On Campus — Can You Root For Michigan?

It’s going to feel dirty, horrible, and go against everything I’ve ever stood for, but I feel that rooting for Michigan in this game is rooting for Michigan State. That is, if we can still pull off the win against Penn State. Then I’ll feel terrible, supporting Michigan for nothing.

bold-arrogant-shade-of-yellow meet proud-strong-natural-shade-of-GREEN…Spartans do whatever it takes to survive. this is no exception. go blue- only to GO GREEN.

I can never bring myself to root FOR the Wolverweenies but I will be rooting AGAINST Ohio State this Saturday.

I will be cheering my head off for the Spartans on Saturday, but cannot bring myself to cheer for U of M EVER. While I’d be thrilled if we do make it to the Rose Bowl, I’ll be happy just for us to have a 10-2 season if we can beat Penn State. The rest is up to Michigan, Ohio State and the Powers that Be.

There’s is no chance that I would root for Michigan… ever… no matter what situation I or my team may find ourselves.

As Bleed Green said, I too will be happy with a 10-2 season.

Go Bucks!

I don’t think I can root for Michigan, even if a Rose Bowl trip is on the line. If Michigan beats Ohio State, then I’ll be happy because we’ll have a chance for the Rose Bowl. But during the game, I’ll still be hoping Ohio State mecilessly pounds their helmets in. I went to Orlando last year, and this year have a young daughter, so going back to Florida and Disneyland isn’t all that bad!

Let’s worry about taking care of our own business first and then let the chips fall where they may.

I have NO PROBLEM rooting for Michigan because it could greatly benefit MSU getting to it’s 1st Rose Bowl in 2 decades. Maybe I’m the wrong one to ask, because I’m not as wrapped up, and totally live my life by, hating UM as some Spartans seems to be (and to whom I say, ‘get a life’, you attend/attended a great university as well, so why do you care so much?). People like ‘no way in hell’ are so totally myopic and foolish, they’d prefer to see our school make the Rose Bowl than root for UM just this one PLEASE, GET A LIFE! (and a clue) … So put emotions aside and think about what’s best for MSU’s football program, and clearly a UM win over OSU would be gigantic for us… so for this week: GO BLUE!!!!

I think Sparty is going to need all the mojo I can muster to beat Penn State. I’m not keeping anything in reserve, and so won’t be able to send any down to the OSU/U-M game. If we are meant to return to Pasadena, so be it.

My rule is that I never root FOR Michigan – I just can’t bring myself to go that far – but, this Saturday, I will definitely be rooting AGAINST the Buckeyes! Go GREEN!!

NO. I personally wouldn’t mind seeing someone take that school down brick-by-brick starting with their football team. Go Bucks because a) There is no chance in hell MU is going to win and 2)Rich Rod couldn’t coach the bus driver to even come close to Columbus.

Never! Under No Circumstances. 3 & 9 fits just right for our dear friends. GO GREEN!

Some food for thought…

IF you root for UM, yet we lose to Penn State, how long of a shower do you require to wash that filth off of yourself?

IF OSU lays down and allows the Weasels to embarass them, AND we find a way to beat a tough PSU squad, is going to the Rose Bowl for a thorough flogging by USC really worth it?

Don’t get me wrong, nothing I’d like to see more than my Spartans taking their first Rose Bowl trip in over 20 years, but we all know the “Same Old Spartans” chant will rear it’s ugly head faster than Lindsay Lohan can show her cooch in public as soon as USC puts up about 60 on us. I think I’d rather see PSU take the beating from a USC team NOBODY in the Big Ten can compete with this year, while we at least have a chance at a decent showing against a Georgia or South Carolina in Orlando.

I am hoping by some grace of God that Ohio State doesn’t show up to play on Saturday. Although I don’t hate them, I hope they all come down with some sort of stomach bug and are forced to forfeit. That way, UM will get a “win” but will not have actually beat Ohio State. And, there will be a nice little asterisk next to their 4-8 record.

That’s about as close to hoping anything positive happens to UM as I can get.

