Re: The Month long lead up to the Cotton Bowl Thread

by **Floyd Robertson** 2015-12-29, 19:35

LooseGoose wrote:College Football Playoff Preview: Alabama’s Dominant Run Attack vs. A Lucky Michigan State Team

Luck is when it happens once or twice. The Dantonio effect is when it happens all the time.

by Triple Sparty 2015-12-29, 22:46

Great.vibe here in the metroplex. No Bama fans sighted yet. Lots of Spartys though. Go green!!!!

by Guest 2015-12-30, 06:40

Detroit News predictions: Michigan State vs. Alabama

by **Floyd Robertson** 2015-12-30, 07:20

LooseGoose wrote:Detroit News predictions: Michigan State vs. Alabama

That's too many writers picking MSU.

by Guest 2015-12-30, 08:41

Couch: MSU football on verge of threshold that changes everything

by Guest 2015-12-30, 08:53

MSU at media day puts spotlight on newsy, silly stories

by **Rocinante** 2015-12-30, 09:59

Chmura has his priorities straight.

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by Guest 2015-12-30, 13:07

Three key matchups in the Cotton Bowl between Alabama & Michigan St.

by Guest 2015-12-30, 13:12

MSU 'freak' McDowell shows he made right choice

by **Floyd Robertson** 2015-12-30, 15:36

Trevon Pendleton: Portable Lineman

Good write-up from SI.

The compact packaging—"I call him a portable lineman," Michigan State sophomore tailback Gerald Holmes says—and unassuming personality suggest this all is surprising. It might not be. Pendleton has been a big-play incubator for some time, well beyond his precocious and ill-fated debut as a kindergartner. As a fifth-grader, in a Pee Wee game against a rival team from Portsmouth, Trevon rushed for eight touchdowns on eight carries, per the recollection of his older brother Jerrod. Trevon balks at this mythologizing. "It was like nine or 10 [carries]," he says.

Portable Lineman makes me laugh.

by **DWags** 2015-12-30, 16:26

Floyd Robertson wrote:Trevon Pendleton: Portable Lineman

Good write-up from SI.

The compact packaging—"I call him a portable lineman," Michigan State sophomore tailback Gerald Holmes says—and unassuming personality suggest this all is surprising. It might not be. Pendleton has been a big-play incubator for some time, well beyond his precocious and ill-fated debut as a kindergartner. As a fifth-grader, in a Pee Wee game against a rival team from Portsmouth, Trevon rushed for eight touchdowns on eight carries, per the recollection of his older brother Jerrod. Trevon balks at this mythologizing. "It was like nine or 10 [carries]," he says.

Portable Lineman makes me laugh.

Kid straight up balls.

by Guest 2015-12-30, 17:08

Lawrence Thomas ‏@LawrenceLThomas 20m20 minutes ago
Tomorrow night, it start with us up front

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by Guest 2015-12-30, 17:13

ESPN ‏@espn 1h1 hour ago
Biggest game in @MSU_Football history is tomorrow, but the Spartans sure don't seem nervous at today's walk-through. The Month long lead up to the Cotton Bowl Thread - Page 11 CXgH50lWkAQ3prW

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by Guest 2015-12-30, 17:26

ESPN CollegeFootball ‏@ESPNCFB 2h2 hours ago
It's safe to say @Marvel is ready for the #CottonBowl tomorrow.

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by Guest 2015-12-30, 17:28

Andy Staples ‏@Andy_Staples 2h2 hours ago
Alabama release: DB Tony Brown has been sent home for a violation of team rules.

by Guest 2015-12-30, 17:31

by Guest 2015-12-30, 17:34

The Drive with Jack ‏@DrivewithJack 6m6 minutes ago
.@michiganstateu royality - President Lou Anna Simon and Lorenzo White

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by **DWags** 2015-12-30, 17:39

LooseGoose wrote:The Drive with Jack ‏@DrivewithJack 6m6 minutes ago
.@michiganstateu royality - President Lou Anna Simon and Lorenzo White

That's intensity's close personal friend!!

by **Floyd Robertson** 2015-12-30, 17:45

More good stuff from Forde.

