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Recent posts
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Fantasy football, week 12
No in-depth opening this week, let’s get straight to my picks:
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Early men's hoops awards
With my term coming to an end as an MSU men’s basketball beat reporter since the spring, I can’t help but still feel connected to the team.
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Appreciating the great camera work
So after the blizzard that struck during the attempted second half of Sunday’s field hockey game, I have an extra appreciation for what our camera people do.
Reporter sticks with U-M alliances
As the Michigan vs. MSU game draws closer, I feel that I must make a confession, even at the risk of being endlessly ridiculed or physically harmed.
I am a U-M fan.
No, you didn’t misread that just now. I am an MSU student, I am a fan of the Wolverines and proud of it.
Now let’s get two things straight before I continue: 1. I am not the quintessential Wolverine bandwagon fan 2. I am not a Wolverine fan because I couldn’t get into the school and am making up for it by being a fan (I got into both U-M and MSU and chose to come to MSU).
It seems odd, doesn’t it? Around here it’s almost a requirement for an MSU student to hold a deep hatred for anything Wolverine related. But I assure you I am a tried and true fan of the Maize and Blue.
I grew up a Michigan fan and that hasn’t changed much. Growing up, I loathed the Green and White. What did it matter if the men’s basketball team won a national title? To me the Spartans were lousy and I gave them no support whatsoever. When the U-M vs. MSU game came around, I cheered for the Wolverines every time.
When Jeff Smoker threw that last-second touchdown pass to T.J. Duckett in 2001, I cried foul play on “Spartan Bob,” as did every other U-M fan.
With MSU controlling the game in 2004, I cheered when Drew Stanton hurt his shoulder late in the game and Braylon Edwards eventually led U-M to victory in the third overtime. (And on that note I cheered and laughed when Stanton blew out his knee in the 2003 Alamo Bowl, too.)
Last year was no different. U-M was in the middle of a national title run and I didn’t want MSU screwing it up early in the season.
It isn’t always easy being a fan of the rival. I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing anything with a U-M logo on campus. Every time one of my State News colleagues calls them the Weasels in an article, I cringe. When Appalachian State scored an upset over the Wolverines, I was crushed.
I never felt more alone in my life as I walked home from Spartan Stadium listening to people cheer on the Mountaineers. I’m sure I was the only one not cheering every time they flashed the score of that game inside the stadium. Unfortunately, U-M will never live that loss down – especially not around here.
I will freely admit that since I’ve been at MSU, I’ve slowly come to be a fan of the Spartans. The only MSU team I give my full allegiance to is the hockey team (and that was before they won the national title.) I’ve cheered the Spartans on in football games, but I mock them just as easily (this season it hasn’t been hard). Tom Izzo’s teams own the Wolverines, no question.
Now this year’s game, however it turns out, will be interesting. MSU is looking for bowl eligibility, and has the talent to pull off an upset. U-M has rebounded from its 0-2 start and is making a run at the Big Ten title. They have more than enough offensive weapons to wipe the floor with MSU. On that note, I’m still going to go with U-M.
Go Wolverines!
Comments
Andersen sucks
10/30/07 @ 6:28pm
Here’s an idea:
Go to U of M! Yep, you heard me right. Take your traitor self over to Ann Arbor and tell them how much you love them.
I’m sure they’re just as cocky as you are about it, so they’ll certainly appreciate you. Or were you just too dumb to get into that school?
Nonofyabuz
10/30/07 @ 7:19pm
SO WHAT YOU CALLING THE PEOPLE AT MSU DUMB???!!! Besides I think Mike Hart is hott!!
tbrock
10/30/07 @ 7:47pm
“It isn’t always easy being a fan of the rival”
It also isn’t easy attending a university consistently under-appreciated for its academic and athletic prowess. I spent all summer in Maryland explaining to people that, no, I did not attend the University of Michigan, and that no, I did not enjoy couch burning, and that yes, U of M is a great school and that no, I. Kudos, Mr. Andersen, for deciding to attend MSU instead U of M, recognizing, I would assume, one of the best journalism departments and student papers in the country. That being said, I still hope you loose this weekend. GO GREEN!
You're an idiot
10/30/07 @ 7:48pm
“And on that note I cheered and laughed when Stanton blew out his knee in the 2003 Alamo Bowl, too.”
Classy
“I will freely admit that since I’ve been at MSU, I’ve slowly come to be a fan of the Spartans”
Don’t bother, we don’t want you
tbrock
10/30/07 @ 7:49pm
ever get distracted in the middle of a post? Here is the rest of that horribly incomplete sentence…
...U of M is a great school but did not have the faculty that I wanted to study with.
Can't Believe this Garbage...
10/30/07 @ 8:28pm
Who is this kid? I cheered when Stanton got hurt? Someone on the editorial board needs to yank this kid off the paper before everyone starts to think the State News is even a bigger joke than it already is.
alum
10/30/07 @ 9:41pm
How horrible that you think it is funny when someone gets hurt? No one should laugh at anyones injury. I can’t believe this got published.
