http://statenews.com Ann Arbor — For the fifth straight time this season, No. 8 Michigan got the better of the MSU hockey team – beating the Spartans 5-3 at Yost Ice Arena on Saturday. en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:15:46 -0500 webmaster@statenews.com http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30768 Tropp and Conboy need to be arrested for attempted murder. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:58:02 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30768 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30769 Classic Sparty, can’t hang with Big Brother so you have to resort to sucker punching a guy from behind and then slashing him when he’s sprawled on the ice. You stay classy lil’ bro! Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:10:42 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30769 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30772 The most disappointing thing I saw last night was when Spartans started to act like wolverines out there at then end. The 2nd most disappointing thing is the officiating that lead to it Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:53:33 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30772 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30773 “The Spartans (7-16-3 overall, 4-12-2-2 CCHA) were unable to bring the game back within striking distance in the final minutes of the game because of a scrum that resulted after MSU freshman forward Andrew Conboy and sophomore forward Corey Tropp both went after U-M’s Steve Kampfer.” A scrum? Conboy responded to a clean open ice hit by boarding Kampfer, grabbing his head and throwing him into the boards and onto the ice. At that point, Tropp HIT HIM IN THE HEAD AND NECK with his stick. Kampfer left the arena in an ambulance and neck brace. It wasn’t a scrum—it was assault. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:17:08 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30773 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30774 All I wanted was to be able to chant “Just like football” once this year at a hockey game. I thought I’d have a shot in five tries. Instead our players turned into Todd Bertuzzi’s at the end of the game. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:14:51 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30774 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30775 As a Michigan fan, last night’s game enfuriated me to the limits of my common sense. The attack on Kampfer was totally gutless and classless. I’d like to say it’s just another example of typical Michigan State athletics and their lack of sportsmanship, but it’s not. I’d like to think that Rick Comley, the Athletic Director and University President will address this situation in a way that sends a message to all MSU athletes that representing their university in this way is unacceptable, and to show the league and the CCHA fans that they’re serious about their athletic programs. Last, I would like to commend the UM team for not reacting to what happened by going after the State players in the time that was left. It would have been very easy and they would have been justified in doing so. But that’s the difference in the two programs. Michigan is not only a better team in skill, they’re a better team in respecting the game. State may beat Michigan on occasion (more in Basketball for a while), but they’ll never be half the university that Michigan is in every way possible. Just like in real life, the little brother will always be the little brother. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:53:32 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30775 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30778 does anyone know any factual info about this locker room incident? Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:17:43 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30778 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30779 Post game a parent of a Michigan player got into the locker room to “teach Tropp and Conboy a lesson as well as Coach Comley.” Stay Classy….try U of M fans screaming F*&% you State starting at the 5 minute mark of the 3rd period, wanting to fight any MSU fan they see, and booing the MSU players as they went off the ice instead of cheering for their team! Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:25:10 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30779 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30780 Any attempt to condemn anybody for last night’s incident besides Conboy and Tropp is laughable. Berating the fans is pointless when you consider what State fans would have done in the same situation. As for the parent, it was Kampfer’s dad. While his actions were unacceptable, please consider that Kampfer had to sit out the first half of the season after being physically assaulted in a manner that produced a similar injury. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:04:36 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30780 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30781 yes,,,,bad language thats not classy, but slashing someone in the back of the neck who is already down that is class! Sending someone to the hospital shows class! but if someone swears at that…they have no class. odd concept. I love that. If someone did that to my kid I would want to have words with the coach for not having control of his players Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:19:48 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30781 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30782 First off, while I have not seen the incident, it did sound pretty bad. From the sounds of it MSU should suspend the players involved for a long time. Cromley is a disaster and it is time for him to go. Second, it is pretty funny to see UM fans come over to the State News and call State classless with names like “FU-State”. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:24:38 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30782 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30783 FIRE COMLEY NOW. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:33:40 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30783 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30786 “Stay Classy….try U of M fans screaming F*&% you State starting at the 5 minute mark of the 3rd period, wanting to fight any MSU fan they see, and booing the MSU players as they went off the ice instead of cheering for their team!” Everything that happened—M fans chanting “F— sparty,” the booing—happened AFTER Tropp used his stick as a weapon to hurt a player that was lying defenseless on the ice. I’m not sure how you expect a home crowd to react after watching a player get attacked like that. