Justice said Ed Martin is dead
And the recruiting war’s begun
Big Dog has a son playing for SCUM today
And he shall be WEON
And he shall be a good market for Walmart fans
And ESPN shall be promoting WEON
In tradition with the merchandise branding plan
And he shall be WEON
And he shall be a big seller with Walmart Fans
Walmart shall sell WEON
Brandon sells cartoon balloons in Free Press town
His family business thrives
Drew Sharp throws up the tide has turned trial balloons all day
Sits on the porch swing watching them fly
And Drew Sharp, he wants to go to Bristol Conn.
Leaving Weon far behind
Take off trial balloon and go sailing
While Weon Weon slowly dies
And he shall be WEON
And he shall be a good market for Walmart fans
And ESPN shall be promoting WEON
In tradition with the merchandise branding plan
And he shall be WEON
And he shall be a big seller with Walmart Fans
Walmart shall sell WEON
Dukie V. say sorry to Nixer baby !!!
Tommy go on sport radio baby !!!
The Tanner is on fire baby !!!
“So you want to come to Ann Arbor and act like a big shot without actually doing …
You”ll fit right in” REQUIEM FOR WEON
Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr, Glenn Robinson III. Nick Stauskus, Jordan Morgan,
There is little debate in the college basketball world that those five players, who wore the WEON jersey for the Michigan Wolverines in late January of 2013 represent the greatest 72 hour National Championship team ever recruited.
Perhaps the most misunderstood, too.
Eventually known worldwide as the “Fab 72 hours,” each member of the quintet was rated in the top 100 of ESPN sound bites in those 72 hours.
In their heyday, the Fab 72 hours were widely portrayed as the root of all evil in college sports. They wore WEON shirts and mugged for the cameras..They blasted hip-hop music in the locker room. They talked trash. A lot.
Wal-Mart customers of all races and demographics spent hundreds of dollars on WEON jerseys, shorts and the like, trying to capture a tiny slice of the group’s mystique. By the end of their 72 hours together, the Fab 72 hours were routinely overexposed in the national media for the way they carried themselves. Articles and television reports painted them as successors to the legacy of Jalan Rose or worse — as Dick Vitale media plugs..
Now, 30 days later, Burke, Hardaway, Robinson and Referee Ted Valentine have come together in ESPN’s “Fab 72 hours” documentary to tell the inside story of the arrogant class that was feted by Mark Silverman’s Big Ten Network .as rock stars. Notably absent is Marky Mark, the No. 1 troll from the Spartan Shadows blog, who isn’t yet willing to discuss two sticky subjects: the Breslin St Valentine’s day massacre, which led to legal problems for the BTN and the removal of the WEON banners from Wal-Mart, and the infamous matador defense at the end of last nights’s Penn State game.
The documentary, however, isn’t afraid to tackle those subjects as well as the formation, rise, scandal and epilogue of the team. Mark Silverman is the executive producer of the film
They’re voting on the Pairs thread at Freep (in the article where the players whine about the officials) and 322/498 say this is the beginning of the end (64%)
Michigan is 4-5 on the road this year.
Chris,
up until Feb they had only played 6 “away” games and half of those were at neutral sites. The only true away game they won (meaning, a hostile crowd and a reasonable opponent) was against Minny when they had already met and past their first peak of the season. This is a very weak team mentally, if they get a bad 1st round matchup like they did last year – they’ll be out early.
I agree entirely classic 12 5 upset thats not really an upset.
MSU gets up early on them in Crisler, look for another MSU blowout !
Word has it that there were some “bad”calls near the end of the game. Now this does come from an impartial Wolverwhine, understand that but………………
Every cloud has a silver lining, with KY flailing and falling, MI slipping and sliding, this could set up an Epic, I say EPIC battle, between two famous Blues,
for the NIT Championship……
yeah who does want to win the NIT so they can say “WE ARE # 69 !!!”
“doesn’t” want to win
Cracker took down a post of that “a very anti-couch poster” on that other blog, guys a real chairwarmer. When is LSJ going to hire a REAL Spartan Beat writer who can have a real Spartan blog. Chris and Brian have been relegated to covering “the othe sports” and while as a Lacrosse player I know how important that is, but these threads stay up forever and Cheese-it doesn’t do basketball or football worth a darn because he has no access. Anyone can quote other writers on the internet or copy their interviews. Guy is just wasting air.
Hey Marine, what did the post say ?
Marine is traveling from Florida to Ohio Belien he is out of pocket.
Looks like Bollman is the new OC confirmed now?
thanks for the update, wondering where he was !
Hey GoST8go right now Lunardi has VCU set against MSU in a second round matchup. Maybe your spouse prophecy will come true.
after the way VCU dismantled Butler today, I don’t really want that matchup.