There are probably a number of you in internetland wringing your hands about the outcome of this game, a one point victory over a 3-7 Michigan State team that for most of the year has been a lot more John L. Smith than Nick Saban.
And to a certain extent, I understand that. It's The Week of The Game, which is the Only Game That Matters. We capitalize the shit out of everything this week and put an X over every instance of the 13th letter of the alphabet that we can find; all the anxiety that we'd normally experience because of a narrow win over a bad team is amplified a hundredfold because of the gravity of what'll happen in a week.
On the other hand, knock it off. Whatever amount of braggadocio you've got left in your tank, you need to horde it like a chest of precious rubies because on Saturday the circus comes to town. Strap in, kids. Things are about to get weird.
THE PLAYERS
Just win, baby. Look, it may not always be pretty, but the youngest team in major college football is sitting at 10-1 in the toughest conference in the nation with one game left to go. They'll take it.
— Joe Burger (@jburgs37) November 19, 2016
That one felt sooooo good #GoBucks
— Stephen Collier (@S13Collier) November 19, 2016
Big bro after the game we go way back #4841 He pushed me so i can get to where I'm at now pic.twitter.com/lGWpcWfOyE
— leek (@Leek_8) November 19, 2016
Wow 1000 ... yeahhhhh slobs
— Mike Weber (@mikeweberjr) November 19, 2016
This is something special
— Craig Fada (@cfada29) November 19, 2016
That winning feeling is so so good! #GoBucks #BeatSparty
— Cameron Johnston (@Cam_Johnston) November 19, 2016
A NUANCED AND INFORMATIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE INTRICACIES OF THE NFL'S RULE ENFORCEMENT POLICIES
No idea how Weber dodged a penalty for this. pic.twitter.com/QuAWrICdge
— Eleven Warriors (@11W) November 19, 2016
Don't see anything wrong here https://t.co/Kf27yyBAVi
— Darron Lee (@DLeeMG8) November 19, 2016
@DLeeMG8 @11W you tripping bro do that in a game I promise you get fined
— Eli Apple (@EliApple13) November 19, 2016
Why would I get fined? For pointing? https://t.co/4JJ1BTgMo3
— Darron Lee (@DLeeMG8) November 19, 2016
Yess for unsportsmanlike conduct.. you know they look for any reason to take yo money bru https://t.co/Ls5qRUKe5c
— Eli Apple (@EliApple13) November 19, 2016
No.Fun.League. https://t.co/Oc76iylhM2
— Darron Lee (@DLeeMG8) November 19, 2016
Gotta educate that man D Lee..can't have him acting up on the field
— Eli Apple (@EliApple13) November 19, 2016
THE ALUMNI
Agony and ecstasy. Every week these guys crack me up.
This is gunna be a classic OSU/Mich St grind it out game. I said they'd test out run D in the middle. Not lookin good.
— Jay Richardson (@JayRichardson99) November 19, 2016
Ok Buckeyes. This is a game we gotta beat some body up.
— Larry Grant (@LarryGrant95) November 19, 2016
Had a feeling them Spartans was gonna play us tough today
— Eli Apple (@EliApple13) November 19, 2016
I don't get why we gotta make games that are so easy so hard. Smh
— Larry Grant (@LarryGrant95) November 19, 2016
To the other Bums up North... y'all next #TIMEFORWAR
— Darron Lee (@DLeeMG8) November 19, 2016
Yo, @CoachTomHerman what are you doing next Saturday around noon
— Cardale Jones (@Cardale7_) November 19, 2016
EVERYONE ELSE
If you can find a way to party, regardless of the outcome of a game, you are doing it correctly. I'm not exactly sure what "it" is, but it definitely involves freezing your asses off in a stadium of an inferior football team.
Sitting in 30 weather and yelling "I-O" for 3hrs was worth it to see my Buckeyes win @Brutus_Buckeye pic.twitter.com/8nKwPlNgRB
— Ryan Schwarzwalder (@schwartzy48) November 20, 2016
Combined score in Ohio State-Michigan State the last five seasons: 121-120.
— Eric Seger (@EricSeger33) November 19, 2016
Absolutely wild.
Ohio State's Raekwon McMillan and Jayln Holmes show off their windmills, mimicking Michigan State's kicker's infamous celebration #OSUvsMSU pic.twitter.com/QkBIY2bAnZ
— Lantern TV (@LanternTV) November 19, 2016
"Beat Ohio" chants ringing throughout Michigan Stadium.
— Kyle Rowland (@KyleRowland) November 19, 2016
YOU'RE GOD DAMN RIGHT TWEET OF THE WEEK
Michigan been weak, and still are weak don't @ me I don't check my mentions anymore #GoBucks
— Mike Thomas (@Cantguardmike) November 19, 2016
That's it for this time. Game faces on, my friends. See you in seven days.