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:36:03 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30786 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30787 “I’m not sure how you expect a home crowd to react after watching a player get attacked like that.” …with class? Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:45:31 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30787 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30789 Corey Tropp should be kicked off the team right now! His actions just reflect badly on MSU and all spartans and can’t be tolerated. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:58:59 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30789 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30790 The actions of 2 MSU hockey players do not define a university as a whole. The actions of an entire home crowd at a university (scUM) make more of an impact showing how classless little sisters are. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:19:00 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30790 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30792 I was there and yes it was a cheap shot and it was not called for by any means and they should be suspended, which they will. I hope Steve Kampfer is ok I really do but if it was any other player you guys wouldnt be sayin half this shit. And for those who say comley told them to do that and try to hurt him has to be completely insane. Nobody was going to take it easy on Kampfer just because he was hurt before, he laced up the skates so he must have felt completely fine so that previous injury (which was from another athlete at your fine University) shouldnt have been a problem. And yes the student section was saying f you state way before that hit ever happened. Honestly if you guys say how classy and better then State you are then thats not the way to do it. And stop trying to bring in “Little Brother” from Mike Hart. He was talking about football and not hockey. Correct me if Im wrong but the last time I checked State won the National Championship more recently then Michigan? or am I just someone who cant read or write? Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:01:20 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30792 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30794 “Everything that happened—M fans chanting “F— sparty,” the booing—happened AFTER Tropp used his stick as a weapon to hurt a player that was lying defenseless on the ice.” After Tropp used his stick???? They started the F-U State cheer with 5 minutes left in the third period and “Tropp used his stick” with 55 seconds left in the game! You do the math!!!! I think the slander started before Kampher got “injured”!!!!! Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:08:39 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30794 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30796 Anybody who purposely tries to injure somebody else in an attempt to make themselves feel better for feeling inadequate for losing to a rival five times in a row is scum, pathetic, and lacks sportsmanship. Thats precisely what happened here. 2 Michigan State players, upset by their inability to beat their rival ONCE in an entire year, decided to mug Kampfer while he was looking the other way, and while he laid there motionless on the ice, continue d by slashing his neck. There is NO justification for this, ever. Those players should not only be suspended for a couple games, they should be kicked off their team, and frankly, kicked out of Michigan State for embarrassing their school. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:35:04 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30796 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30797 “The actions of an entire home crowd at a university (scUM) make more of an impact showing how classless little sisters are.” You guys crack me up—two Spartan athletes send a kid to the hospital in a neck brace, and the response of the MSU students on this board is, “But they was swearin at us. SCum used potty words!!! Slandar!!!” Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:39:08 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30797 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30798 Lay there motionless? Were you at the game? I saw him moving his legs and then continue to get up and skate off the ice with 2 um players but they werent even helping him. He skated off on his on power. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:39:14 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30798 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30799 “…they werent even helping him. He skated off on his on power.” Even if Kampfer had tap danced off the ice with a big smile on his face it wouldn’t change the fact that he was just plain assaulted now would it? Jeez, what a bunch of idiots. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:04:41 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30799 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30800 NCA79 – c’mon! Check the youtube video that shows the entire incident. You’ll see that Kampfer was supported on each side by teammates, all the way to the exit from the ice. He was handed off to 2 off-ice UM personnel who assisted him the rest of the way. And, so what if he moved his legs?!? He was motionless for several minutes, then as he was able to begin to try to get up his legs moved. I don’t care what university you attended or which one you choose to cheer on — cheap, dirty shots that are intended to injury another player are NEVER EVER acceptable. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:23:04 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30800 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30803 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zslb7M83YIU As he was being slashed, he was laying there motionless. His legs were not moving. His arms were still. He was laying there MOTIONLESS. As a result, the MSU player considers it a good idea to slash him across the neck, once again, while Kampfer laid there MOTIONLESS It was a cowardly act, it was a pathetic act, it lacked class, it lacked sportsmanship, and once again, it is IMPOSSIBLE to justify it. