http://www.statenews.com Coming into Saturday, the Spartans running back postion was in shambles. Players were either injured or were no longer an active part of the team. Running backs coach Dan Enos said Thursday that he didn’t know who his starter would be. en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:15:40 -0500 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48284 Timmy happy when Timmy Wrong! MSU wins an easy one, just like they should. No contest…but there really shouldn’t be. The mere thought that an upset was possible speaks volumes about the state of the program. Nice tune up, but it won’t help the rest of the way. Two more losses are coming…and MD is on the way out. Good news. Maybe, just maybe, the administration can get it right the next time. Surely there is a coach with the savy to put togethjer a winning staff and recruit a winning team. Running game still lousy!!!! MD must go Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:00:59 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48284 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48285 “The mere thought that an upset was possible speaks volumes about the state of the program.” No, it speaks volumes about the state of its “fans.” You, sir, can go root for the Wolverines. We don’t need your kind here. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:51:14 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48285 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48286 “MD should go ?” I think not – Yeah go root for UofM, as true MSU Fans we support till the end, with the exception of a few bad apples, Mark Dantonia atleast shows some pride and effort and gets pissed when things go wrong, unlike Smith who smiled, threw his hands in the air and Bobby ran scared.. MD is a great step in the right direction for this football program, he has a young team who are not as experienced going down to the wire. Cousins will take us back to the top of the Big Ten next year…. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:43:10 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48286 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48288 Yup folks… there’s always “next year.” How many years have we been sayin’ that. The MSU Football mantra: “We’ll be better next year.” Funny how “next year” never seems to come. …and we just keep blogging along, happily ever after………….‘til next year. Ho, hum. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:58:07 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48288 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48290 Thank GOD that I am a true Spartan football fan and others out there exist. No need to even respond to the PATHETIC Wal-Mart Wolverine Tim, pointless to step to his level of stupidity. Go Green! Go White! Go SPARTANS! ps the red shirt QB is the SHIT nationwide, to be exact. He may oust Cousins, you never know. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:19:05 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48290 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48303 How low have expectations sunk?? You are so very desparate for a win, you crow about this victory as if MSU just won the National Championship. Beat Florida 49-14 and you can crow! Beat Alabama 49-14 and you can pound your chest. So desparate for respect….it’s Western Michigan folks… In basketball Tom Izzo has us accepting nothing but final four repeats each year, and frankly that’s what he’s built. In football if we win against Our Sisters of the Mighty Grace girls school, you folks crow on and on. Wake up!! Still second rate with lowered expectations. Timmy doesn’t shop at Wal-Mart, SoCAL! Timmy isn’t a wolverine fan, “You’re an Idiot.What Timmy is is a realist. MSU SHOULD beat WMU each and every time…talk of an upset should be more a pipe dream for them to consider than a possible outcome that we could ponder. But with MSU football, one never knows which team will show up. That level of inconsistency is part of where the problem is..and coaching is a huge part of that! With MSU football we’ve been conditioned to expect the very least..with MSU Basketball the very best. What and who is responsbile for THAT?? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:32:56 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48303 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48304 …and now that we’ve had our fill of name-calling, how about some legitamate discussion: Where has Ashton Leggett been hiding? Why hasn’t this kid been used? Are we making too many promises to HS recruits that they’ll start…Baker and Caper the proof? The first big run by Leggett was nice…finally a back that busted it to the outside when the holes just were’nt there. Where’s this kid been? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:43:13 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48304 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48307 Yes it was just Western Michigan, just like it was just Appalachian State that beat Michigan..you still have to execute and play well..the Mac is much improved..I liked what I saw..focus..3rd quarter focus dissapeared for a while without the leader of the offense..Kirk Cousins..Stop subbing Nichols for Cousins..it is a definate negative..wait until a few minutes left in the game..Keep the main man in..Kirk Cousins..Nichols needs to wait..he is not yet ready..Who is this Tim..Wow Man Deep..Go back to Walmart and U.Of M..Oh yeah, they lost big to Purdue..Oh did Forcier let you guys down..He is so over-rated..He could not wear Cousin’s jock.. