MSU whupps the Big East Conference Champions

Raise your cup and honor the Midwest Regional Champions.

Yes people it is true. Contrary to popular opinion, Michigan State AGAIN rises to the occasion

and sends the 'Ville home to mama. And yes, again, the ever omnipotent Digger Phelps and the ESPN crew sit back and flap gums about Tyler "Two move" Hansbrough and the impressive win against Oklahomo. The win for MSU was an eyebrow raising "oh by the way" as usual.No matter, MSU continues to represent the Big Ten and wipes out the Big East Tournament champs. The 'Ville , the Juggernaut that it was , was limited to 0 fast break points.Indeed, zero, nada.And its infamous press yielded, you guessed it, zip. Granted, I cant say I ever took for granted that MSU would win. That is not our way. Cautious optimism is always the attitude. It must be. There is no other way. MSU executed its game plan very, very well and controlled the pace of the game. I found it funny that the Louisville guards were handing the ball off to the officials instead of letting it fall so they could get back of defense. Nifty stuff, until the officials put a stop to the cheatin'. Goran Suton, oh my god, continues to play beyond the call of duty. Doing all the little things, scoring, rebounding, playing solid enough defense. Durrell Summers finally showed up and on top of all that, Raymar Morgan and Chris Allen scored a whopping 6 points and gathered 8 rebounds between them both in not one, but TWO games. The one thing they are contributing is hustle plays and defense. If these guys get a game and everyone else can keep it together, MSU will do well in Detroit. Spartans, we are light years from the last time George and I sat quietly in Ford Field and watched as UNC made us look pathetic. That was December. Louisville averaged 83 points per game. 83 . Msu allowed the Cards 52. DEFENSE people, thats what defines Big Ten ball. Louisville had 1 basket in the last 5 minutes or so. Count em, 1. Defense, not showtime bull crap like Oklahoma. Those power dunks when OU was down 20, real impressive. No different than any successful football team in the 10. We will play defense and establish the run.Thats championship football in the 10. The Big East track meets didnt hold up this time. UCONN will try the same, Im sure. Thabeet will have to come out and play on Suton. If Suton can continue to play at this level, Thabeet HAS to come out. I wont say 7' 3" wont get his, but the game plan will be different for sure.

The battle is over Spartans. Drink, eat, make little Spartans. Savor this accomplishment and revel in the pain of our victims. Tomorrow, we go back to work. Another plateau is in view, and we must find a way to conquer it. The people of Spartan nation and on a larger scale, the people of Michigan need it. No guarantees, no freebies, no mercy. We get none, we give none. Hardship hardens us, victory tempers us. The finished steel cuts to the core. This thinking is the ship that carries us to Eden, or the rock we shatter upon. It is the only way.

A continued lack of RESPECT

WARNING:CAUSTIC MATERIALS

O Fortuna

velut luna

statu variabilis,

semper crescis

aut decrescis;

vita detestabilis

nunc obdurat

et tunc curat

ludo mentis aciem,

egestatem,

potestatem

dissolvit ut glaciem

It is done.The Spartans have defeated the defending national champions not once,but TWICE in one season. The first coming in January at Breslin.Suton in limitedrole,Raymar Morgan MIA.The results? A 13 point victory for MSU and the Big 10.

SCORE:BIG TEN (1) BIG 12 (0)

The Spartans not only defeated Kansas, but went on to take out Texas in Houston.

SCORE:BIG TEN (2) BIG 12 (0)

The national media says,"...the Big 10 is weak from the top down...". Time goes on, games are played, asses is kicked, MSU is a paltry 12-2 versus the Top 50. The Big Ten tournament starts....MSU smacks the Gophers, then stinks up Conseco and folds to a superior effort by

OSU, who eventually put their legs in the air for The Great Satan. The team that made it all the way to be destroyed by the questionable recruiting UCONN Huskies. Shame, shame Huskies. Pesky rules, I know. The BIG MEANIE PANTS NCAA looking at you all cross ways and such.I degress. Digger Phelps, who I add is unemployable in coaching because he is a small bitter man

from his tenure as a pissing lamppost at Notre Dame, sits on CBS and CONSTANTLY flaps his

pie hole about MSU and the pathetic Big Ten. Keep on pulling against us,please Digger. You flap, we win. Strange, but true none the less.

