Whether they're heading to Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, ready for a sports bar meet-up or will watch from home, Spartan loyalists share passionate feelings about tonight's Big Ten title game against the Buckeyes.
How passionate? We place these exhibits into evidence:
- Victory "would send a message throughout the country." -- Coach Mark Dantonio
- "Carpe Diem Spartans!!!" -- Karl Wirt of Charlotte, Mich., commenting at Detroit News
- "All Spartans have ever wanted is within their control." -- Lansing State Journal headline
- “If we go (to Pasadena), we’ll be a part of school history forever.” -- Denicos Allen, linebacker
- "We're gonna kick some Buckeye ass." -- Victoria Lynn Austin of Charlotte, Mich., on Facebook
- "Decimate OSU. . . . How about having a double digit scoring difference in our favor, for once? How about holding OSU to fewer points than they have experienced ever, for once? How about imposing fear into how OSU plays until they execute so poorly that everyone knows MSU has won, for once?" -- Tom Marra of Swartz Creek, Mich., commenting at Detroit News
- "A chance for MSU get finally get the respect it has earned." -- Gladys Milroy of Detroit, commenting at Free Press