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:49:23 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30803 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30804 For those of you, like nca79, who claim to be experts because they were @ the game…check out the photo of Steve being helped from the ice by his teammates. It’s in the 2nd post down.. http://michiganhockey.net/ Again, horrifying act! Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:54:12 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30804 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30808 First, I hope Kampfer is doing alright and that nothing serious has happened. UOM has every right to be pissed. Second, I am embarrassed for our hockey program for the level of play they put forth (and for this horrible season) and Conboy and Tropp’s actions. Finally, let us not pretend that UOM displays a level of class that is to be looked up to. UOM athletes and fans have never been known to take the high road. We can all agree that what Tropp and Conboy did was inexcusable, but it seems as though UOM fans are more concerned with what time it was when they started chanting F U state. What should matter most is Kampfer’s well being – then worry about the punishment for Tropp and Conboy. If the UOM people posting on here are trying to prove their class they are doing a poor job. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:30:41 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30808 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30839 Conboy and Tropp are thugs are i hope they get injured this week!!! Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:16:18 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30839 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30840 Ted, with that logic, I hope that Miller kid gets taken out, along with the michigan hockey dad who tried to fight conboy and tropp in the lockerroom. it’s amazing how classy michigan hockey fans aren’t. Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:20:52 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30840 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30857 GEEEE, seems to me if he gets his neck snapped by a fellow scUMmer athlete; then gets into it with a Spartan, he probably deserves it. We can’t help who wins the fight. As IVAN DRAGO once stated: if he dies, he dies. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:10:21 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30857 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30864 Really? You come on here as a Wal-Mart Wolverine and talk about things that you just don’t get? Kampfer will play this weekend. Speaking of mediocrity, how is your basketball team doing? And how was staying home for bowl season? Remember this, I don’t want to make small talk when you deliver my pizza. Just get off my porch after I pay. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:38:18 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30864 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30888 I wonder when the Athletic Department at MSU will step in and take control of their programs. Nothing was done about the football/hockey incident until the football season was done. I understand “Innocent until proven guilty”, but as athletes, these students voluntarily put themselves up to a higher standard of conduct. If the AD and/or the school president do not step in and take actions superceding those of Comley, this institution will have no credibility. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:15:26 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30888 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30889 Sadly another example of the lack of class present in MSU athletics. The team was down by 2 with only a few minutes to go, Conboy is not a goal scorer, he is a thug. I put this one on ‘Coach’ Mike Comley for putting him out on the ice when he knew Conboy would not contribute offensively. If this incident follows the pattern of the altercation between MSU football and hockey players in fall 2008, there should be suspensions handed down sometime around May. I feel bad for Tom Izzo, he is the single example of class amongst the ‘big-time’ coaches at MSU. As for the parent trying to go after the MSU player, regrettable yes. However, if MSU players played with class then there wouldn’t be an incident to begin with. Comley is washed up, his team is terrible this year and has resorted to thuggery to finish out the season. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:07:21 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30889 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30905 Wolverine fans are idiots, yes, but that is not outweighed by the injury to Kampfer. I pray that he will make a speedy recovery. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:45:25 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30905 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30907 Do you know the kids in the MSU football-hockey fight did not play (winstrom) the entire rest of the season after that. You know the weak ass kid who got taken out of the game was already taken out by a UofM football player (that is why he missed the first half of the season). 1) The incident shouldn’t have happened 2) The kid got knocked the f out, twice (once by MSU and once by people at his own instituation). The kid is weak. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:53:16 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30907 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30910 Hey poor izzo, if you are going to make a point, at least know the name of the coach. its rick comley, not mike comley. this is just another reason why you should not procreate. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:07:36 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30910 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30911 I was there and yes it was a cheap shot and it was not called for by any means and they should be suspended, which they will. I hope Steve Kampfer is ok I really do but if it was any other player you guys wouldnt be sayin half this shit. And for those who say comley told them to do that and try to hurt him has to be completely insane. Nobody was going to take it easy on Kampfer just because he was hurt before, he laced up the skates so he must have felt completely fine so that previous injury (which was from another athlete at your fine University) shouldnt have been a problem. And yes the student section was saying f you state way before that hit ever happened. Honestly if you guys say how classy and better then State you are then thats not the way to do it. And stop trying to bring in “Little Brother” from Mike Hart. He was talking about football and not hockey. Correct me if Im wrong but the last time I checked State won the National Championship more recently then Michigan? or am I just someone who cant read or write? Definitely can’t write…. