re: Big Ten Championship Pregame Thread

Jeauxbleaux beat me to it. We are all Spartans this week.

I am summoning the ghost of Bill Burke and the shocking comeback upset at the Shoe in 1998. My idiot Spartoonie friends ended up in the AP photo above Burke.



Here's hoping that the legendary Neutron Man is crying just as he did in 1998 up in the great Horseshoe in the sky.



The one fanbase that can understand what a Michigan fan is going through this week is Texas. Do they hate Aggy or Oklahoma more? I suspect Oklahoma. We work with and have to spend holidays with Spartans. It will make us jealous to see them win, but we are happy somewhere deep down that they are kicking arse.

Unfortunately, I don't think MSU quite has the horses. Narduzzi has been a maniac in shutting down guys like Denard. I suspect State will do a respectable job against the run, but the great corners get burned on a deep ball or two like last year. On the other side of the ball, the development of Langford, Burbridge, Fowler, and Lippett bodes well for State. They can get their points. I just think Cook will get the the yips.

34-17, Sloopy pulls away at the end.