Alum – Actually it is more likely the Pac-10 champion will be Oregon St. They have the same conference record as USC and hold the tie-breaker, as they beat them. If they can win their remaining 2 games, they’ll be in the Rose Bowl. And remember, Oregon St. lost to Penn St. by 31 points. So I like our chances in that bowl game if it comes to be.

Go Green!!

Are you people crazy???

You would give up a trip to the Rose Bowl (even though we would probably get CRUSHED by USC) that comes along once every TWENTY YEARS just because of a personal grudge against UM??? All you guys are idiots.

Newsflash: Ohio State doesn’t really care for us much more than Michigan. They may have the most disdain for UM, but they really hate the whole state. I think you all could suck it up and live with Michigan beating OSU if it means we make a Rose Bowl (which is a moot point if we lose to PSU). Seriously. What is wrong with you people??

Let’s take care of our own business against Penn before worrying about MU. We take care of that and everything will fall in place….hopefully

Chris, you’re obviously not in the same boat as the rest of us. I cannot imagine rooting for UofM, I hate them that much. Using OSU’s hatred for our state is not a reason for me to root for the most evil school of all time.

But think about it this way; it is, in a sense, a win-win situation for us. If little sister wins, it could invigorate the Spartans, pushing us into a Big-Ten championship. But if OSU murders UofM, I will sleep easy knowing that all of the Wal-mart Michigan fans are crying themselves to sleep for the next year.

Honestly, I couldn’t give two shits about UofM. They are an inferior schools with inferior students who aren’t even from this state, but if it comes down to our slim chance of going to a Rosebowl and watching OSU beat the crap out of UofM, I’m going to root for McGuffie and Minor to both have their legs broken.

If you stand in a scalding hot shower and watch and root for UofM to win does that make up for your sin?

Are you guys STATE fans??? How can anybody root for U of M?? They have been our rival since I can remember being a STATE fan since 1976. Listen up and listen carefully. There once was a time when I might have rooted for U o M when we needed them to win, but their high mighty attitude is just ….. I can’t say it. But you all know what I am talking about. Do you remember the big brother, little brother issue? Do you remember the incident involving the painting of our sparty with corn and blue? Do you guys remember when U o M beat us in basketball couple of years ago and everybody in Detroit was saying that Michigan had caught up to MSU in basketball. How laughable. How disgusting. Maybe somebody can help me out with this one. Do you guys remember when a UoM basketball player stomped on the block “S” in center court after beating us. This goes back to the Fab Five. I can’t ever think of myself as to why I would ever want to root for our hated guys from U o M. Listen, if we were on our way to the BCS championship game depended our Michigan winning than maybe I might, just might; no, I still can’t. By the way, what chance do you guys think U o M has against mighty OSU. I hope OSU runs over, under, through hapless Michigan throughout 4 quarters. I hope it is so lop sided that the scoreboard breaks. I would enjoy that anytime.
Besides, our season with 10-1 record, beating PSU and going to Florida is a success for our 2nd year with coach Mark D’Antonio. Remember our days are in front of us and we will battle PSU, U o M, OSU, Wisconsin for the big ten championship each and every year and we will have our chances in the Rose bowl. This year won’t the only one. Trust me. The spartannation will rule the state of michigan.

I hope Dantonio doesn’t let the players see the results of the U of M OSU game since it is before the Penn St. Game…..unless Michigan wins. Reason being if they know Ohio St. won I feel they may not play as hard, whether they mean to or not. I know it sounds stupid but it can happen.

As far as people complaining about how hard it is to cheer for U of M and we are MSU fans blah blah. The BEST thing for MSU is U of M to beat OSU and us to win. So keeping MSU’s best interest in mind, a Michigan win would be best for us, so for this game suck it up and cheer for them. Look at it as hoping OSU loses more so than U of M wins

I say root for OSU. It’s kind of a long shot for the Spartans, so why not relish the chance to see UM lose 9 games. Plus, State can still go to a BCS game with a win and an OSU win. It may not be the Rose Bowl, but it would still be a big game. And even if nothing “good” happens this weekend, we’ll still be watching our team on Jan 1st. So, GO BUCKS! F*** Michigan!!!