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:02:24 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48307 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48318 Timmy is a graduate of MSU. Timmy has no love for the UofM. Timmy finds it very hard even to support UofM in a bowl game. They are arrogant. We all know and agree on that. Timmy has watched and played football longer than any of you. When you were just a gleam, Timmy was playing. Timmy has worked his MSU degree into a nice nestegg and retirement, so now all Timmy has to do is blog with the rest of you. Most of all Timmy is a realist. Timmy has been playing and watching and supporting MSU football since the 50’s. Timmy calls it like he sees it…just like you. Lot’s of work yet to do with this MSU football program. Not like the days of old: Biggie, Duffy, Bubba, Jones, Washington, Apesa. That’s who Timmy is. Keep working, SoCal, SpartyGold, et. AL…Timmy likes to spend his extra SS money. Don’t need it…use it for my bar tab every Saturday at the watering hole watching MSU. Buys plenty of rounds for the other realists in the crowd. Also during the week with BBall. Hurting my liver, spending my money. Life is good. This is who Timmy is…thanks for asking. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:57:25 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48318 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48323 What’s the point of being such a damper on the team. Unfortunately some of the players read postings like yours and it kills their spirits. It’s good that you are a Spartan but we’re supposed to support our team, no matter what. They play to represent us, regardless of the victory, they still play for us. No matter how good the team is, there’s always room for improvement. Naysayers like yourself do disservice to the program! You probably piss and moan about the basketball program left and right. Why live in fear when you can live in hope? Did Saban come in, take over, and make it miraculous immediately, heck no. We are Big Ten, tough on recruiting. Cold place, tough on recruiting. School with a legacy of questionable football, tough on recruiting. But we are building from the ground up. So at times of transformation real Spartan fans stand up and our proud of their coach and players. After all, they are Spartan’s just like us! So if you’re going to piss and moan, keep it to yourself. Support the Spartans or shut up. What’s the point of being so negative? Seems personal to me, hope your money treats you well. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:20:38 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48323 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48326 Who the f@ck refers to themselves in the 3rd person? Timmy, you didn’t go here so quit acting like it. you’re a moron with a laptop. Go AWAY TOOL. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:46:35 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48326 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48330 With the prices they’re charging, they’ve got to produce if they want my love. I “donated” $500 a seat for my tickets, and I’m sorry, at that level of money, you’ve got to produce. I’ll be a fan for free. If you’re going to gouge me, I want results. College football is big business. I understand that. I pay into it, however, with my money comes a price: my blind loyalty is left at the door. You’ve got to give me a good product for my money, or of course, I’m going to complain. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:42:50 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48330 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48331 Timmy is an idiot..you are right..3rd person..hey , just like Timmy on South Park..Timmy never graduated from High School let alone Michigan State and I know he never played any sport..well, maybe soccer in grade school..Nest Egg..Really ?? I say you work at Walmart..Probably a greeter.. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:02:59 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48331 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48339 I don’t care about all the haters out there. I just want any Spartan football player out there who reads this comments section to know that there are still many MSU supporters out there. We feel your pain when you lose and share the glory when you win. We may not have been the best team this year but I know for one thing that sports is not all about winning every single time. It is about being a good sportsman and what the Spartans did during the game exemplified that. I respect Kirk Cousins for taking the knee at the 5. I respect the Spartans for knowing that 49 is enough and not go on like some other team did to gain 63 points against a non-conference opponent that they had to pay $500,000 in order get a bowl game. I respect the Spartans for being just that, a SPARTAN. GO SPARTANS!!! Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:03:44 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48339 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48372 Wow…lots of hostility toward fellow bloggers. Lots of “agree with me or else” stuff. It’s still a free country, or do we all just have to fall in line, drink the koolaid, or suffer the wrath of the hecklers out there. We all have our opinions…there’s room for diversity of thought, isn’t there, SoCAL. Or is it, as it would seem, your way or the highway! Talk about narrow minded…geeeeeeez I also asked the question about Leggett, but I see that there is really no room on this blog for intelligent debate or exchange of ideas. Still waiting for thoughts on Leggett. Got any, SoCAL,Du, SpartyGold?? Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:56:43 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48372 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48375 Tim, you’ve proved you are not intelligent. Why would you now expect anyone to have an ‘intelligent’ conversation with you?? Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:18:13 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48375 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48446 AQhhh, the “MAZ” awakens from another drunken stuppor no doubt. So, as I read your commentary, folks that don’t agree with you are not intelligent. Great attitude. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:15:40 -0500 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/48446