Billy B
10/30/07 @ 9:56pm
I’m marching straight to the administration building tomorrow (after I pick up my MSU STUDENT tailgating pass) and getting my State News Tax refunded. Truthfully this is totally garbage and does not deserve to be published in a newspaper that is supposidly Michigan State University’s independant voice. Please leave a fax number so I can fax a copy of my refund check directly to you.
Sincerly Discusted,
Billy B
SteveL
10/30/07 @ 10:13pm
Thought you would like directions to AA since you obviously are at the wrong place of higher learning. Go south until you smell it then east until you step in it.
Sparty
10/30/07 @ 10:39pm
How dare this kid want someone to get hurt! Even if he did, why would he write it in the paper? I am disgusted with this trash. All um is trash, tell them to go to wallmart to pick up their starter jackets for the game to keep warm…um is consistently ranked high and falters. its too bad that people do not know the history of the university of crap. But I will tell! um may have the most wins of all time, but in the past 60 years they have 1 CO-national championship…MSU has 6. the fact that they have the most wins is b/c most schools did not play football. I guess beating rutgers and dartmouth is cool. MSU is a proud university, with pride, unlike um who is arrogant for no reason!
GO GREEN GO WHITE, MSU ALL SATURDAY NIGHT!!!!!!!
SC
10/30/07 @ 11:36pm
Thanks, Jim, for letting all of Green cyberspace know you were accepted into both schools. COOL.
Hey, you know what Jim, in high school I was awarded National Honor Society. And then in high school I did volunteer work in my community. High school also was a time of maturation for me, a time to grow above the fray of studies that had consumed me in my formative years and really learn who I was —- that is, not a prick.
Good day Jim.
old lady river
10/31/07 @ 1:38am
I hope MSU wins on Saturday just to spite you, Jimmy.
KimB
10/31/07 @ 2:41am
Typical Wolverine fan, eh?
Shawn Gall, anyone?
Hirsh
10/31/07 @ 3:10am
I am 100% positive you are a liar and didn’t get into UMICH. You are too insecure….
Kari
10/31/07 @ 8:23am
For this column alone you are an embarrassment to MSU. You cheered when Stanton was hurt (wow – have you no class whatsoever? I mean, it’s understandable – not acceptable, but at least understandable – that you wanted to see him out of the MSU-UM game when he was blowing up the UM defense, but the Alamo Bowl? How did that help Michigan in the slightest?), you profess a deep love for the University of Michigan, but you can’t even muster the courage (idiotic though it might be) to wear your team colors on campus? This is sad.
My name here
10/31/07 @ 9:36am
I am sorry your insecurities still haunt you to this day. I am actually quite surprised that a UMICH fan who doesn’t actually attend the school is literate. But, I am not surprised that a UMICH fan wrote such a crappy article. This is ridiculous. You are just another typical UMICH switchback fan, football fan in the fall, switch back to MSU when its basketball and hockey season. Its too bad that you will have to go through the rest of your life always being a insecure UMICH fan, but when asked “did you go there?” your answer will be no different then 75% of weasel fans in this state. NO.
EddieMack
10/31/07 @ 9:47am
For the love of God, what in the world are they doing at the STATE NEWS. How can the editor allow this garbage in our newspaper. For everything that is sacred and holy. I totally understand freedom of speech and wanting to try something different. I even understand that the State News wanting a story in the paper to get everyone to read the latest edition, but this has gone too far. This writer should go write about fashion and leave the Spartan sports alone.
MSU ALUM
10/31/07 @ 10:05am
I will be writing to the department supervisors, editors, anyone in charge until they end the bad stories for our newspaper. I loved reading the State News while in school and even now I am cities away and I still try to find to read it online at work. This article if I were in school would cause a stir in classrooms and all around campus.
Conrad
10/31/07 @ 10:56am
That’s absolutely sick that someone would cheer because someone was hurt. I can’t express how disgusting that is. To be a fan of a team is one thing…to actively root for injury is another.
I wish you had chosen to go to UM
Ashley
10/31/07 @ 12:01pm
Serious question: if you got into both schools and you love scUM so much, why did you come to MSU? Honestly now. You’re an idiot. And to publish this in the State News makes you even more of an idiot.
2000 grad
10/31/07 @ 12:06pm
I’ll bet this guy (Jimmy) is the one who let those firecrackers off in Berkey Hall yesterday (see article in Campus Section.) Seems like the type of thing he would find to be just hilarious.
Dave
10/31/07 @ 12:06pm
You are a disgrace. Not because you root for Michigan at MSU – that makes you a huge rhymes with swoosh but because you are a reporter and are showing your own bias.
Oh and have fun in E.L. for the rest of your college life. You will probably need it.
jknoll
10/31/07 @ 12:07pm
You must be some kind of masochist to have the gall to write that column, on top of that enjoyed watching someone get hurt by a dirty play shows your class. Good Luck dork, you’ll need it MSU 35 scUM 31.
