Michigan fan rooting for Sparty tonight

[LisaM]

A win by MSU would be a big shot in the arm to a state that's been down on its luck for a while. Go Green! Go White!

(Oh, and State fans, I'm sure that I'll see this favor returned one day!)

Plus, I would love to see UNC lose. It would be doubly nice.

[BOSSHOG]

1. Go Spartans

I appreciate both UNC and MSU and what they have accomplished this year but it would be nice for MSU to hold up that trophy tonight (long after my bedtime.)

[Ohio Dem]

2. Here's a Buckeye fan joining you!

I'm rooting for Sparty because I'm a Big-10 guy. Gotta stay loyal to the conference!

[LisaM]

3. Wow, not just a maize and blue rooting green -

but Michigan and Ohio State on the same page? This is historic!

[Ohio Dem]

4. I would hope every Big Ten fan is rooting for MSU!

I would think that Indiana, Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin, Iowa, Northwestern, Minnesota, and Penn State fans are all pulling for Sparty tonight.

[LisaM]

5. I'd hope so too. The Big Ten used to be way more collegial

it changed at some point in the 1980s. When I was a kid, we wouldn't consider rooting against the Big Ten in a bowl or championship game. At some point (and I don't think it's just in the Big Ten) it got a lot uglier. Maybe this is a return to the old ways.

[Ohio Dem]

6. Here's what I don't get:

I don't get it when I hear someone say that they also "like" Duke. Huh? How can a person who calls himself (or herself, of course) a fan of a college team "like" anyone else at all? It's one thing to pull for your conference (I root for Michigan over Notre Dame every year), but I don't get actually liking more than one team. Especially a team that is out of your conference.

[LisaM]

7. I have some secondary favorites (though Duke is not one of them).

I always liked Notre Dame because our family is Irish-Catholic, and we grew up in a pretty Protestant town, so it was fun to root for ND. Michigan State fans should also root for ND; they owe them a debt for putting MSU on their schedule in the 1950s so that State could get the creds to play in the Big Ten.

I also like a few other schools that are generally not opponents of Michigan. In pro sports, this is a little more true. I love the Tigers and Lions and Pistons and Wings, but I'll root for the Boston teams if the Detroit teams aren't in it, for example.

It doesn't trump what I feel for my home teams though. I've lived in Seattle for a while but I still don't consider myself a fan of the Mariners or Seahawks.

[Gemini Cat]

9. OSU alumnus checking in

and rooting for Michigan State!

[Faygo Kid]

8. This Spartan says let's get this one for the whole Big Ten.

Tired - damned tired - of our conference getting kicked in the teeth by the national media. Sparty has already taken on the best of the Big Least, and we knocked 'em senseless. I don't know if we can do that to NC, with its senior leadership. But, they have to play the game. We'll show up. Guaranteed.