Game Day Open Thread - Michigan State Spartans

In an unrelated story, I'm getting my new Dish Network dish wired up as we speak.  THats 55 bucks comcast isnt getting as a result of their stubbornness over the BTN. I'm getting an extra 130 channels and a DVR for approximately the same price I was paying for Comcast.  I don't know if I could possibly watch all those channels, but it really makes you wonder how the cable company and the dish company can be that far apart in terms of channels for mostly the same price.  I know the dish sometimes goes out in a storm, but from what I've heard, its like once or twice a year.  Thats a risk I, and I figure most people, would be willing to take.  Adios Comcast.  Thanks for all the years of ripping us off.

Cornley has had three passes go right through his hands already.

The defense has to improve. MSU has had nothing but dunks and layups so far.

But it's the defense and rebounding that got us back.

I said at the top we need little victories. Break it down to four minute segments between the media timeouts. Just focus on winning those four minutes segments. Put in a good half. We definitely did that and you can tell their confidence is riding high right now.

Now they have to stay focused. We get on runs like this in the past and they think they can't miss so they start throwing up dumb shots. Keep passing the ball and hitting the open man. And they have got to clamp down on defense. MSU has too many easy points. Shut down the lane and force them to shoot from outside. Then we have to grab the rebound.

And of course we have to avoid the 10 minute second half scoring drought.

But now MSU is in foul trouble.

And another miss by Jones.

Now make the free throws!

I didn't see the game; I'm genuinely curious. I just can't think of any way that's possible. 50 free throws in regulation just shouldn't happen, period, even with the hackfest that happens in the final minute. The only other time I've ever seen it come close was a game when the refs called fouls for breathing on the guy with the ball (MSU-Oklahoma 2003), and neither team got to 50 even in OT.

Right after the game, I flipped over to the Nightly Sports Call in Pittsburgh, and they opened the show with Pitt and Pens highlights.  THat was fine, but then they had the audacity to talk about Pitt women and Duquesne without even mentioning PSU's huge win.  I don't call these shows often, but that ticked me off.  I got through and said "Wow, what a great night?  Pens win, Pitt loses, and PSU takes down the #7 team in the land".  The guy laughed, but I wasn't worried about him.  My message got out there to all the yinzrs and thats all that matters.

What a night State, way to go!

P.S. the upset of Illinois in 2006 was also on Super Bowl Eve.

Sadly, it can't be embedded. Links to write-ups on my site.