Mike
10/31/07 @ 12:13pm
I’m calling shenanigans on this article, no way this is real. Not a very funny attempt by the State News to make of UM fans. If this is real by some chance, do the world a favor James and go play in traffic. That way when a car hits you, instead of calling 911 we’ll just laugh at you.
Ralph Wiggum
10/31/07 @ 12:22pm
This is fake and you all are idiots.
jon6707
10/31/07 @ 12:24pm
Boy, talk about hitting a nerve. Touchy touchy. I think Mr James Anderson should be congratulated for achieving exactly what he set to do…....getting all you morons to hoot and holler about U-M. Too funny!
The Bull
10/31/07 @ 12:25pm
I hope you don’t just go to MSU cause all UM nanner is all wallawalla-ed…...
But you do.
an now you not gonna get no nanner at all cause bull got the chedda so even the wallawalla nanners not for you and since loyd hate the criple and radio not working you need new vcr.
John Doe
10/31/07 @ 12:32pm
You cheered when a player got injured? I could care less if you cheer for UM, but that’s just low, you creep.
Snarf
10/31/07 @ 12:40pm
I am sure the writer is laughing at all these comments and all the vitriolic emails filling his inbox.
Anyway don’t let reality stop you.
Captain Armenia
10/31/07 @ 12:40pm
This is the most ridiculous article I have ever read. As a journalist this guy should be writing for his audience which in this case is definitely MSU students. This is just like if he worked at a Boston newspaper and confessed his love for the NY Yankees. He is being a really dumb reporter by doing this. Let me give you some advice, either go to UofM and work for there paper where you can write as many of these articles you want or just opinions like these to yourself. This article should be retracted and this reporter should be punished in some fashion.
GPM
10/31/07 @ 12:42pm
I really can’t believe how seriously grown adults take this stuff. It’s a freaking school.
I think these comments show exactly why people have wars.
Captain Obvious
10/31/07 @ 12:43pm
Wow Captain Armenia, as a journalist you have no idea that he is being provocative on purpose?
Matt
10/31/07 @ 12:45pm
If you want good sports writing, check out my blog.
stretchingnotrequired.blogspot.com
Walmart Wolverines
10/31/07 @ 12:52pm
John, we always knew you were one of us. We just have to get you a pleather Michigan coat and you’ll look the part too.
This writer is an idiot
10/31/07 @ 1:00pm
Even if this is a joke, prepare for the worst type of punishment form MSU students. You will never live this down.
cooch
10/31/07 @ 1:07pm
James,
file this one under the “it seemed like a good idea at the time” file.
Problem is, for you this was an awfully shortsighted article. Yes, you get more people reading this article than any you have written before, and ever will write in the future.
But, you are now a leper on campus – and i pity you if you actually show up to tailgate or anything else. Transferring may be your best option pal.
James Anderson's mom
10/31/07 @ 1:13pm
Now James, when i decided to pull you out the garbage can at the last second, i did so because I thought you would grow up to be a morally sound individual. That and I was hoping to sell you for an 8 ball. Cheering when a kid gets injured is sickening, like when I took it in the rear then polished the guy off with my mouth. It was the wrong thing to do, and i regret it, much like i regret taking you out of that dumpster many yrs ago..
Mike Walker
10/31/07 @ 1:36pm
Will someone at the State News please realize that this guy is an idiot and stop him from misusing this site/paper as a forum for his irresonsible opinion? Any one that can say they laughed when a student athlete was hurt is nothing short of a classless moron. That being said…sounds like a typical U of M fan.
Ben Adler
10/31/07 @ 1:52pm
you are a TOOL! GO AWAY!
Anthony
10/31/07 @ 2:32pm
“With MSU controlling the game in 2004, I cheered when Drew Stanton hurt his shoulder late in the game and Braylon Edwards eventually led U-M to victory in the third overtime. (And on that note I cheered and laughed when Stanton blew out his knee in the 2003 Alamo Bowl, too.)”
Disregarding everything else in that article, dude, that’s f*****g disgraceful. You never — EVER — cheer any injury, regardless of alliance.
Hell, if this is the crap you pull, other UM fans probably don’t want to be around you.
Total, utter bullcrap.
The Great Danton
10/31/07 @ 2:51pm
The State News can do better. Fire this idiot for his offensive comments or I’m done reading your paper. It’s bad enough being a Wolverine writing for an MSU newspaper, but celebrating injuries… I hope a student blows your knees out this weekend – I’ll cheer for that injury.
Brian
10/31/07 @ 2:54pm
Way to root for guys to get hurt, very classy, guess you really are a U of M fan. Tell you what I’ll be rooting for you to get hurt by all the Spartans that read your article!
Kyle Feldscher
10/31/07 @ 4:33pm
You are a disgrace to this school. If you want a university that has a journalism school, go to Central or U-M Dearborn. Get the hell out of here.
David
10/31/07 @ 4:50pm
I hope you get hit by a truck. Cheering that a player gets injured? I will make sure to laugh when some fan gets pissed off enough about this and breaks your knee.
ashley
10/31/07 @ 5:11pm
Seriously what is your whole point of writing this, to see how much hatred you can get back from others who dont agree with you! and how much attention, if so thats pretty pathetic! if you dont like MSU then you should leave, or if you stay keep your mouth shut!! you dont need to be saying stuff like this to hinder the atmosphere at MSU!
Ryan
10/31/07 @ 5:30pm
I am shocked that the State News published this article of pure ignorance. Sure, we all know someone that didn’t get into U of M and went to State instead, but I think I speak for everyone when I say this guy is by far the most arrogant. Typical Michigan fan. “We win in one sport on a consistent basis so we’re better than you’ll ever be.” As a PROUD SPARTAN, I am disgusted by this whole situation. I bleed green and it makes me sick to think that one of my fellow students is attacking my university from the inside.
scUM
10/31/07 @ 5:34pm
James Andersen, when you fail as a writer enjoy working at Wal-Mart with the rest of the Michigan alumni. It is a disgrace you openly root for any NCAA student athlete to get injured, I’m rooting you blow out your ACL and fail out of Michigan State University. Please transfer to the University of Michigan you are not welcome in East Lansing.
James
10/31/07 @ 5:36pm
you laughed when a guy blew out his knee and hurt his shoulder what kind of a person does that, oh yea a michigan fan
Ben
10/31/07 @ 5:36pm
Poor James, I am sickened that you are allowed to write for the State News and attend classes at the University. I wonder if you expressed these same atitudes when applying to write for the State News or on your college application. Perhaps the administration should have you submit to a mental examination because there appears to be something seriously wrong with your head. I sincerely do NOT wish you luck in the future, hope you get hit by a bus and really hope what you get what you deserve in life, which appears to be misery.
Have a great life loser.
Hahahahaha
10/31/07 @ 5:39pm
At first I was pissed when I read this article. But then once I saw your Facebook profile, I started thinking otherwise. I don’t respect nor care about anything you say. You’re a douchebag! Seriously, you completely fit the mold of a UM fan. What level dungeon master are you? I’m actually more upset at the admissions dept for letting you in. You’re bringing is down. Please transfer immediately! Oh, and have fun at your Star Trek convention, turd.
Brad
10/31/07 @ 5:45pm
I hope you enjoyed your job, and this piece. Because I have a feeling that your time with the state news is coming to a close.
The Lich King
10/31/07 @ 5:49pm
James:
Stop writing and get back to World of Warcraft. We need your help beating the Orcs!!!
Sincerely,
All male students at the University of Michigan
Billy B
10/31/07 @ 5:53pm
“It isn’t always easy being a fan of the rival. I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing anything with a U-M logo on campus.”
Thats Ok, we know what you look like now anyways so we will still find you.
“I never felt more alone in my life as I walked home from Spartan Stadium listening to people cheer on the Mountaineers.”
Dont worry. You wont be alone anymore, cause you will be continuously sought out for your daily beating.
screw you
10/31/07 @ 5:54pm
stop writing
get the hell (for lack of a better word) out of here you frickin loser
michigan state and michigan fans both dont want you around
no one wants you writing
u obviously never played sports because no one cheers for injuries
go back to sittin at home and beatin it to men
Andersen's Boyfriend
10/31/07 @ 6:01pm
When are you coming home baby, I thought you said you wanted to receive tonight.
Ben Kershner
10/31/07 @ 6:05pm
There is not a single team in the whole world that I hate more than Michigan, and I would NEVER cheer when a player got hurt. That is a human being, with a past and a future in jeopardy. Fuck you, dude, I hope you loose your job. Hope to see you this weekend, fucker.
Zach Ketner
10/31/07 @ 6:06pm
you should not be allowed to write, or for that matter, talk ever again. everyone in the world is going to cheer when you blow your knee out or injure your shoulder.
Nerd Herd
10/31/07 @ 6:07pm
Nice Picture on facebook, ya nerd. seriously, I’m not even upset at you because I’m pretty sure you’re still living in your mom’s basement watching Pokemon cartoons and collecting Star Trek action figures. How do you get in this paper anyway? are you related to the owner or something? you are garbage and have absolutly no future in journalism. Next time you want to write about your personal opinion write an article explaining why you like Star Trek so much so maybe I can understand why you suck so much. And there is no way you went to MSU over scUM if you got into both schools and you “love” the wolvies so much…unless you really are that stupid.
YOU ALL ARE IDIOTS
10/31/07 @ 6:07pm
None of you realize that the point of this article was to rile people up before the game?
Fire James Anderson
10/31/07 @ 6:13pm
Hey “YOU ALL ARE IDIOTS” or should I say James Anderson…shut up. All MSU students need to call and write the State News and get this joker fired!! All students pay for the State News, we should not have to pay for this BS!
Thrall
10/31/07 @ 6:15pm
This guy has female night elf hunter written all over him.
Cool Hand
10/31/07 @ 6:18pm
OMG. I have never been so embarassed reading the State News. Who the hell hired this kid? Actually, who the hell is the editor for this rag? What a disgrace.