Kansas rolls into Indianapolis, and in a post game interview, Sharon,Cherron or whatever Collins says ( on television no less) how Travis Walton is OK. "He's the Defensive player of the year or sumthun..he's allright.",Collins says. "I'm gonna show da wurl (translation from dumb assery; Show the world) I can carry this team to da finals....". Almost as bad as listening to Travis Walton speak about his "edumafication", but no where near the boisterous style. Collins in his comments never even aknowledgeing the fact that KU has an outstanding sophomore center.Collins will show da wurl. Right. Kansas comes out of the gate and starts fast.MSU in typical fashion coughs upa number of turnovers that leads to 15 points for KU. This translates into a double digit lead for KU as time wears on toward half. MSU chips and chips away, taking advantage when Aldrich goes to the bench, Suton quietly racking up the reebs. Kansas goes on a 13 -0 or so run that extends over 2:45 or so and things start looking panicky for MSU. Izzo calls time out and composes the troops. KU coughs it up and bang, MSU scores (2:50 or so left in the

first half) and with sound logic, Bill Self calls time out to avoid any shift in momentum. Time expires and with literally 0:01 Goran Suton hoists a jumper to make it KU 36-MSU 29.

Sors immanis

et inanis,

rota tu volubilis,

status malus,

vana salus

semper dissolubilis,

obumbrata

et velata

michi quoque niteris;

nunc per ludum

dorsum nudum

fero tui sceleris.

The second half starts and goes something like this, steal by Suton then a missed 3 pointer by Lucas, jumper by Suton thats good, steal by Suton, 3 pointer by Summers is good, lay up by

Draymond Green, rebound Suton ( Cole Aldrich is SOOOO good and SOOOO tired,hehehehe),

lay up by Green and the foul.Free throw good. 30 second time out. WHAMO. Score KU 40,

MSU 39. Uh oh. We didnt go away. Kansas begins to look over their shoulder only to see sweaty,grinning Spartans. Queue MSU Fight Song by L.O.S.T and yours truly at BW3. The crowd goes wild. POP QUIZ: In the previous text,what overwhelming trend appears? ANSWER:

GORAN SUTON. (I begin to weep because he's a senior)

No matter what happens Sunday against Louisville, Goran Suton is my tourney MVP. That guy

has had one mission all season.Work hard, rebound and do all the little things to win.Lucas is

important, and there is no substitute for a strong bench, but Suton hauls the mail, end of story.

Kansas didnt go into sweet repose easy.They held the lead and the game see-sawed for 15 more

agonizing minetes.Fouls didnt really become a concern for either team and it seemd the ref's

tightened up the game starting in the second half, but it didnt seem to affect the game.

As time wore on, Aldrich got slower and slower, and so did Collins. The two man show of Kansas got NO help from the bench. 10 poins total for the game from the Jayhawks pine riders.MSU

collected 38 points from the subs. The key to victory AGAIN. Depth is a wonderful thing.

Overall KU outrebounded MSU, I know, hard to believe, but its true.One other stat that shocked me was Collins going to the line twice.No foolish fouls.Turnovers and a lack of conditioning/depth of bench was the undoing of Kansas.

It took every bit of this game for MSU to overcome Kansas and hats off to the defending National Champions for playing a good game.

SCORE:BIG TEN(3) BIG 12(0)

The hat trick for MSU. Our next contestant is the 'ville. A daunting task lies ahead for our warriors. The horde waits at the gates, hungry for death. Let us serve their lust ....

.....IN ABUNDANCE.

