Indiana Hoosiers v. Michigan State Spartans (preview).
by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Nov 18, 2011 9:14 AM EST
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2010 record: 11-2 (7-1), Big Ten co-champs, lost to Alabama in Capital One Bowl
2011 record: 8-2 (5-1)
2010 Sagarin: 31 (IU was #98)
2011 Sagarin:21 (IU is #132)
Coach: Mark Dantonio, fifth season (41-21)
Series: Michigan State leads 40-15-2
TV: noon, Big Ten Network
Blogs: The Only Colors
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1987
The game was for the Rose Bowl berth. Can’t remember a more important game in either school’s recent history.
Yes, a very big one, and one of the all-time “what if” games for the Hoosiers. IU had already defeated Michigan and OSU, and it’s still the only time in school history that we have defeated those two programs in the same year. MSU probably would have won anyway, particularly because the game was in EL, but it would have been interesting to see how IU would have fared if IU’s starting QB, the late Dave Schnell, hadn’t missed the game because he was recovering from an appendectomy.
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by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Nov 18, 2011 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
The 2008 game was insane. I was in my last year of grad school at IU and that’s the angriest I’ve ever seen the crowd after a football game. The officiating was, in a word, horrendous. Anyone else remember the 95 yard TD pass that was called back as a holding in the end zone, resulting in a Michigan State safety?
I am not a Leader, and I am not a Legend.
I will be at the game.
It’s my first game in person this season. Usually I catch at least two games (I live about 10 blocks from Spartan Stadium, and despite not being a big MSU fan, I do enjoy me some gameday atmosphere).
Indiana’s only won here once since I’ve been in town – that was an ARE masterpiece against a cocky but undisciplined State team (what happened to those?). And sadly I wasn’t at that one. I have attended some numbing Hoosier beatdowns, and even got heckled by an 8 year old. We probably won’t win tomorrow, either; this is a pretty good MSU team that knows it needs to win to get to the conference championship. However, I hope to get a sense of where Indiana might be next year. And who knows, it’s college football after all, and crazier things have happened.
About the 1987 game, that was arguably the high water mark of the past 40 years. Older Spartan fans respect the hell out of Bill Mallory for his locker room speech – to the MSU team – after losing that game; if you haven’t seen it, check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zctViBi6QQ
If anyone reading this is going to the game and wants to look me up, look for a clump of IU/MSU fans tailgating in the small lot behind Jenison Fieldhouse. Temps will be ok, in the 40’s, but windy. Thankfully the rain forecast earlier in the week is no longer mentioned, as “40’s, gusty, drizzly” might be the worst game day weather possible.
