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by KJ@theonlycolors on Oct 26, 2009 8:31 PM CDT in News Roundup Comment 18 comments

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Fred Smith also a possibility? Hard to see a scenario where either contributes in game situations this season.
The Michigan State basketball team takes delivery of pentagonal Final Four table | MSU Spartans - - MLive.com
See, kids, geometry does have real-world applications.
College Basketball Chronotope: Quick notes 2009-2010 cbb teams 1-10
The MSU-is-better-in-the-tourney-than-in-Big-Ten-play meme lives.
Preseason Three Point Analysis | UM Hoops.com
Scatterplottin'!
Open Scrimmage Thoughts | UM Hoops.com
Darius Morris to start at PG?
Hoops Marinara: Red & White Scrimmage
Badgers knockin' down the three, too.
Hoops provide some relief | herald-review.com | Blogs: Mark Tupper
Illinois's starting back court (McCamey-Legion) could have the most pure talent in the league.
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New guys show talent--but of the raw variety.
Observations from Indiana’s scrimmage at Nolan Fieldhouse | Inside the Hall | An Indiana Hoosiers basketball blog
Hoosiers really focusing on making layups, apparently.
Jon Greenberg: Celebrating the University of Chicago's 40th anniversary of the return of football - ESPN Chicago
Remembering the Big Ten football program that made way for us.
This Week In Schadenfreude: Oct. 26 - Brian Cook - The Sporting Blog - Sporting News
TOC getting the kind of publicity we don't want.*

*Attempt at counter-schadenfreude: The head coach of Mr. Cook's team is now sporting a career record of 3-9 in Big Ten play. Our guy is 12-9. Does that help? No? Nuts.

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Brian Cook

…should console himself this week with a thoughtful analysis of when he expects their spread offense guru will have a conference winning percentage that eclipses our dearly-departed spread guru at a comparable point in their Big Ten careers. Maybe do a contest or something:

“Can Rich Rod catch John L. Smith before the point where Sparty decided they’d had enough and fired him?”

Maybe offer a set of cowboy boots to the winner.

Right now, halfway through his second season, John L. Smith was 8-4 in Big Ten play — his high water mark, to be sure. As noted, Rodriguez is 3-9.

John L. didn’t slip under .500 for good until the second to last Big Ten game of his third season. (But then won only one conference game the final year.)

The finish line is 12-20. As soon as he can get 10 more wins, Rich Rod is in the clear.

I think realistically, he COULD catch up by October of 2011 — the final season. But that’s assuming a 2-2 finish to this year, a 4-4 mark next year and then a big 4-0 breakout to start off 2011 (the final season of the contest.)

Anything less and it’s going to be a hilariously close finish.

by Ken Braun on Oct 26, 2009 11:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

For the record, I actually liked TOC’s post a lot. Just because I spotlight something doesn’t mean it’s dumb or mockable, it just has a lot of pain in it. Or it’s clever, like the stuff in the comments.

Usually it’s dumb or mockable, sure, but not always. I don’t think I launched any broadsides at MSU in the post, just attempted to relate what seems like a relevant characteristic of the program.

I like this blog and know a lot of State fans and tell them to check it out when they ask if there’s a good MSU blog out there, OK? OK. I even like the RCMB quite a bit. As message boards go it’s extremely funny.

Don’t tell anyone that last bit.

by Brian @ MGoBlog on Oct 27, 2009 1:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

I realize you’re an equal-opportunity schadenfreuder. And we’re certainly very appreciative of the support you’ve shown for the site.

But once in a while we have to release our inner RCMBer (and, if ever there were a week for that, it’s this one). You may have been confused by the lack of standard RCMB jargon. Allow we to translate:

DickRod couldn’t win a championship for those scUMbags if he were playing in the Ann Arbor (Whore!) Women’s Flag Football League, LOLOL!

Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!

by KJ@theonlycolors on Oct 27, 2009 7:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

RCMB?

What does this acronym mean?

by DrDetroit on Oct 27, 2009 7:42 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

http://www.spartantailgate.com/forums/msu-red-cedar-message-board/

Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!

by KJ@theonlycolors on Oct 27, 2009 7:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Red Cedar Message Board

It’s the forums over at spartantailgate.com.

I stay away from that particular forum; it makes IQ points flake off my head like dandruff. YMMV.

by CPT Hoolie on Oct 27, 2009 7:59 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs

+1

Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!

by KJ@theonlycolors on Oct 27, 2009 8:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

RCMB

Good for a laugh, bad for any intelligent discussion. The recruiting boards are good if you’re a cheap son of a gun like me.

Light a man a fire, he'll stay warm for a day.
Light a man afire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

by Seer on Oct 27, 2009 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but even those degenerate into "I know you are but what am I?"

by CPT Hoolie on Oct 27, 2009 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just to be clear...

I wasn’t flaming Brian … just attempting my own snarky counter-schadenfreude. But it was late at night and I was typing fast, so I forgot to put in the silly smiley faces and perhaps did not convey enough mirth and make clear there was no malice intent.

But it would still be a funny contest. :-)

by Ken Braun on Oct 27, 2009 9:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

By the way

I absolutely love the updated football schedule.

by DrDetroit on Oct 27, 2009 7:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

That must be LVS's handiwork

Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!

by KJ@theonlycolors on Oct 27, 2009 7:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

. . . noooooo . . .

of course not.

"Do not cheat your team or your teammates. Know your plays. Block. Protect. Add to what we are trying to do."
The Only Colors

by LVS on Oct 27, 2009 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Brian Cook seems...

….like a lot of things, but I’m really surprised that doesn’t get Pete’s Vonnegut jokes appears to be one of them. I thought everyone read/had to read “Slaughterhouse Five”?

Or am I falling into a double secret sarchasm?

Every MSU football fans knows what “So it goes” means emotionally, even if they don’t know the reference.

by witless chum on Oct 27, 2009 10:34 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I think he gets it.

"Do not cheat your team or your teammates. Know your plays. Block. Protect. Add to what we are trying to do."
The Only Colors

by LVS on Oct 27, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm pretty sure he got it.

I didn’t really take offense to anything Brian said, and I took his commentary as a compliment. I can see how it might have been a bit confusing at first, and if I had to do it again, I might make the times relate to the games more clearer. But as we know all too painfully, hindsight’s 20/20.

The Only Colors - SBNation's Michigan State University Community

by Pete Rossman on Oct 27, 2009 11:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This was...

…why I thought he didn’t get it.

From the Sporting Blog:
“The article’s conceit is a little confusing, but if you can get over the time shifts, it’s actually an excellent insight into the psyche of Michigan State’s particular fanbase.”

I guess that’s ambiguous about literary references, but it is a good point about us (or at least me) as MSU fans. We’ve had enough up and downs since I started following MSU football in the late 80s for several fanbases. I think it builds character.

Maybe certain other fanbases will build a little of that character, for their own good, of course.

I don’t see why anyone would take offense at Cook’s posting. It was pretty gentle ribbing and it was true.

by witless chum on Oct 27, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs