http://statenews.com For the first time this season, members of the MSU football team really complained about respect Saturday. Junior defensive end Trevor Anderson pleaded that MSU was “not the same old Spartans team.” Senior quarterback Brian Hoyer asked when the name would die. en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:06:04 -0500 webmaster@statenews.com http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27616 Where in the world were half the students for this game?! Going in to the game the team is 8-2 and fighting for a slice of the Big Ten Championship and whole sections of the student seating were empty. Absolutely pathetic! Too cold….no probably too drunk from the night before. What does it take to get your sorry butts in the seats?! This is what I expect (and get) from CMU and WMU students. Kudos to the students who DID show up and provide great support to the team. You are true Spartan fans. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:29:53 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27616 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27636 its not basketball. =) Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:42:50 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27636 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27665 Yea it might not be basketball but have you looked at our national ranking or our 9-2 record? Show some support and show up to the game because its the student section that makes a difference in close games like Wisconsin. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:44:34 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27665 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27687 Mr. Carpenter is an idiot!!! Back in July what was his expectation for this MSU team? To go undefeated??? MSU only won 9 games, wah, wah, wah! The teams MSU beat are 38 – 50, well guess what if MSU had lost all those games then their oponents would have been 47 – 41. How great would that be? Why can’t someone in the media write a positive story about MSU football? This is the fricking MSU school paper and the guy does not know how to write a homer sports article. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:44:24 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27687 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27785 Three reasons why the seats are being filled: 1)the economy, the same thing happened to the Wings last season and to the Lions this season (the Lions have been pathetic in many previous seasons but never got blacked out of their home games)..it’s just expensive for people to drive up to East Lansing and spend money on a game especially now that X-mas is coming up. 2) The media – Rob Parker of the Detroit News had an article before the Purdue game titled “Spartans are worst 8-2 team in country” With love like that, who wouldn’t want to come see them play? People get so hyped up about rankings and whoever ESPN College GameDay has a hard on for and they forget that MSU is 9-2. That’s an incredible feat. 3) The Big 10 sucks. If we had teams coming into East Lansing ranked there’d be more people showing up. Ohio State was the only team coming in this year with a ranking. Once again, people forget to get psyched up about the other teams. They should be excited but listen too much to the the College Game Day crew which went to see 5-5 Auburn play twice this year. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:04:59 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27785 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27807 The “same old spartans” name is dead. The only people who are trying to keep it going are biased Detroit media hacks who actively hope MSU fails. Regardless of the outcome of the PSU game, every Spartan should be proud of this team and what they have accomplished. The program is finally heading in right direction and I hope fans don’t take this for granted. It’s going to be a fun ride! Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:41:49 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27807 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/28459 MSU Spartans are the “real deal,” mentored by its amazing new head coach, Mark Dantonio, a no-nonesense, play to win inspiration to all of Spartan Nation, just as Tom Izzo. If I was a betting man, I’d say the two touchdown underdog against PU-State on Saturday would make a mighty fine wager at Vegas. My gut tells me that the Green and White not only beat the point spread but send the Blue and White back to their dorms with their tails between their legs. We are about to leave Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and the rest of the Big Ten in the dust. Our time has come. We have waited long enough! Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:06:04 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/28459