Spartan football 2016; And awaaaaaay we go...

Johnny's Spartans kick off the 2016 season tonight in East Lansing as defending B1G East and B1G champs. This season will have many challenges but if they can pass well and consistently they CAN win the B1G again though Ohio State as always sets a high benchmark and Michigan has a window this year with MSU and the Buckeyes losing an awful lot last year. Michigan had better make hay this season as both Urban Meter and Mark Dantonio have their highest rated recruiting classes coming in next year.

Ah well, whatever will be will be. Tough games loom in South Bend and also vs BYU. For now however let's get fired up to mash the visiting Furman Paladins (and Johnny has seen the Furman campus outside Greenville SC and it is one of the most beautiful college campuses anywhere) with this series of three major moments on MSU's path to the B1G titles last year:

Hope all they want, this play will NEVER go away for Michigan fans

You swing that arm Michael Geiger, and send Urban back for some more golf cart personal pizzas

22 plays, 9:04 on the final drive for Sparty, a drive Paul Finebaum on the SEC Network called one of the greatest drives in college football history

Sparty On Wayne!

Well pigskin fans, that time of year is upon us -- Rutgers starts with a win

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights began the 2011 college football season last night at Rutgers Stadium (again, we don't play corporate name games) in front of 40,000 plus Scarlet Knight fans with an impressive (for the competition) 48-0 trashing of North Carolina Central. The defense set the pace for Rutgers, overwhelming the NC Central offensive line with NINE sacks and limiting the Eagles to 8 yards rushing on 30 carries. The offense was so-so for such a blowout and Rutgers will have to improve as next week it's a REAL North Carolina team, the Tar Heels whom Rutgers visits next Saturday. Still, 1-0 ain't chopped liver.

Now, Johnny's team, the Michigan State Spartans, wait, the Defending Big Ten Champion Michigan State Spartans kick off against an equal patsy in the Youngstown State Penguins at Spartan Stadium at 7:30. While 11-2 again this year looks difficult given the MSU schedule, Mark Dantonio is building a gangbusters program in East Lansing.

As he does every season, Johnny now plays one of his favorite MSU video clips to ward off bad luck and evil Badger, Buckeye, Wolverine and now Cornhusker spirits:


And let's spin that 'S' one time shall we?