Sors salutis

et virutis

michi nunc contraria,

est affectus

et defectus

semper in angaria.

Hac in hora

sine mora

corde pulsum tangite;

quod per sortem

sternit fortem,

mecum omnes plangite!

Jayhawks...I thought we sprayed for them....

The next item up for bid on every ones favorite game show,"You got whupped!!",

the original Big 12 bad boys, The Kansas Jayhawks!Now, in January, my Spartans took on these

same lame birds and handled them well.Aldridge was handled by the extensive bench, and everyone who needed to step up performed well.When in battle with the University of Spoiled Children (USC) , Travis Walton showed incredible effort and the senior leadership that all good teams need to be a success in the NCAA tournament.Draymond Green, after spending the first half getting the crap kicked out of him by USC in typical "we paid the ref's" fashion, came alive and got his mean on in the locker room, giving a preview of what will happen to future Big Ten wannabe's.And what cant we say about Goran Suton? This guy is playing superior hoops right now,rebounding and scoring like The Red Army pushing a tired Wehrmacht out of the eastern front,even though he's a Yugoslav.Lets just say he's doing well and IM LOVING IT.Taj Whats-his-name got trod upon like a doormat at discount whorehouse.Summers,Allen,Ibok, all the bench stars are stepping up.Granted, USC is a PAC 10 team(yawn), but they did win their little league tournament I think and the guards they put on the floor just shot over the heads of the diminutive Spartan guards.They had no answer for the bench depth, as is the case in most Spartan victories.

In all seriousness, Kansas is a powerful team with a good coaching staff and prior knowledge of MSU and its season exploits.They surely are an improved team with adequate toughness and resolve , proven by surviving the rigorous Big 12 season.Them boys is rough out there in the cattle belt, or tornado alley if you prefer.With any luck and a decent shooting percentage MSU has all the tools to repeat the results from January.I really would like to see Kalin Lucas get off on the Jayhawks.Allen bombing from long range and Suton clearing the boards should be a challenge for KU's big center.If not, we have 3 more guys to throw at him, and it seems like the time is right for 'Quise to show up and deliver some dunks and assorted destruction under the rim.Izzo feels it.If Arizona beats the 'Ville and we survive Thunderdome against the Jaybirds, I think a trip to the Final Four looms large in the future.Bad things if my Spartans return to Detroit.Home games to the finals maybe.Maybe redemption against UNC.How sweet it would be.One step at a time though,lest we fall from foolish pride and false notions of superiority.Must be grounded and remember, to be a Spartan is to conquer your foes with guarded optimism, not arrogance or braggadocios bull crap.Fingers crossed.

On one other note, tip of the hat to The Great Satan for its continued march through the madness,BIG TEN shout out...woot,woot....BoilerUP!! Find a way Boilers and send the Huskies home to mama!!

Spiral of despair

Interesting is the ranting of market pundits.Recession, depression,slow down,bear market rally,etc,etc,etc.People who made billions in the market in the financial services industry with an astonishing sense of entitlement make me want to puke.Puke the likes the World Beer Pong judges panel would unanimously score perfect 10's.Congress decides to tax AIG retention bonuses at 90%.Nice move.Why not react to knee jerk reactions with more knee jerk reactions followed by the violent spasms of "outrage" congress shows during hearings.Barney Frank pointing his finger is definitely the pot calling the kettle black.Pay for performance is a suitable means of paying a salary bonus.Retention bonus pay is ridiculous.Either you need a job or you dont.How many business school graduates are here in this country that could easily slide right into the cubicle to replace the idiot who quit a job with incredible salary and benefits because the employer wouldnt pay said employee to stay.Retention bonus? Are you FU$#ING kidding me?I need a CEO position.I couldnt swing the axe of termination fast enough to clear out all these scumbags.I have only known one man who ever left a company and returned as a private contractor to perform his job for roughly twice the pay.Very smart dude.A very smart dude they replaced with TWO, not one , but TWO Indian engineers for less than his total compensation package.Luckily for my friend, he knows how to save money, an has retrained for a new career as a vampire.I mean attorney.I mean Vampire attorney.

