Comments for Spartans Weblog http://www.spartansweblog.com A blog about Michigan State basketball and tempo-free statistics Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:39:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Izzo versus Big Ten opponents by SpartanDan http://www.spartansweblog.com/2008/07/22/izzo-versus-big-ten-opponents/#comment-1742 SpartanDan Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:11:19 +0000 http://www.spartansweblog.com/?p=332#comment-1742 The only thing to like about Bucky is the uncanny resemblance with Bo. The only thing to like about Bucky is the uncanny resemblance with Bo.

]]> Comment on Izzo versus Big Ten opponents by Spartalytical http://www.spartansweblog.com/2008/07/22/izzo-versus-big-ten-opponents/#comment-1741 Spartalytical Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:41:30 +0000 http://www.spartansweblog.com/?p=332#comment-1741 Now you must die. Sorry. Now you must die.

Sorry.

]]> Comment on Izzo versus Big Ten opponents by kj http://www.spartansweblog.com/2008/07/22/izzo-versus-big-ten-opponents/#comment-1737 kj Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:56:56 +0000 http://www.spartansweblog.com/?p=332#comment-1737 Kurt is a Bucky lover! Kurt is a Bucky lover! Yeah, you shouldn't have admitted it. Kurt is a Bucky lover! Kurt is a Bucky lover!

Yeah, you shouldn’t have admitted it.

]]> Comment on Izzo versus Big Ten opponents by Kurt http://www.spartansweblog.com/2008/07/22/izzo-versus-big-ten-opponents/#comment-1735 Kurt Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:36:45 +0000 http://www.spartansweblog.com/?p=332#comment-1735 I shouldn't admit this, but I've always kinda liked Bucky.... I shouldn’t admit this, but I’ve always kinda liked Bucky….

]]> Comment on Izzo versus Big Ten opponents by kj http://www.spartansweblog.com/2008/07/22/izzo-versus-big-ten-opponents/#comment-1734 kj Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:17:59 +0000 http://www.spartansweblog.com/?p=332#comment-1734 Talk about adding insult to injury. Bleacher Report ranks Bucky the Badger ahead of Sparty in their top ten list of college mascots. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/39672-college-footballs-top-10-mascots Talk about adding insult to injury. Bleacher Report ranks Bucky the Badger ahead of Sparty in their top ten list of college mascots.

http://bleacherreport.com/arti.....10-mascots

]]> Comment on Neitzel, Sherman, Izzo, and Coffee Talk by witless chum http://www.spartansweblog.com/2008/07/20/neitzel-sherman-izzo-and-coffee-talk/#comment-1733 witless chum Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:05:22 +0000 http://www.spartansweblog.com/?p=331#comment-1733 "What are the odds MSU-Michigan becomes a great rivalry once/if Beilein builds a contender?" High. If Beilein can get to decent, I think the rivalry will heat up again. The hate is still there for me, but you can't get too excited about it when they're bad as they were last year. Or as incompetent as they were in 2006, when the Mock Turtleneck might have had more talent on the floor than Izzo did. “What are the odds MSU-Michigan becomes a great rivalry once/if Beilein builds a contender?”

High. If Beilein can get to decent, I think the rivalry will heat up again. The hate is still there for me, but you can’t get too excited about it when they’re bad as they were last year. Or as incompetent as they were in 2006, when the Mock Turtleneck might have had more talent on the floor than Izzo did.

]]> Comment on Neitzel, Sherman, Izzo, and Coffee Talk by Spartans Weblog » Izzo versus Big Ten opponents http://www.spartansweblog.com/2008/07/20/neitzel-sherman-izzo-and-coffee-talk/#comment-1732 Spartans Weblog » Izzo versus Big Ten opponents Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:58:37 +0000 http://www.spartansweblog.com/?p=331#comment-1732 [...] the unanimous conclusion of this blog’s readers is that Wisconsin is our main rival.  And I can’t argue with that conclusion.  Chalk this [...] [...] the unanimous conclusion of this blog’s readers is that Wisconsin is our main rival.  And I can’t argue with that conclusion.  Chalk this [...]