I have no problem with a Walmart Wolverine bringing their trailor’s to East Lansing, but to applaud the injury of a student-athlete? Disgraceful.
Anderson is a joke of a human and a columnist. The State News is a joke of a paper for letting this dork write garbage like this. Now go back to Walmart, john anderson.
Mark K
10/31/07 @ 6:18pm
This is should have never been allowed to be published in The State News. This is a MSU student run paper! And this trash is being put out there? Cheering after an MSU student hurts himself? Thats classy. I am so sick of this POS newspaper with its democratic d*** sucking and now this BS. Go Green and F Um!
Josh
10/31/07 @ 6:26pm
You sir, are a cock stain, you are the epitome of everything I hate about that other school. I, like you, was accepted into the other school my senior year in high school, but I came hear because I love the green and white, and EVERYTHING about it. People like you make that school look even worse, and for the record, the kids at scUM mock you. They think it’s funny, not cool. So you can take your maize and blue and shove it straight up your corn hole until your colon bursts. I dispise that other school, and all those moronic tards who fill that stupid hole in the ground they call a stadium each week. Remember Remember the first of september…
Chris
10/31/07 @ 6:28pm
I haven’t read all these posts but if you are such a diehard U of M fan why cheer for MSU hockey? I’ve had several friends that were Michigan fans that went to State. At the end of their four years they loved the Spartans.
I hate to pile on but I have to agree with everyone else about you cheering when Stanton got hurt. Maybe you didn’t mean that or it was poorly worded, but aren’t you a journalism major? I was at the MSU vs. Wisconsin game this year in Madison and applauded when WI receiver Kyle Jefferson walked off under his own power after getting lit up by Nehemiah Warrick.
Old Eddie
10/31/07 @ 6:31pm
A true scUM Douchebag.
Sparty
10/31/07 @ 6:35pm
You should have went to michigan. Maybe then you could meet some girls as ugly as you and actually get some pussy for once in your life.
Fire this joker
10/31/07 @ 6:39pm
What kind of a lowlife do you have to be to celebrate an injury of another person? It is obvious that you have never participated in a competitive sporting event in your life. You may claim you aren’t a fair weather fan, but da nile aint just a river in Egypt…so you like MSU hockey…sure you claim you liked it before the championship…that is so believable…you like MSU basketball, and why, because they are better then U of M’s? Let’s all say this one together… B-A-N-D-W-A-G-O-N... One or the other buddy, either you like MSU, or you like U of M, but don’t like U of M football and MSU basketball simply because they good.
Ted
10/31/07 @ 6:44pm
Even if this was a fake article or something, it has failed to get people riled up about the Michigan game – it has only gotten us angry at this one guy and depressed something so stupid could be printed in our own paper. I don’t know what the State News was thinking doing this. There is no explanation for this piece that could make the writer or the paper look any better. Also, I’m very embarrassed by how nobody from MSU can spell worth a goddamn in their responses to this article.
ted sucks dick
10/31/07 @ 6:46pm
shut up ted go suck off andersen
Brendon
10/31/07 @ 6:58pm
Because you cheered when Stanton blew out his knee, and when he went down against UM, that MAKES YOU the Quintessential Wolverine Bandwagon asshole.
I have never EVER cheered when anyone went down hurt. I even feel sorry that Henne and Hart have had so much trouble with their shitty coach after coming back their senior years. You are a class A Wolverine asshole.
Billy Love
10/31/07 @ 7:06pm
Hello mr. im too good for the green and white. First of all, how do you cheer for someone getting hurt. You are just another typical wolverine douche fan that never went there. I am so disgusted when i see someone on campus wearing anything that has Michigan on it. Another reject. Eat shit.
blanch
10/31/07 @ 7:07pm
Dude,
Do your parents know you wrote this? Way to ruin their halloween Casper!
SSPM
10/31/07 @ 7:13pm
I demand the resignations of the following people:
- This “writer” – The Snews editor who approved it – The Snews Chief Editor, for allowing this guy to ever contribute – The Snews Faculty Advisor, for selecting an a Chief Editor who obviously has poor judgement and moral character – The Dean of the Journalism Department for obvisiously not reviewing student candidates close enough – The Dean of Admission for allowing this tool on campus – Lou Ann Simon, this is just UNACCEPTABLE and the last straw!!
Spartylicious
10/31/07 @ 7:17pm
Hey Jimbo! why don’t you go back to Eastern with all the rest of your u of m fans?
2005 Alum
10/31/07 @ 7:23pm
This should not have been published. It is embarrassing that this article made it into the State News. The opportunity to write for the SN is a privilege. The staff needs to wake up and not let something like this be printed. James Andersen is a disgrace.
Aaron
10/31/07 @ 7:59pm
State News is a joke. This is absolutely disgusting.
Johnny Spirit
10/31/07 @ 8:05pm
Since its obvious you don’t appreciate what it means to truly be a Spartan, why don’t you just transfer your @$$ to UM Flint or Dearborn. You are an embarassment to our school, to the State News, and to your family.
James is hideous.
10/31/07 @ 9:05pm
Nice life, moron.
