People have been asking me about it.

On the air a couple of years ago, he said when he was at Either UCLA or Colorado or Washington , and Harbaugh was at Stanford, Stanford came from behind and won the game. When Harbaugh came across the field to shake hands he said: “ How did you like that, Ricky?”

Seriously, who does that?

Too many coincidences. Let me list a few, one is personal
1.) At a charity basketball game he yells at the volunteer referees "call f-----n foul". When approached by the ref away from the crowd he claims he was kidding.
2.) numerous run ins with coaches, Carroll, Neuheisel and Shwartz
3.) taking a swing at Jim Kelly outside of locker room
4.) MSU pregame where his players tore up turf
5.) Can't his players quit chirping from last night's game.

Just seems to be a pattern to me. There are many more I could list.

I agree with him! Optimism is more fun! Go Green!

Won’t the big ten jump in and add to whatever penalties msu decides on these kids? I seem to remember that happening with gholston. BTW I hope we don’t suspend them at all, but that’s probably naive.

The attack in the tunnel by a small handful of players was terrible.

But I thought MSU's players showed great restraint here.


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If MSU's players hadn't shown restraint, we would have ended up with one of these, which I feel is what Harbaugh wanted:

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"The week prior, Franklin said that the Big Ten should regulate access to the Michigan Stadium locker rooms via the one tunnel. The coach added that "something bad is going to happen before we put in that policy."

"There really should be a policy that [when the] first team that goes in, there is a buffer," Franklin said. "If not, this team starts talking to this team, they start jawing back and forth, and something bad is going to happen before we put in the policy."

DO NOT belong here.

This Spartan who lives in the midst of the m blueys feels you are enabling MORE media bias ON A SPARTAN SITE.

SIMPLE answer. Put your insults and names in the body of your post.

THEN at least your negatives aren't read my thousands.

I literally laughed my ass off at their response to the fight in the tunnel. Why was an opposing player in the tunnel to begin with? If we get players suspended, so be it. Can we then at least hear the background story of why a fictional name of Jeff Jackson why driving your wife's car, when he got in an accident?

...you can only try to contain it. Should have gotten another TD before half. Goff is actually playing good ball. He has his limitations, but if he has time he can make some throws.

8.2. It was good but needed more air and distance.

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It’s the program

I keep hearing of three this year. Two are obvious (psu, msu). What’s the 3rd one.

Conference Recap

The first full weekend of B1G hockey was this weekend with 3 conference series going on.


Michigan State at Notre Dame. The Irish took 4 of 6 points on the weekend controlling play in a 5-0 victory on Friday. MSU rebounded though earning 2 of 3 points on Saturday with a shoot-out victory after the teams ended OT tied at 1. Jagger Joshua scored the lone goal on the night for MSU and St. Cyr stopped 39 of 40 shots in a nice effort between the pipes. In the shoot-out, MSU earned the extra point by converting both of their opportunities. ND started the shoot-out with a goal by Nick Leivermann. Tanner Kelly for MSU answered. Jack Pierson then missed for ND, and Karsen Dorwart for MSU put the Spartans up 2-1 in the shoot-out, and Ryder Rolston was stopped securing the extra point for MSU.

Overall thought that was a good rebound effort by MSU, and I really think we need to keep our expectations in check with the depth of the conference this season. The conference looks like it is as strong as it ever has been. So we could see a lot of back and forth throughout the season.

Minnesota at Ohio State. #1 Minnesota went to Columbus this weekend and came away with a split. Ohio State earned a 6-4 upset victory on Friday. Ohio State was impressive building a 6-2 lead in the 3rd period. Minnesota responded the next night with a dominating 4-2 victory - out-shooting OSU 32-22 on the night. Minnesota broke a 1-1 tie with under 5 minutes to go in the 2nd period and didn't look back scoring 63 seconds later for a 2-goal lead. They added a power play marker in the 3rd before OSU closed out the scoring. Jimmy Snuggerud earned 3 points for Minnesota. Davis Burnside scored twice in the loss for the Buckeyes.

