Where's the heart?

Bright sunny day out this morning, people were pumped. The line was packed into Spartan Stadium by 7AM as I proudly sported my "Jesus Loves Tailgaters" shirt. Waiting in line for a couple hours helped me to understand what it felt like to be packed into extremely small spaces next to random people. I think I got to 2nd base with some random guys in line by accident... kinda freaky.

Then the ball was snapped. The points rolled in. The overtime happened. The loss struck. We are Michigan State football, we were ranked 11th in th nation, and managed to lose to Universiy of Michigan (our rivals). It was the first time since like the 1960's that State was ranked above Michigan going into the rival game, and we blew it.

My disappiontment actually didn't come from the players on the field. I thought they were fair in their play. I think it was their worst performance this year though. Anyways, my disappointed came from the fans of MSU. No emotion, no noise, just blanked stares as we waited for our mighty offense to make a play. When anything negative happened, the crowd shut down, tails between the legs and all. It was sad, no heart, just plenty of spartan fans screaming "Ass hole" to the U of M fans brave enough to watch within the spartan student section. Along with this chant came typical complaints of how much we hate U of M. Some energy was directed towards the field, but to be honest, nothing close to enough. We took the advantage out of home field advantage, by our lack of character and passion. I'm proud of what our Spartan Men have accomplished this year. They deserve our coarse voices, sore throats, and GO GREEN, GO WHITE! Ohio State is next on the plate. I hope our fans are behind this team that has beat the odds so far this year to jump from an unranked position into the top 25 for 3 weeks straight. Do you really know what it means to be a spartan? Set your beer down and think about that for a second.