SpartanRem
10/31/07 @ 9:11pm
Not a Band-Waggon Fan? oh but u like the spartans in ice hockey? Your a writer, shouldent you know the defenition of the expression “Band Waggon”? Why dont you just leave to that little school full of a bunck of pricks.
The University of Michigan Bandwagon
10/31/07 @ 9:14pm
Glad to see you back, kid! ;)
Mike
10/31/07 @ 9:32pm
You need to be fired. You are a disgrace to MSU.
Heeeeebs
10/31/07 @ 9:38pm
You are just an embarrassment. You cheered when Stanton got hurt? What a loser. I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t want anyone to laugh at you if you got hurt. I don’t see how you could be that shallow. Why the heck are you even going to MSU? We don’t want you or need you.
If you think you’re cool…you’re not. You aren’t inpressing anyone but yourself. congratulations. Go to michigan…and go be your maize and blue..we don’t need you in green and white.
heeeeeeebs
10/31/07 @ 9:41pm
oh yeah…you really immature too.
GO STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! michigan sucks.
Plow
10/31/07 @ 10:18pm
No pride. Next time, keep this info to yourself because flaunting your allegiance to UM is not the way to go. To use the State News as your forum is like stabbing us from behind. Submit your transfer papers you weasel.
One of Many
10/31/07 @ 10:21pm
BOOOO THIS MAN!!
Steve
10/31/07 @ 10:29pm
You are pathetic to cheer and laugh when a player gets hurt. You should transfer to U of M and cheer everytime a talented Spartan goes down so you will fit right in. Oh and you are a bandwagoner!! You really shouldnt be able to write youre stupid shallow opinion any more. You should be really proud. Cant wait until youre fired.Go Green!!!
nice work jackass
Ryan
10/31/07 @ 11:09pm
I hope someone takes a bat to your knee and shoulder and then laughs in your face about it you classless f***. Seriously, did an editor take a day off or something? How did this nitwit get this drivel published? It absolutely disgusts me that this fetid imbecile is being paid with the tax dollars of MSU students. I lost a lot of respect for the State News after reading this ‘journalism.’
Amanda D
10/31/07 @ 11:24pm
I cannot believe the State News allowed this article to be published. I’m going to laugh when this guy gets injured by about 47,000 students!
I will not hesitate to kick this kid in the nuts
HC
11/01/07 @ 12:10am
Hey James,
Do 21 shots of alcohol in a row, die, and then hi to Brad McCue for me in Hell. Have fun for the rest of your weasel loving “career” in EL.
D.C. McClane
11/01/07 @ 12:57am
As a former coach and football, I can see that boy James isn’t man enough to play football. If he was, he wouldn’t be cheering on an injury.
That ain’t right, son.
The State Who?
11/01/07 @ 1:41am
Kudos to The State Trash for allowing such an article to be published. If ever you’re in need of a repository, the State Trash is there.
Also, you guys suck at being honest about your sources!
Pumpkin
11/01/07 @ 1:52am
Dear James,
You are a douche. It is stupid that you would go to the school you don’t like when you get accepted to the school you do like. I thought of applying to scUM when I was still in high school, but I knew I would never be able to live myself down from going to the wrong school, the school I didn’t like. More than you being stupid though, you disgust me. You are like everyother scUM douche. You can only cheer when something goes right for Michigan regardless of what happens to the other team, yet you can’t even cheer them on when they aren’t playing good. I’ll never forget turning the TV to see the scUM-Oregon game and every supposed scUM fan not knowing what to do. If you were a real Spartan you wouldn’t just like the MSU Hockey Team and Basketball team becuase they are good. You would be a real fan and cheer for your team no matter what. No matter how many points they lose by, or how many times they f*** up. Grow some balls and be a real fan, or eat shit.
With Hate
Pumpkin
Sparty
11/01/07 @ 9:40am
LOL at this even getting published. This is more worthy for a MySpace blog. The internet is such a great place for insecure kids such as yourself to vent hate behind the safety of your computer. On a good note, my acquaintances at UofM and Notre Dame are overall embarrassed and defeated after their seasons this year. They’re always the first to talk themselves up over the years from everything to better campuses to better catholics, lol. I thought the Appalachian State t-shirts were being overused, but am actually going to enjoy the masses on Saturday. FYI, you can purchase them at Meijers now.
Not having much luck with the MSU ladies, huh? It’s ok, your award winning journalism will eventually catch wind and they will form a line :)
Jennifer Morse
11/01/07 @ 10:13am
As an alumna of MSU who spent 5 years on staff at the State News I must say that I am disappointed in this piece. You are welcome to cheer for whichever team you chose, but I think it shows a flaw in your character to cheer and laugh at an injured player and then to boast about it in your writing. It highlights your poor sportsmanship and your immaturity. I am also disappointed in the editor who read through your piece and let it be published with those comments. It contributed nothing but sensationalism to the piece and was unnecessary. It took credibility away from you as a reporter and from the paper. Your piece is flawed in several ways, including never really addressing why you chose MSU if you are such a UM fan, but your biggest flaw is bragging about being happy when players are hurt. Didn’t your mother teach you better than that?
