Seed Sown

Step One: Get Blown Out at Home in Biggest Game of the Year.

Step Two: Lose to a Michigan team that you are perfectly capable of beating handily.

No, this is not turning into a Michigan State blog, but given the coverage last Friday during Spartstravaganza, I would be remiss not to offer a followup. It won't be long, mostly because I have to catch a plane to Denver in an hour, but here it is:

Jim Tressel could have hung 70 if he had wanted to. The Spartan's season, the new coaching staff's legacy, and G0EL Pete's liver hang in the balance. Should MSU come and lay an egg again Michigan this weekend, it's same old Sparty time. You see - it's not necessarily the fact that they lost to Ohio State, but rather what they do this week that will make the difference for this year's Spartan football team.

Sometimes, football exists only in the football box. You hit, you pass, you run, and you go home. Sometimes, however, football gets out of its box and applies itself to life. I'm not particularly good at illustrating when that happens, but I will say this: This week, Michigan State gets to prove that they can overcome adversity. They haven't in the past - it's up to this coaching staff to banish those ghosts.

Vince Lombardi once said "it's not whether you fall, it's whether you get back up."

Spartans, it's your turn.