Well, well, well... if it isn't the destitute juggalo who broke the previously undefeated "Get Dumped Then" voodoo and stole the local team's dreams last season. (You look like Swamp Thing.)
All I remember about that game is an Ohioan kicker — forever exiled from this great state — windmilling out of Ohio Stadium like he won a national championship.
And so he did, because a Big Ten championship is as close as Sparty fans who weren't alive in... *googles "Last Michigan State football championship" ... 1966 will ever come to their team winning a national championship.
Glen Mason compares MSU to OSU, questioning why people don't think MSU reloads like Ohio State.
— Isaiah Hole (@isaiahhole) August 16, 2016
Hmm, yes, why don't people think—ah, that's right. Life comes at you fast. (People forget a cabal of OSU fans tried to install Mason as a coach.)
Fact: Michigan State is 3-7 since Alabama tombstoned them.
I don't trust weathermen or their forecasts, but this seems about right for a Brutus-Sparty banger. The good news is Urban Meyer can't ignore Ezekiel Elliott.
Today's slate: We're riding with Arizona State, Wake Forest, Rutgers, and Oklahoma—though a case could be made for West Virginia. I have no problem with West Virginia so I'm open to persuasion.
| TIME (ET) | GAME | FAVORITE | TELEVISION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | BUM SQUAD at No. 25 TEXAS A&M | A&M (-27½) | ESPNU |
| 12:00 | No. 11 OKLAHOMA STATE at TEXAS CHRISTIAN | TCU (-4½) | FS1 |
| 12:00 | No. 7 WISCONSIN at PURDUE | WISC (-28) | ABC |
| 1:00 | No. 23 FLORIDA at No. 16 LOUISIANA STATE | LSU (-14½) | SECN |
| 2:00 | OREGON at No. 12 UTAH | UTES (-14½) | – |
| 3:30 | No. 17 FLORIDA STATE at SYRACUSE | FSU (-21) | ESPN2 |
| 3:30 | No. 22 WASHINGTON STATE at No. 10 COLORADO | BUFFS (-5½) | FOX |
| 3:30 | MISSOURI at No. 19 TENNESSEE | TENN (-16½) | CBS |
| 3:30 | INDIANA at No. 3 MICHIGAN | UM (-24) | ESPN |
| 5:30 | No. 24 STANFORD at CALIFORNIA | STAN (-11) | PAC12 |
| 7:00 | No. 4 CLEMSON at WAKE FOREST | CLEM (-22½) | ESPN |
| 7:00 | BUM SQUAD 2 at No. 1 ALABAMA | BAMA (OFF) | ESPN2 |
| 7:30 | BUM SQUAD 3 at No. 15 AUBURN | AUB (OFF) | SECN |
| 7:30 | ARIZONA STATE at No. WASHINGTON | UW (-27) | FOX |
| 8:00 | No. 8 PENN STATE at RUTGERS | PSU (-28½) | BTN |
| 8:00 | No. 9 OKLAHOMA at No. 14 WEST VIRGINIA | OU (-3½) | ABC |
| 10:30 | No. 13 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA at UCLA | USC (-13½) | ESPN |
Shoutout to the cowardly SEC, whose best game today is thanks to a hurricane canceling the original LSU-UF matchup on Oct. 8.
Secondary shoutout to everyone who tweeted me this week that Mike D'antoni coaches the Houston Rockets. If y'all keep telling yourselves that, maybe one day it will come true.
THE SPARTAN DOSSIER. Here's everything you need to know about the Spartans:
- Preview
- Roundtable
- Mailbag
- Trailer
- Jerome Baker and Justin Layne: Friends turned foes.
- Game Poster
- Ramzy's MSU dispatch
Be sure to follow @11W, @EricSeger33, @TimShoemaker, @AndrewMLind and @Edge11W on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news and analysis.
#PERTINENTWIRE. This may not be the same team that beat Ohio State last year, but the game remains the game:
PREDICTION: Going to take more than inclement midwest weather to crumble my faith. 48-3, Ohio State.
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