Appalachian State News
11/01/07 @ 10:33am
LOL at the editor as well. Micro managing will kill you. Next time be sure to read the article prior to approval before you head out for that afternoon professional development meeting (aka massage followed by horse riding at Sundance)
Andrew Smith
11/01/07 @ 10:43am
We can all agree on one thing…James Andersen just f****d himself over. Good luck showing your face in public anymore. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but seriously, whose penis did he have to suck to get this article published? One things for sure if i ever see him in public….oh wait…i wont…he’ll be too busy suckin penis. I’d start looking for a transfer school if i were you
J Goods
11/01/07 @ 10:51am
I’m not going to follow everyone else and call you names, or even go as far as saying that I hate you. I think your article was highly uncalled for, especially when you stated you laughed at Drew Stanton when he suffered serious injuries.
Surgery is a very serious matter and brings many people like myself relief from the injuries they suffer. I had a very serious spinal surgery in April, and I would never wish that kind of pain upon my worst enemy. The surgery and recovery process were very strenuous and I am thankful that I am almost pain free (seven months later).
Seeing that you are only a sophomore, I can only hope that your maturity level will grow in the coming years. You have no class, and I am 100% positive if you were face to face with Drew Stanton, you would not say a single word that was published in that terrible article you wrote.
Alumnus
11/01/07 @ 12:53pm
Way to show what a classless piece of trash you are. It comes as no surprise that you associate with a classless piece of trash University like UM. Do us all a favor and take your undeserving ass off of our beloved campus.
Only among UM fans would you find people so caught up in themselves that you would find joy in a kids injury just because it gives your team a better shot at victory.
Bill Frischling
11/01/07 @ 2:53pm
Okay, I respect your opinion, but with all respect, you stink :-). Go State!
Someone
11/01/07 @ 3:22pm
Nice, as i two an a fan. I am not a big sports fan. I dont have tickets to MSU football or basketball, and i wouldnt have got them if i had gone to U of M either. its just a school, and a team. some people need to grow up. nice article…props
Big Daddy Anderson
11/01/07 @ 4:02pm
I’m very disappointed in you, son. Everyone knows U of M is for pieces of shit like Madonna, Dr. Kevorkian, the guy who made the Delorean car, and the unabomber. Not to mention that douche bag Chad Henne. The best thing that ever came from that sh*thole is Manuel Luis Del Valle who is the president of Bacardi and Lucy Liu. f*ck bitch*s get money and f*ck that fat squirrel of a mascot you have.
Big Daddy Anderson
11/01/07 @ 4:04pm
and p.s: you’re adopted and I hate you
SpartanRem
11/01/07 @ 5:02pm
so u laughed when drew was injured? in that case, i will laughing my ass off when mike heart gets another one of his little pussy injurys like his shoulder or ankle boo boo.
SpartanAlum07
11/01/07 @ 7:20pm
Laughing at someone getting hurt is never a good thing to do…do you not have a soul? I seriously hope you leave the university and leave your position now. Go to UM and be happy…I find it hard to believe you did not go there in the first place.
Dr. Sparty
11/01/07 @ 8:25pm
You laughed because you knew that was scUMs only chance at pulling off a victory in a game that was looking pretty disgraceful in the big bedpan house. That is pathetic. Oh by the way, your mom has cancer. That’s funny.
SpartyGurl
11/01/07 @ 9:34pm
Bud Light presents Real Men of Genius
(Reaaaaaal Men of Genius)
Today we salute you, Mr. Delusional Michigan Fan (Mr. Delusional Michigan Faaaaaan!)
Season after season, year after year, you try to justify your absurdly high preseason ranking (clutching at straws!)
Season after season, year after year, you scramble to make futile attempts at damage control when the Wolverines lose to a grossly inferior Opponent (How’d Appalachian State score Thirty Fouuuuur?)
Inevitably, you’ll bring up the past, boast of National Championships won 40 years before you were born (those were the daaaaaays!)
You will point out that you have more wins than any other program as though that is relevant to the current season (been playing since the 1870’s)
Go on, ignore that loss to Ohio State in the regular season finale and continue to believe that you’ll defeat your bowl opponent with striking ease (we’ll win by thirteeeeeey!)
So crack open an ice cold Bud Light, oh Emperor of Excuses, and take comfort knowing that when you finish ranked number twenty, you’ll
be back to number five when the preseason polls come out next year (Mr. Delusional Michigan Fan!)
come out next year (Mr. Delusional Michigan Fan!)
Kayla
11/01/07 @ 10:09pm
Why the hell would you write this? Why on Earth would you write about how much you like our rival school in OUR newspaper? Who even let this get printed? You didn’t even have a point in the whole article except to piss us off. Get a life douche bag.
spartanfan22
11/02/07 @ 12:20am
WOW. Sir, you’ve got some balls. You can be a Michigan fan, I don’t approve but that’s your business, but to PUT DOWN the Spartans? Shut this punk up. I’d like to see Warrick tackle your ass on campus.
