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[Rocky Bleier]

[edindetroit]

[emoji38]

[froot loops]

Oh man this is absolutely awful, the whole team has fallen apart. There is no excuse for this season. This may be worse than 1991.

[Jeff Buchanan]

Oh man this is absolutely awful, the whole team has fallen apart. There is no excuse for this season. This may be worse than 1991.

Well, that's a fair assessment but I suspect MSU will put up a fight despite some pretty awful OL play and revolving door QBs none of whom have gotten the job done. The Spartan back end on D is a mess and that's putting it mildly.

But, the Illini showed they can get into M's backfield and be disruptive. I suspect they will do that. OTH, Speight has shown he can handle the pressure and generally gotten better overall. If MSU has to commit 5-6 helmets to get pressure on Speight, that's not a good thing for MSU as M has too many ways to beat that sort of thing.

This is one of those games where everyone is expecting M to blow out their next opponent. I think they will win but it's going to be closer that the experts will predict it twill be. I base that on M's road experience. They've played one road game, one, and that was against a really weak opponent. MSU isn't going to roll over and play dead like Rutgers appeared to do.

[froot loops]

Outside of two quarters against the Irish, there is no evidence that MSU is better than the weak Rutgers team. They certainly have more talent, but it is not showing itself. Fortunately or unfortunately we have a state playoff game at the same time as this game. I am afraid it's the former.

[Rocky Bleier]

Michigan has come into this game fairly intimidated over the past 8 years. MSU players talked tough and backed it up. Rodriguez had a team full of midgets and guys who were undersized at their position. Hoke's teams talked tough but didn't live up to their bravado. This year is different. MSU has lost 5 in a row and has lost confidence. Harbaugh has instilled the toughness that Brady Hoke only talked about. The final play of last year's game is motivation enough to keep these Wolverines focused and bent on revenge. Unless the game is played in a monsoon, I am confident of victory.

[Tslisher]

Michigan has come into this game fairly intimidated over the past 8 years. MSU players talked tough and backed it up. Rodriguez had a team full of midgets and guys who were undersized at their position. Hoke's teams talked tough but didn't live up to their bravado. This year is different. MSU has lost 5 in a row and has lost confidence. Harbaugh has instilled the toughness that Brady Hoke only talked about. The final play of last year's game is motivation enough to keep these Wolverines focused and bent on revenge. Unless the game is played in a monsoon, I am confident of victory.

I think a monsoon is advantage Harbaugh!

[edindetroit]

I think a monsoon is advantage Harbaugh!

I was thinking the same thing.

[jaadam4]

Sat is going to be painful during pregame watching that play over and over again.

[froot loops]

Why watch the pregame? It's a waste of time.

[The Oracle]

Correct.

[WM Wolverine]

Sparty is dead silent, did they all jump off the bandwagon?

[froot loops]

They were silent when things were going good.

[edindetroit]

They were silent when things were going good.

No they weren't.

[Rocky Bleier]

They silently put up billboards to celebrate wins over Michigan...