Wall street sways to and fro and I continue to trade volatility and make my coins here and there, but not today, my streaming quotes software is not working.Its pissing me off.I need a better chair for my desk/computer set up. Its comfortable enough I guess but it makes me sit WAY to upright.How can I improve my middle aged slouch sitting with posture like this?My hunchback is almost completely gone..GREAT.I spend years of marriage letting it all go only to have a straight back and no hope of any free tax payer money for my "to fat to work" disability strategy.Damn it.CNBC needs some leadership.They report financial news good enough I guess, but they need some help with writing.David Faber needs to do more.If I see one more news piece on obesity, I think I'll slip into depression eating.Everyone is so concerned about the cost of obesity to the nation in terms of health care costs.Is it necessary for the money changers/greed mongers to attempt to control every aspect of a persons life?Dont eat,dont smoke,dont discipline your children,dont spend to much, dont save to much,dont drink alcohol,dont smoke pot, dont waste time, dont drive your car,dont waste water,dont have an opinion,and dont express your opinion,dont dissent ethnics,dont have pride,care about the homeless but dont give them anything either(get a job you deadbeats),dont trust the government,dont trust your neighbor,screw the elderly,BUY GADGETS,BUY GADGETS,BUY GADGETS afterall how meaningless would your life be without being able to express every thought you have to the mindless internet and wireless universe at the moment it enters your head?MEANINGLESS AND UN FULFILLING I TELL YOU!!! Could I get a transmitter/receiver implanted directly into my head so I could eliminate the cumbersome little gadgets covering both arms and my waistband thats FAR to wide because I frigging LOVE to cook and LOVE to eat and enjoy the smiles and humms of satisfaction people make when they eat the food I prepare for them?Or maybe a display on my forehead that transmits messages to the public with a built in PC editor so when I get an erection or have a mid day sex/kidnapping fantasy about the person/persons I observe during the common work/life day, they dont actually see the self hating psychopathic shell of a man the society I live in has created?Its impossible to hide erections anyway, so I guess all that's a bad idea.Ohh wonderful, my Immigration Canada News letter just popped into my email box......bummer...they say I dont qualify for a work only VISA.I actually have to live there.I love Toronto, except for that winter thing.Its worse than the upper midwest.Great town though.I want to go back.They dont care if Im semi fit/fat,and most Canadians LOVE my cooking.Have a good day people, and please...be kind to someone else, and then yourself.

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th and at noon, MSU takes on Minnesota.We dominated the 'Phers on two occasions this year so I fully expect an outright massacre at Conseco.

True, I was wrong and I expected the Cats of Northwestern to take out the 'Phers, but true to form NW got the memo titled, " You guys still suck and dont bother showing up."Not only did they get it, they took it to heart.I dont like Carmody that much and I REALLY dont like Coble, so its no biggie.I hope that Minnesota represents a speed bump on our way to Conflicto Grande.

UM smashed its way to a match up with the Pennstate/Purdue winner and also secured its 20th win of this years campaign by humiliating Iowa.Deshawn Sims was responsible for 14 of UM's first 14 points and basically single handed bitch slapped the Hawks.As I anticipated, Iowa was taken off the morphine drip and allowed to fade away, not so gently.RIP Hawks, see you next year.UM goes on to face Illinois, and with the Frazier incident, I feel UM will defeat the Illini, thereby granting thier wish.A trip to the Big Dance.

Wisco and OSU square off tomorow with the winner getting the rare privilidge of facing the MSU/Minnesota winner.Wisconsins magic has come to an end and I maintain the Bucks will take them out, contrary to popular belief.OSU has got the edge in the attitude department I feel, and thats enough to overcome Wisco.We will see.If OSU makes a liar out of me, I will freely and wantonly urinate in Columbus at my first opportunity.And I will abscond with the Buckeye mascot uniform and sell it to the Taliban for use as a sexual device for camel insemination.