Penn State at Wisconsin. Coming of a big weekend road sweep, Wisconsin was looking to build momentum in the B1G conference slate, and they fell flat as Penn State swept the Badgers in Madison with a 2-1 victory on Friday and scoring 3 times in the 3rd period to win 4-0 on Saturday. Souliere stopped 63 of 64 shots on the weekend.

Michigan v/at Western Michigan. Michigan faced top-20 Western Michigan this weekend and earned the sweep in the home and home series. Michigan scored with 9:02 remaining in regulation to earn a 5-4 victory at home over the Broncos. The Wolverines won 6-5 in OT on Saturday in Kalamazoo. Western rallied from being down 4-2 and 5-3 in the 3rd period - getting the equalizer with 1:27 remaining. The Broncos also outshot Michigan 45-28. Luke Hughes scored the game winner for Michigan in OT with 1:33 remaining.

Conference Standings



Stu's Power Rankings

1. Michigan (7-1-0). The Wolverines are off to a strong start outscoring teams 42-22 so far this season. They are 3-1 against ranked opponents this season with games against BU and WMU. They are about to enter an interesting stretch - playing back to back road series with PSU and Notre Dame followed by pre-season Big Ten #1 pick Minnesota coming to Yost just before Thanksgiving. 7 of their next 10 conference games are on the road.

2. Minnesota (5-3-0). The Gophers might only be 5-3 on the season, but they have played 6 of their 8 games against ranked teams (4 against then-top 10 teams). They have an interesting stretch of games as well basically playing the reverse of Michigan's schedule hosting Notre Dame and Penn State followed by the trip to Ann Arbor before Thanksgiving.

3. Ohio State (7-2-1). Ohio State gets the nod over PSU right now in these rankings because of their series with Minnesota and split. That gives the Buckeyes a win over a top 10 team. The Buckeyes seem to have figured some things out after a tough mid-October weekend at UConn. They get the weekend off before coming to East Lansing and playing ND at home prior to Thanksgiving.

4. Penn State (8-0-0). PSU looks legit. The question is they haven't really played anyone, so just how legit are they? We will find out for certain over the next two weekends as they host Michigan, go to Minnesota, and then host Michigan State prior to Thanksgiving.

5. Notre Dame (4-2-2). The Irish right now are just looking for consistency. They are 3-1 on the year on Friday night but only 0-1-2 on Saturday (1-0 on Sunday). The Irish head to Minneapolis this next weekend, host Michigan, and heads to Columbus prior to Thanksgiving. They may have one of the tougher Thanksgiving week series as well going to BU and BC over the holiday week.

6. Michigan State (4-3-1). The Spartans are showing some signs of growth, and they will need to continue to do so over the course of the entire conference season - with so many tough match-ups. The good news is the Spartans have a chance to build some momentum at home the next two weekends hosting Wisconsin and Ohio State before going to Happy Valley prior to Thanksgiving. 7 of our next B1G games are at home.

7. Wisconsin (2-6-0). So which Wisconsin is the real one? The one that swept a top-10 UMD team or the one that hasn't won another game? Wisconsin has been outscored 20-7 in their 6 losses. The Badgers take a break from Big Ten play after next weekend's series in East Lansing as they play LIU & Lindenwood prior to Thanksgiving. Those two series should be able to help Wisconsin fix some things.

Final Thoughts on MSU

Earning any road points in the B1G this year will be tough, and it certainly was a little disappointing to see the result on Friday, but it was encouraging to see the bounce back Saturday. The question for the rest of the conference will be if teams will beat up on each other a little bit - that won't allow any 1 team to pull away in the Standings, or will the teams that people expect to be at the top (i.e. Minnesota/Michigan) run away and hide. I'm not expecting anything higher than 6th place this year in the B1G (keep in mind 5 of the 7 teams are ranked) - which is more a testament to the depth of the conference. MSU certainly has a chance with the home games coming up to build up some points in the bank.

No toughness physically or mentally.

