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Topic: #25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week

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ELA

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#25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week
« on: October 13, 2026, 11:34:18 AM »
Last week was the nail in the coffin for MSU's bowl hopes.  The bright side is that the offense finally started to work.  But they dug a hole, committed too many penalties, and ran about the worst 2 point play I've ever seen.

Northwestern's offense might be the most fun unit in the country, and I'm happy to see Aidan Chiles have success after Jonathan Smith failed to build an offense to match his skill set in East Lansing.

Northwestern 31, Michigan State 21
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Re: #25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2026, 11:53:47 AM »
Yeah, Chiles seems like a completely different player now.
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Re: #25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2026, 09:06:13 PM »
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Re: #25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2026, 11:54:34 AM »
I think we're all sleeping on Northwestern (well, not us, but the media). I doubt this game is as close as 10. 34-6?
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Re: #25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2026, 12:11:08 PM »
Spread opened as NW -5.5 and moved to -7.5

I still put coin on the Cats
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Re: #25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2026, 12:14:56 PM »
Oof.  Betting against your own team is rough.  
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Re: #25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2026, 12:15:16 PM »
Emotional game for Fitz.
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Re: #25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2026, 12:20:38 PM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on October 15, 2026, 12:14:56 PM
Oof.  Betting against your own team is rough. 
I'll do the $10 emotional hedge bet.  Particularly if MSU is favored, I'll be the ML against them.

Here, this seemed like way too small a line
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Re: #25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2026, 09:10:23 PM »
Quote from: MikeDeTiger on October 15, 2026, 12:14:56 PM
Oof.  Betting against your own team is rough. 
I did it once. Never again. The joy of winning a bet is cheapened and hollow when your team has to lose to get there. 
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Re: #25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #9 on: October 16, 2026, 01:24:20 AM »
I think the point is that you win either way. If your team wins you're happy. If not, you get paid. 
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Re: #25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #10 on: October 16, 2026, 01:48:37 AM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on October 16, 2026, 01:24:20 AM
I think the point is that you win either way. If your team wins you're happy. If not, you get paid.
I get it. I'm saying I've done it. Winning a bet when you've betrayed your team and they still lost makes it dirty money. 

It's emotional and irrational. But... They call us fan[atic]s for a reason. 
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Re: #25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2026, 06:49:34 AM »
I had to do something back in the day to cope with Sooner Magic

yes, it felt dirty, but $100 was a lot of money when I was in college

10 bucks wouldn't have been enuff to make me feel better
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Re: #25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2026, 10:28:46 AM »
So, what's holding MSU back?  Administration?  Supporters?  MSU has of course had solid teams in the past, I don't know when the last good team was, 1893 it seems....

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Re: #25 Northwestern (1-1, 4-1) at Michigan State (0-3, 2-4) Game Week
« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2026, 11:36:47 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on October 16, 2026, 10:28:46 AM
So, what's holding MSU back?  Administration?  Supporters?  MSU has of course had solid teams in the past, I don't know when the last good team was, 1893 it seems....


They were #8, 11-2 in 2021.  Before that, 10-3 in 2017.  Then the 3 year run from 2013-2015, when they had three straight top 5 finishes 

I think Dantonio try to capitalize on that run by recruiting bigger fish.  while he landed his best ever class in 2016, they were a character disaster. he over corrected, and while early on, he was good at identifying talent that others were overlooking, his 2017 to 2020 run, essentially just seen based on flipping MAC commits, and they looked the part. 

Since then, It has been too many self-interested parties, pulled in opposite directions.  multiple presidents, multiple ADs, a board of trustees that seems to be in it more to enrich themselves. at one point we had two different NIL collectives fighting to be the superior one, one of whom decided mid-season to pull all of their funding. It has been an administrative disaster for almost a decade.  thrown back to back bad head coaching hires, and this is what you get. The jury is still out on whether it is three bad coaching hires in a row
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