PennState did the trick and finished the Hoosiers off to set the table for the tournament upset.PennState defeates The Great Satan.You heard it here first.I have no logical reason to say this, I just have a stirring in my groin that says, "..purdue will lose...".Its either that, or the crabs I got from the prostitute I murdered in Bloomington this summer.Just kidding.I dont murder prostitutes, unless you count the merciless beat down I put on their mommy parts as a murder.Just kidding, I dont even like prostitutes.I never paid for it in my life.Except for that one time in college.Doesnt everyone have one of those "i did it one time in college" stories?Just kidding, I lost track how many times I did it in college.
I think on a preliminary basis, I expect UM to play MSU for the Big Ten tournament crown.In this game I see scores of UM fans jumping to their deaths from the rafters of Breslin Student Events Center EAST, formerly known as Crisler Arena.Rich rodriguez will hold a day of mourning, which all students will transfer out of in lieu of actually attending it and all form of living room furniture will be set ablaze in East Lansing as the Big Dance selection committee awards MSU a #1 seed avirtually a one way ticket to the finals and surely a drunken, drug crazed L.O.S.T debacle the likes of which scribes and historians will refer to as "The drunken,drug crazed debacle of 2009".And MSU will be the first 3 time Big 10 tournament champion, a record never to be equalled by any team until a meteorite strikes the earth and ends collegiate sports as we know it to exist.
or not.

Send em packing

Ahh yes.Revenge is sweet.The great Satan entered the Breslin Student Events Center and was sent home to West Lafayette to mull over the bitter taste of defeat.Although Purdue played excellent defense, squashing MSU's weak attempts to work the floor under the basket and entered the locker room with a lead at half,it wasnt enough.With the usual vocal crowd,and the motivation of the seniors wanting to leave Breslin on a winning note, Purdont succumbed to a 15-4 run to open the second half and a MSU squad that put the clamps on on the defensive end.LOTS and LOTS of whistles, but what would you expect from two physical teams?
Now its on to the Big Ten tournament.MSU,Illinois,Purdue,Wisconsin and Ohio State all have a bye for the first round and will play starting Friday.It all kicks off with Northwestern playing Minnesota.I think my predictions for Minnesota have been spot on, and Norhtwestern really bucked tradition by upsetting MSU and gathering more wins than anyone can remember.I think Minnesota will lose this one,even though Northwestern dropped its last game to OSU.I think the Cats are starting to realize they can win sometimes if they play hard enough.Minnesota has been on a slow slide from the onset when MSU squashed them at the Barn to open play.Northwestern moves on.Moves on to play the juggat natha MSU, who will attempt to win the tournament crown for the 3rd time, a Big Ten record.As always,cautious optimism is the hallmark of a Spartan, so we will take em out one at a time,hopefully.
Michigan plays Iowa in round one.What can you say about Michigan other than this.You need a bench, and three more starters.And a name change.And a new Arena, cause MSU has soiled the current one beyond repair.Michigan shocked two number 4 ranked teams including the most hated UCLA AND DUKE(who threw their legs up for UNC AGAIN), but is a Jekyl and Hyde team.We will see who shows up to play.The Hawks are Big Ten champs.....in wrestling....again.If basketball was all about take downs and firm grips on your opponents baby makers, the Hawks would surely dominate.This is not the case and I feel Iowa has their work cut out for them.UM really has no hope of NCAA invites, but they will show up none-the-less.Iowa goes home,remove shoe laces and belts.
Day two sends the Bucknuts to face Wisconsin.Wisconsin has performed exactly as I expected, all smoke and mirrors.Bo Ryan is an excellent illusionist.Wisco has fallen from the 31 win season(and subsequent exit of the NCAA's before Memphis sent MSU home..hehehehe) to a mere shell of its former self.Landry,Nankivill, and Krabenhoft will continue to overachieve and the 12 year old kid the have playing guard will chip in, but I feel that Ohio State has got big dance aspirations still, and they will come out with typical OSU savagery and enthusiasm.Thad Matta has convinced me he is the real deal.Sweaty, but the real deal none the less.Two men enter...one man leave...that man is Brutus, not Bucky.
I didnt forget PennState vs Indiana, I just think that this game is a footnote on the ass of time.Doesnt matter who wins.Credit PSU for a breakout season and a eyes closed miracle win at East Lansing for the first time in recorded history.Tom Crean might get lucky and push the Hoosiers to the upset.....no....wont happen.Sorry IU, sweet relief is coming when PSU kicks the plug and ends the pain.The great Satan will face the winner of this game and shall dominate them thoroughly so, in my eyes, its a giant DFM situation.
Illinois shall face the UM/Iowa winner.50/50 situation here.Im just not convinced that Illinois will put forth an adequate effort.If there ever was an upset in the making its right here.Bruce Weber has done his usual outstanding job coaching, but there is something soft about the Illini, I just cant put my finger on it.
Congrats to the Nittany Lions for a good season and to OSU for Thad Matta's 9th?, 20 win season. Accomplishments worth mention indeed.

