Well Johnny's Michigan State Spartans play in one national semi-final in the NCAA Tournament against hometown Butler Saturday night. MSU is strangely cast as villain to the cinderella Bulldogs. Johnny reads a lot of newspapers and websites from around America and has gotten the impression college basketball fans really appreciate the high level the Sparties play at, they like head coach Tom Izzo's candor in interviews, they like how hard MSU plays and they sure admire how clean a program it is.
They also want Butler to beat Michigan State without a doubt. Of course these same people will be right back behind MSU if both they and Duke win Saturday. As much as they want Butler to win and as much as they admire the Spartans they detest Duke that much and more. No longer can the Dookies and people like ESPN 'Duke man crush' analyst Duke Vitale claim the Duke hate is because they always show up at the Final Four. So does Michigan State over the last 12 years (equaling Duke's count) and people really like MSU. Perhaps it's that rat-looking coach they have who never seems happy. Old Jewish men at the deli do less complaining than Duke's Coach K.
So it's root root root for the Spartans Saturday in hopes of another crack at the national title Monday. First up the semi-final, a game Johnny really really really enjoyed last year.
Time for Jersey City, After Dark
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