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:09:06 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30911 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30917 You have no right to tell us to stay class…. stop rioting (for winning / losing) and then you might have a semi decent case. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:35:21 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30917 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30923 First off, it would be “State won the National Championship more recently THAN Michigan”….nice work with the parentheses but work on your grammar next. Secondly, 9 NCAA hockey titles for UM to 3 for MSU. And you can’t claim ‘ancient history’; titles in 1996 and 1998. Thirdly, lets judge the teams by future success. Your own home-town paper declares UM better at developing NHL talent. http://www.greenandwhite.com/article/20081205/GW03/812050337 Last but not least, 5-0 against MSU this year. I agree with you, if Kampfer couldn’t take hits than he shouldn’t have been out on the ice. However, nothing can really prepare you for being sucker-punched from behind and then slashed in the head/back. I question Comley for even having Conboy on the ice. He should have been summoned straight to the bench after his penalty to get an offensive talent on the ice. So either Comley gave up on trying to tie the game at the point, has lost control of his player, or left him on the ice for a reason. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:41:01 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30923 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30926 Wow you have to love the revisionist history by the MSU people on here. I was at the game in the Michigan student section and was one of the 2000 students chanting F you state. We didn’t start chanting F you state until Conboy did his best Bertuzzi impression on Kampfer (thank god he is allright after spending the night in the hospital). The video evidence proves this from Fox Sports and at mvictors.com. We would have stopped chanting F you state when our pep started playing let’s go blue, but then several MSU hockey parents started flipping us off and taunting us from the across the ice. This just added fuel to the fire. I am not saying our student section should have chanted F you state, obviously we should not have. We were caught up in the emotion of seeing realizing that Steve would be in a neck brace for the second time this due to actions beyond his control. Stop brining up other sports. Football and basketball have nothing to do with this incident. This goes to the other michigan fans on here that bring up cedar fest. Those events have nothing to do with this situation and only serve a role as strawman and red herring fallacies and direct attention away from the topic at hand. Comley has no blaim for this incident. He is one of the most classy individuals in the CCHA and a personal friend of Red Berenson. I believe Comley when he stated he knew Conboy was about to do something stupid. Conboy had his mind made up right when he got out of the box for the unsportmanship minor and ignored Comley’s signal for him to come back to the bench. A fair amount of this blame rests with the officials working the game Hall and Sergott for letting the game get out of hand and not calling a tighter game. There were numerous shots to the head by both teams that were ignored by the refs. By ignoring the chippiness, the emotion of the players got out of hand. As for the incident with Kampfer’s father obviously the removable barrier separating the entrance to the visitor’s locker room needs more security than just a single arena official. The visitor’s locker room was just recently installed two seasons ago. A hard temporary removable wall was placed blocking the locker room before this season started and had an official blocking the entrance. This was the first incident at the locker room since the new locker room was installed. Obviously the emotion of the night carried Kampfer’s father to commit a dumb act. It is pretty obvious there will be a police officer at the door from now on to prevent future trespasses. I hope both fan bases can move beyond this incident. Saturday night was a stain on a great rivalry that needs to regain some respect. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:01:02 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30926 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30932 So then your comment basically means Comley has lost control of his players. Typically when the player(s) stop listening to the coach, someone’s on their way out the door. As for the officials, I agree completely. Be bad, be good…just be consistent. The inconsistency in calls led both sides to feelings of being ‘wronged’. Combined with the scoreboard, this is probably why State got so chippy at the end. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:23:01 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30932 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30939 Hey Fire Comley, did you ever do anything after your parents told you not to do it? Did they fire them? The kid needs to be suspended and probably kicked off the team, but as for firing comley? that’s just stupid. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:48:14 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30939 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30941 Regardless of what happens to these two from a hockey standpoint (they SHOULD be shut down for the rest of the year) I’d like to see some off-ice punishment as well. I think a decent amount of community service time (50 hours?) volunteering to help people with spinal cord injuries would be a classy punishment for these two. It gives them an opportunity to see what could have happened Saturday night and positively contributes back to the community. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:02:54 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30941 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30943 I don’t know why anyone is arguing about class in sports. Everyone screams obscenities at a sporting event – that is part of the fun! And this is hockey – guys get hurt all the time – man up and move on. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:51:33 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30943 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30951 Its a man’s game. Man up or get off the ice. He already has his ass kicked once this year. I think the kid is talking a lot of smack but not being able to back it up. When people from your own Atheletic department beat you silly, it gives the rest of the world free shot. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:05:16 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30951 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30966 Hey Steve, your GED scores are in. You averaged a 220 per test. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:06:19 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30966 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30981 As a alumnus of both UM and MSU, I was thoroughly embarrassed by this event, but I certainly don’t believe that it represents the character or “classiness” of MSU in general. MSU is having a down year, they were in the process of being swept for the season by a hated rival, and one kid (Conboy) who shouldn’t have been out there acted like an idiot, which prompted another kid (Tropp) to also act like an idiot. That’s it – to impugn the character of MSU or its teams is just myopic. I think both Conboy and Tropp should be suspended for a substantial portion of the remaining season, and while I don’t personally think either kid should be kicked off the team if you show proper remorse and make amends, I wouldn’t hold it against MSU if they were removed. This was an unfortunate event, and I hope that everyone making light of it in these comments are either joking or, once the emotion dies down, realize that this already-sad event could have been even worse. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:53:40 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30981 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30987 If Tropp and Conboy’s actions do not represent MSU as a whole, than why are you “embarrassed” by the event? I thought their actions don’t represent you? Oh wait, that’s right, they wear a Michigan State jersey, therefore they represent their institution and other students associated with MSU. MSU choose for them to represent their school, they offered them scholarships, for the sole purpose of them representing MSU in the sport of hockey. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:20:17 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30987 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30993 If the player represents the school, what are your feelings on the UM football player who decided to peek in windows and “enjoy” himself? I think that says a lot about UM. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:08:16 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30993 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30995 Unabomber. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:10:20 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30995 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30997 First of all, for the (majority) of you who haven’t seen this (but commented enthusiasticly anyway) – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI-sYE1DsMs&feature=related Second, to those who complained about UM fans swearing – hypocrates. Ever been to a MSU football game? Those chants are unprovoked. Third, Tropp, Conboy, and Comley are equally to blame for this mess. Sorry, coach, but the ultimate responsibility falls on you fair or not. That’s part of being a coach. Fourth, “he deserved it”? Seriously? This happened in Ann Arbor; don’t be surprised if criminal charges are filed. The CCHA is going to come down on this kid like a ton of bricks (a shame, they should go after the program and coach). Will your defense still be he deserved to be hit with a stick while obviously unconscious?!? Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:25:38 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/30997 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/31013 Hey Jerrod, if you are going to make comments about sports (any idiot knows its cyclical. Yes you won a championship more recently, yes your bball program is better. If we beat you this year in bball we won’t be saying that “UM DOMINANCE IS BACK” for football its been one year.. I digress….), don’t try to crack jokes about intelligence as well as potential job placement. One thing that is absolutely clear is that Michigan is all around a better academic institution. Yes, MSU may have a program or two better, overall, no. The way I see it there are three types of people who go to MSU.. 1) Those who didn’t get into Michigan 2) Those who grew up MSU fans because their parents didn’t get into Michigan 3) Those who don’t know any better… Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:36:13 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/31013 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/31024 Can’t Read, Can’t Write, your “People who go to MSU” analysis couldn’t be further from the truth. I find it completely laughable that everyone who went/goes to UM think they’re so much better than people who go to Michigan State. Seriously, get over yourselves. If anything, it shows a lack of class on your part. That goes for all the MSU students/alums/fans who are making offhanded comments as well. What’s worse than the arrogant analytical skills is the fact that this “in-state rivalry” has become a complete hate-fest. What does it really accomplish? Do you all feel better about yourselves for telling someone you’re better than them? Both MSU and UM are good schools. Instead of berating someone else for going to the “rival” school, take the high road and don’t sink to that person’s level. I used to be one of those MSU students who had no problem being a complete a** to anyone who went to UM. But now that I’m not attending either school, I look at how everyone is acting and it’s petty and childish. I am in no way condoning what happened at the game on Saturday, as I was there and I’m very disappointed in Tropp and Conboy’s actions. They could have seriously hurt Kampfer, and I’m sure they are very aware of what happened to him earlier in the year. Everyone should be thankful that Kampfer is going to be ok. Fighting over what happened, along with slamming each other, will accomplish nothing. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:37:56 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/31024 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/31369 Anything to do with the two thugs will be boycotted from now on. Anything will be done to end their careers. Buh bye thugs! Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:15:46 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/31369