BIG TEN CHAMPIONS....AT LAST

A long last, a Big Ten

championship for my

beloved Michigan State.

How utterly sweet it is my

friends.The first outright

league title for MSU since 1999.

Feels real good.Especially after

sitting in Ford Field watching

the Tar Heels wipe the floor with

my boys.that sucked.That was December.A light year in basketball terms.We have had
a few firsts in this season of firsts.It marked the first time Penn State gathered a victory
in East Lansing...ever, fueled by a freakish performance by Talor Battle.Smearing the
Spartan good name felt natural to the Nowthwestern Wildcats who also gathered thier
first victory in East Lansing since 1984.Days of my pimple covered youth, 1984.
Everyone in Sparty land was optimistic to say the least when MSU took Minnesota
to the woodshed @ The Barn to open play in the 10, but we openly had no idea my
boys could walk into virtually every road game, kick in the door, drink all the beer,
smack all the ho's, pee in the corner, burn a couch and stagger into the sunset arm in arm
singing lustily ( is that a word?) by posting an incredible 8-1 record away from the confines
of the Bres. The Great Satan managed to trip up MSU at West Lafayette with the assistance of 30% shooting from the floor, 22 turnovers,and no Raymar.Oh well, State gets another crack at
The Great Satan on Sunday to close out the season.I hope they dominate in all possible
manner and send Purdue back home wondering about the future of Purdue basketball
in the scheme of the universe.
Of all the highlights, the game at UM was the best.After getting adequatley stiverized, my L.O.S.T tailgate crew drove up to Breslin Student events Center EAST ( otherwise known as
Crisler Arena), and with relentless defense and good foul shooting smashed the Wolverinoes
and further drove thier post season hopes into oblivion.TheMSU faithful , led in cheer by yours
truly and the L.O.S.T warriors successfully drowned out the UMies with thunderous "GO GREEN...GO WHITE" cheering in Crisler.So much so, we garnered mention from the screen AND
print media covering the game.All the little Wolverweenies scurrying around, upset with
the amount of MSU faithful in thier dump,especially after a clandestine effort by UM to close
ticket sales to the public so as to keep the crowd as pro UM as possible.To quote my friend
Morgan Hughes....FAIL....MISERABLE FAIL...HAHAHAHAHAHA.If UM manages to get past
Northwestern or whatever victim is first, chances are, we get anoter attempt to crush the tiny
intramural squad UM puts on the floor, en route to a possible Big 10 tournament title.
Lets not get ahead of ourselves, first things first.Thank you Coach Izzo , thank you Spartan
basketball players and thank you to all the MSU warriors for helping carry us to glory.
.....whats YOUR profession?........