a football filibuster, except the old kind where dudes had to sit in a sauna so they wouldn’t have to go to the bathroom.

I’m slow.

second birthday I’d be there with YOUR tickets.

and that is hilarious about the lake.

“It’s-a-da-pee!!!!”

Which included a fine, strong finish: ‘I’d suggest showing them tape of MSU’s secondary getting burned for multiple long touchdowns, rather than focusing on a manufactured sportsmanship protocol violation.’

I’d only quibble with: ‘I realize I’ve strayed outside standard college sports blogger territory here by taking issue with something my own team’s coach did…’ Here’s hoping more blogistani denizens continue the objective approach you displayed such that it won’t feel like we’re straying from standard territory when necessary in the future.

Olive branch accepted from this reader. Good luck with that judgment reversal you seek; I’m afraid the affliction may run a little too deep to be achieved, but I can appreciate your wish as a fan of your team.

I think what a lot of the commentors said was true, and that Dantonio was probably getting “revenge” for our “celebrate the seniors” timeout. The reason (other than the fact that the fan base is obviously biased) between the timeouts is one was good natured and celebratory (though again, probably a bit premature, and a bit too “rubbing it in” for MSU), while the other was spiteful and bush league.

Also, back-to-back timeouts are very unusual, and really put an exclamation mark on the events. I don’t recall being that annoyed at the first timeout. I recall thinking something along the lines of, “gotta fight to the end, try to score if you can” and MSU was pretty deep into our territory. It was that second, wholly unnecessary timeout that set people off.