Bleed Green
11/02/07 @ 8:51am
SpartyGurl, that was amazing! :D
Steve
11/02/07 @ 11:46am
Go to Hell you worthless traitor.
choke on a d*ck
11/02/07 @ 11:58am
You, sir, are a complete fool. It is no wonder why some animals eat their young.
Chris
11/02/07 @ 1:06pm
Uh … as a die-hard Michigan fan, MSU can have you.
No matter how much you hate your rival (and I HATE Michigan State sports), you do not laugh and cheer when someone blows out their knee. Or cheer when a guy hurts his shoulder.
Also, someone tell SpartyGurl to stop stealing material that makes fun of Notre Dame. Having history and a following of fans that did not necessarily attend Michigan are not bad things. It’s not our fault that your history is stunted or that MSU has no national appeal.
UM Alumn
11/02/07 @ 1:15pm
We don’t want him either. You guys can keep him. Please stop being a Michigan fan.
Joe
11/02/07 @ 1:48pm
Why didn’t James at least attempt to explain why he stuck with UM over MSU? He can’t be the first person who grew up as a Michigan fan and then chose MSU over UM. As someone who grew up rooting for one school and attending another (granted, they were not rival schools) I have to say I cannot understand his position and he did not offer any insight.
Calling bullshit
11/02/07 @ 1:54pm
I can’t believe that article is actually for real. What UM fan gets accepted to UM and MSU and chooses MSU? About as likely as an MSU fan getting accepted at both schools and choosing UM. Maybe it happens but I call bullshit.
As for cheering when an athelete gets hurt, even if it is a joke, it’s not funny. Quite frankly it’s classless, immature and does not represent either school well.
JamesIsAbigHoe
11/02/07 @ 1:56pm
You and that assh*ole from staudt on sports that always talks about scUM can go to ann arbor and lick each others asscracks. you damn scUM make me wana take a dumb on a baby.
JamesIsAbigHoe
11/02/07 @ 1:58pm
you and that assh*le from staudt on sports that always talks about scUM can go to ann arbor and lick each others asscracks. you damn scUM make me wana take a dump on a baby.
Andrew R
11/02/07 @ 3:28pm
This guy is an idiot. Who writes this crap. How can you laugh at the sight of a player getting hurt in the first place? It’s even worse that you’re writing for the team’s paper that lost the game. You need to check youself to see if you have a pulse. It’s one thing to laugh when someone gets hurt, regardless of what team they play for. It’s another thing to do it when you’re “supposively” supporting the team that ended up losing. How about you try going out in the Big House for 60 minutes and QBing against one of the best defenses around at the time, and then end up getting hurt. James is a d*ck. He doesn’t deserve to write anymore.
Sparty On
11/02/07 @ 4:00pm
James Andersen isn’t the only terrible writer around here…
AP
11/02/07 @ 9:52pm
“Kudos, Mr. Andersen, for deciding to attend MSU instead U of M, recognizing, I would assume, one of the best journalism departments and student papers in the country. That being said, I still hope you loose this weekend. GO GREEN!”
Yeah, tbrock. Congrats on priding your great journalism program when you can’t spell lose.
Joe
11/02/07 @ 10:33pm
Unacceptable. I’ve seen some poor articles in my 3 years, but this is ridiculous. Expect not to see fraternities or sororities advertise for recruitment with this publication. It is atrocious that my tuition, however small in part, helps fund this newspaper.
go green
11/04/07 @ 5:31pm
Wow, How dumb could you be? If you want to praise the wolverines, send a letter to the editor of their f*cking paper, not publish this garbage in ours.
go green
11/04/07 @ 5:33pm
Oh, and about laughing at a player getting hurt; go get hit by a truck, preferably on Shaw in the middle of the day, so we can all laugh at you.
amy
11/05/07 @ 11:24am
the biggest problem i have with is article is that it’s poorly written and edited. glad you tried to cover it up with a clear attempt at being outrageous and ‘controversial’
really hope this negative, temporary popularity is worth your family’s disappointment, james.
Allison
11/05/07 @ 8:33pm
Wow, another U of M dbag, didn’t see that one coming.
dave
11/09/07 @ 10:30am
This is so pathetic. If you want to lavish some praise on scUM do it in the letters to the editor.
Your days at the venerable STATE News are numbered.
D-Roy
11/09/07 @ 11:10am
You know what, if you’ve been a Michigan fan your whole life, and came to MSU, then I would actually judge you negatively if you switched allegiances to MSU. It’s Rule #1 in the fan’s handbook to stay true to your team. But to cheer on the injury or ANY team’s players is unforgivable. When I saw Michigan players dropping like flies last Saturday, I wasn’t cheering, I had their genuine interest at heart. And to openly insult a team in their school’s newspapers is in pretty poor taste too. I think the editor’s of the State News should be ashamed of printing this. One more reason I fear that the State News continues to lower the bar every year.
sad
11/09/07 @ 9:51pm
Stop it.
Now….
Seriously.