Identity crisis: Much at stake for 'underdog' Michigan St., 'king' Alabama

Michigan State is one victory away from losing its cherished underdog identity. Alabama is one victory away – OK, two – from regaining its cherished master-of-the-universe identity.

You can’t beat Michigan, Ohio State and Alabama in the same season and still be an underdog. You can’t beat Jim Harbaugh, Urban Meyer and Nick Saban in the same season and pretend you haven’t arrived. Do those things, and you are The Establishment.

by Guest 2015-12-30, 17:51

3 reasons why Michigan State will beat Alabama

by **Floyd Robertson** 2015-12-30, 17:55

Apparently Rinaldi is doing an Izzo/Dantonio piece on Game Day tmorrow. Sneak peak:

https://vimeo.com/150367201

by **InTenSity** 2015-12-30, 18:42

DWags wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:The Drive with Jack ‏@DrivewithJack 6m6 minutes ago
.@michiganstateu royality - President Lou Anna Simon and Lorenzo White

That's intensity's close personal friend!!

I should text him!

by **DWags** 2015-12-30, 18:55

InTenSity wrote:
DWags wrote:

That's intensity's close personal friend!!
I should text him!

Honestly, if you ever see him interviewed live call him, see if he flinches or better if he doesn't have it on vibrate, see if you can hear it.

by Guest 2015-12-30, 19:32

Diamond Leung ‏@diamond83 18m18 minutes ago
Tom Izzo and the Michigan State men's basketball team are expected to attend the Warriors-Mavericks game tonight on the eve of Cotton Bowl.

by Guest 2015-12-30, 19:34

Spartan Football ‏@MSU_Football 31m31 minutes ago
And here's your @CottonBowlGame fun team photo! #Spartans #CottonBowl

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by Guest 2015-12-30, 19:35

by Guest 2015-12-30, 19:40

Orange, Cotton picks: Don't write off Clemson, but maybe pencil in 'Bama

by Guest 2015-12-30, 20:29

MSU vs. Alabama: Scouting report, prediction

by Guest 2015-12-30, 23:23

David Harns ‏@isportsDave 2h2 hours ago
Look who's in Dallas.

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by **DWags** 2015-12-31, 00:09

They look pretty happy for getting their ass beat by a bakers dozen last night. I'd have em running those stadium stairs at halftime of the mavericks game.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2015-12-31, 00:33

Can someone edit the thread title to say "the 19 hour lead up until we fuck some backwood bitches from some stupid state that no one likes in the ass?"

Thx.

by **Floyd Robertson** 2015-12-31, 07:21

by **InTenSity** 2015-12-31, 08:07

Freep Article about Coach D which was written by Windsor. Very good, somewhat long read for a newspaper article.

"We had gathered for breakfast in the Kellogg Center," recalled Staten. "I brought up how (our position group) was getting ready. I also mentioned that my son, Quinn, who is 10, was also getting ready for his first game. Coach D said, 'Well, what are you doing here? Go. I'll handle your duties until you get back.' "

So there was Staten, decked in green and white, pacing the sideline of a field in Grand Ledge, watching his boy run up and down, surrounded by all those other parents. He couldn't believe he was there. That his coach had sent him when that night was the biggest game of the season.

by Guest 2015-12-31, 08:57

by Guest 2015-12-31, 09:02

Senior Bowl's Phil Savage provides deep insight on Alabama-Michigan State game

by Guest 2015-12-31, 09:06

Column: Malik McDowell's a star on the rise in Michigan State-Alabama matchup

by Guest 2015-12-31, 09:45

Wojo: Confident Connor Cook gives Spartans a chance

by Guest 2015-12-31, 09:46

ESPN’s Herbstreit: MSU must stand up to Alabama

by Guest 2015-12-31, 09:52

Couch: MSU, 'Bama show benefits of running a thinking man's offense

by Guest 2015-12-31, 09:56

National writer: Cases for, problems with 'Bama, MSU

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