Mildly Impressed
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Well, it may have not been the biggest ticket game over the weekend, but I have to say, I am pretty impressed with the way the Michigan State Spartans handled themselves this weekend. The in-state rivalry between U of M and Michigan State might not be as intense as the one between U of M and Ohio State, but trust me when I say, it's still a big deal.
After five years of watching our team fall short, it was nice to see them once again hoist the Paul Bunyan Trophy after their 15 to 6 victory. I'd basically given up all hope of watching the game this past weekend. As far as I knew it was only going to be shown on the Peacock Network which is one of the only streaming services I don't pay for.
In addition to that, I expected Michigan to beat the crap out of MSU, so I wasn't really even that interested in watching it. Then I found the game on YouTube TV at the NBC Sports channel, and I found myself watching a miracle happen.
Let's be clear, the Spartan still aren't a great team this year. This was their first conference win of the season. On top of that, Michigan isn't that great this year either, so while a win is a win, it's not like they toppled some ranked team.
Despite all of that, their defense was pretty fantastic on Saturday night, and while MSU didn't score a single touch down, their kicker did everything he needed to do to give them the win. Well done Sparty!
In the rest of the NCAA, number 18 Missouri and number 7 Texas had a good game, but Texas came out on top 34 to 20. Minnesota was also giving number 8 UCLA some fits, but the Bruins took down the Golden Gophers 34 to 20.
Number 3 Utah held off number 9 BYU 28 to 20, and number 21 South Carolina beat Texas A&M 17 to 9.
Number 16 Wake Forest had a massive 77 to 0 obliteration of Merrimack, and number 23 Oregon had the stunning upset victory over number 12 Ohio State. While OSU dominated the first quarter, Oregon took the second and then they continued that pressure through the rest of the game.
Number 25 Boise State had a high scoring game against Colorado State beating them 64 to 38, and number 13 Tennessee had a nice upset win over number 6 Kentucky 34 to 6.
Finally, in other ranked news, number 2 Georgia put the hammer down on number 10 Mississippi State.
Probably the biggest upset of the weekend was number 11 Notre Dame toaking down number 1 Miami 31 to 24.
Finally, Oklahoma continues to play spoiler beating number 24 Florida 23 to 7.
With just a couple more weeks before the big Ohio State/U of M game, I have a feeling the Buckeyes are going to have some pent up frustration to take out on Michigan.
After five years of watching our team fall short, it was nice to see them once again hoist the Paul Bunyan Trophy after their 15 to 6 victory. I'd basically given up all hope of watching the game this past weekend. As far as I knew it was only going to be shown on the Peacock Network which is one of the only streaming services I don't pay for.
In addition to that, I expected Michigan to beat the crap out of MSU, so I wasn't really even that interested in watching it. Then I found the game on YouTube TV at the NBC Sports channel, and I found myself watching a miracle happen.
Let's be clear, the Spartan still aren't a great team this year. This was their first conference win of the season. On top of that, Michigan isn't that great this year either, so while a win is a win, it's not like they toppled some ranked team.
Despite all of that, their defense was pretty fantastic on Saturday night, and while MSU didn't score a single touch down, their kicker did everything he needed to do to give them the win. Well done Sparty!
In the rest of the NCAA, number 18 Missouri and number 7 Texas had a good game, but Texas came out on top 34 to 20. Minnesota was also giving number 8 UCLA some fits, but the Bruins took down the Golden Gophers 34 to 20.
Number 3 Utah held off number 9 BYU 28 to 20, and number 21 South Carolina beat Texas A&M 17 to 9.
Number 16 Wake Forest had a massive 77 to 0 obliteration of Merrimack, and number 23 Oregon had the stunning upset victory over number 12 Ohio State. While OSU dominated the first quarter, Oregon took the second and then they continued that pressure through the rest of the game.
Number 25 Boise State had a high scoring game against Colorado State beating them 64 to 38, and number 13 Tennessee had a nice upset win over number 6 Kentucky 34 to 6.
Finally, in other ranked news, number 2 Georgia put the hammer down on number 10 Mississippi State.
Probably the biggest upset of the weekend was number 11 Notre Dame toaking down number 1 Miami 31 to 24.
Finally, Oklahoma continues to play spoiler beating number 24 Florida 23 to 7.
With just a couple more weeks before the big Ohio State/U of M game, I have a feeling the Buckeyes are going to have some pent up frustration to take out on Michigan.
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