Love the energy and attitude, but the teams play losing football. No discipline. Thorne is exasperated with his teammates not doing the right things. That first drive was total pee wee league crap. No decent kicker? When have we not had a kicker? And no long snapper? How does this stuff happen? 1 injury and the special teams unit is dead? The offense is nervous and tentative.
These things are bad enough, but add to it that Tucker doesn’t get this rivalry. He compared it to other rivalries in his pre game presser. That sent up red flags to me. This is way worse than any other rivalry. This is personal and ugly. It is really not healthy in any way. Dantonio got that and he had his lesser talented players play with great. discipline. I don’t think tuck is capable of having a disciplined team.
As for the tunnel, I could care less. That Michigan kid got lucky. We should not be apologizing to them. Close ranks.
I am afraid that tuck = Brady Hoke/Bobby Williams/Dan Campbell. Love to hear them talk, can’t coach.

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This is a horrible look.

When the two teams had a brush up in EL during a pregame - Harbaugh grabbed the narrative - MSU took the entire fall. It was my first disappointment with Dantonio - he withdrew - saying something about trusting his God.

The way this appears to be going down - has the same smell. What MSU players did wasn’t right, but there are a lot of root cause issues surrounding a larger problem. See Jim’s article.

First and foremost Go Green, Go White. I put on my best Spartan gear before I did my daily errands. I am disappointed the fellas couldn’t restrain themselves but I am not going as far as Comp. As a matter of fact when it was brought up when I was out and about, I responded I think they should take anger management classes next to the Holocaust building Edwards will be visiting. How it is handled internally is MSU business. It was indeed disappointing.
I am putting in the rear view mirror and looking forward. The prior opponent prefers to look back to days long since gone when the outcome of the game was a forgone conclusion. Those days are long gone. So now they chirp and you can’t bite. You have to channel it to motivation. When you do that the wins taste better and the bully has high blood pressure.
I like the rest of you will be looking at where we go from here. I said early in the season that the offense was getting a pass because of poor defensive play. Gradually as the defense began to show improvement, the offensive woes began to reveal themselves. If you are blaming it on the offensive line I question how you watch a game. I ask you to consider how UM defense pounded their prior opponents. The game plan has left a lot to be desired.
I like the young defensive players with the three experienced tackles that will be coming back. I like the returning ball catchers. I like where the team is headed. You know who doesn’t, those other guys. The ones who chirped during the Perles, Saban, Dantonio and now Tucker years who were silent during the Muddy, Bobby and John L. years.
Go State beat the Illinois.

I'm not. I'm legit hoping to be cheered up. Fire away.

True Spartans know how to handle adversity and those who don’t make their way to the ignore feature. It is very effective and does make the board more enjoyable. I currently have 23 (a few more added over the last 24 hours), but many are the same people under different names. Go Green and stay strong Spartans!

Hurts doesn't it.???

Putting insults to players, coaches or other posters
in the title for all to see
should cause a time out.

I did it to you so I will understand if I cannot post either.

DO UNTO OTHERS as you would have them do unto you.

Every spartan fan being defensive this morning needs to check themselves. All of us and the media.

It doesn't matter who is at fault (although some kid #1 went looking for a fight and it appears even into the MSU locker room doorway). The blocking of the team walk, the taunting. It's all the same thing. We have gone on the field between the lines and played hard and never relented to their superiority. So what are they doing? It is obvious.

They want to get us to commit personal fouls. They want to get us off our game. We have an edge and they are trying to eliminate it. (Yes they are the better team this year).

Absolutely just because we are in the age of Twitter and its overstatements of everything doesn't mean we go and defend ourselves, be embarrassed, and run for cover and punish everyone. There are fouls on the field for unsportsmanlike words in extreme cases. For a reason. This doesn't need an investigation. Or for MSU to give it one little bit of attention besides asking what happened.

You walk into another team's locker room taking shi&$t? You expect to get physically removed.

I am not going to even post about our team or program in the next few days. It's a waste of time. We all know where we are and Michigan is the better team right now. To allow them to take their victory into the next days and week is us taking the bate. Handle it internally, and consider the circumstances.

Twitter will move on to something else and another thing for bored people to post about. Calling for our players to be suspended for pushing someone around who gets in their grill in their lockerroom. Let him learn his lesson and not look for it next time. Move on.

I'd like to know out of the last 10 or so altercations in big ten football games, how may involved UofM.