]]> Comment on Neitzel, Sherman, Izzo, and Coffee Talk by SpartanDan http://www.spartansweblog.com/2008/07/20/neitzel-sherman-izzo-and-coffee-talk/#comment-1722 SpartanDan Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:08:13 +0000 http://www.spartansweblog.com/?p=331#comment-1722 Maybe it's just because I grew up in Minnesota (where the student section wears "Better Dead Than Red" T-shirts when Wisconsin comes to town), but chalk up another vote for Wisconsin as our biggest rival. The streak-ending game (though that was before my time in EL), the 2000 Final Four, the Banner Game, Alan Anderson's perfect game, Neitzel's shot, their buzzer-beater revenge two weeks later ... so many of our most exciting and/or excruciating games have come against them that it can't be anyone else. There isn't enough history with OSU, Indiana was too hard to hate under Davis, NW and PSU have been absolute jokes for most of their recent existence, and nobody else has been consistently good enough. Maybe it’s just because I grew up in Minnesota (where the student section wears “Better Dead Than Red” T-shirts when Wisconsin comes to town), but chalk up another vote for Wisconsin as our biggest rival. The streak-ending game (though that was before my time in EL), the 2000 Final Four, the Banner Game, Alan Anderson’s perfect game, Neitzel’s shot, their buzzer-beater revenge two weeks later … so many of our most exciting and/or excruciating games have come against them that it can’t be anyone else. There isn’t enough history with OSU, Indiana was too hard to hate under Davis, NW and PSU have been absolute jokes for most of their recent existence, and nobody else has been consistently good enough.

]]> Comment on Neitzel, Sherman, Izzo, and Coffee Talk by CP http://www.spartansweblog.com/2008/07/20/neitzel-sherman-izzo-and-coffee-talk/#comment-1718 CP Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:54:41 +0000 http://www.spartansweblog.com/?p=331#comment-1718 In the Izzo era, Wisconsin is the closest thing MSU has to a true rival. Izzo says Michigan is our basketball arch-rival, but actions speak louder than words. Izzo, the players and fans have consistently treated Wisconsin with more energy and emotion than any other Big Ten program. When MSU plays Wisconsin, it has conference championship implications- not to mention the Final Four in 2000 (and they almost had a Final Four rematch in 2005.) I don't see this changing anytime soon. So far, Beilein has been a poor recruiter. Apparently, even Oakland has a better class than Michigan- http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080715/SPORTS08/807150378/1048/print How can we talk about Michigan basketball achieving greatness when mediocrity seems out of reach? Will they have double digit wins in the regular season this year? Will they make the NIT? Izzo will always like to stick it to the Wolverines as he was personally affected by their recruiting scandal, but Michigan is history and Wisconsin is now. When will MSU and Wisconsin start to officially acknowledge their rivalry? It's only good for the Big Ten and will give them more national coverage. Maybe when MSU wins more conference championships and Wisconsin stops being a dud in the tournament? In the Izzo era, Wisconsin is the closest thing MSU has to a true rival. Izzo says Michigan is our basketball arch-rival, but actions speak louder than words. Izzo, the players and fans have consistently treated Wisconsin with more energy and emotion than any other Big Ten program. When MSU plays Wisconsin, it has conference championship implications- not to mention the Final Four in 2000 (and they almost had a Final Four rematch in 2005.) I don’t see this changing anytime soon.

So far, Beilein has been a poor recruiter. Apparently, even Oakland has a better class than Michigan- http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.....1048/print How can we talk about Michigan basketball achieving greatness when mediocrity seems out of reach? Will they have double digit wins in the regular season this year? Will they make the NIT? Izzo will always like to stick it to the Wolverines as he was personally affected by their recruiting scandal, but Michigan is history and Wisconsin is now.

When will MSU and Wisconsin start to officially acknowledge their rivalry? It’s only good for the Big Ten and will give them more national coverage. Maybe when MSU wins more conference championships and Wisconsin stops being a dud in the tournament?

]]> Comment on Neitzel, Sherman, Izzo, and Coffee Talk by Dr Huxtable http://www.spartansweblog.com/2008/07/20/neitzel-sherman-izzo-and-coffee-talk/#comment-1717 Dr Huxtable Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:14:52 +0000 http://www.spartansweblog.com/?p=331#comment-1717 I'd have to agree that at the moment it's Wisconsin, but the team that I most want to beat every year is Indiana. With the addition of Crean, that rivalry should really pick up again in the future. espn is running a countdown of the best hoops programs of the last 25 years. I think that MSU should probably finish a little higher than they did in the Beyond the Arc countdown. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3481014 I’d have to agree that at the moment it’s Wisconsin, but the team that I most want to beat every year is Indiana. With the addition of Crean, that rivalry should really pick up again in the future.

espn is running a countdown of the best hoops programs of the last 25 years. I think that MSU should probably finish a little higher than they did in the Beyond the Arc countdown.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/.....id=3481014

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