Weekend Reading Is Afraid of The Earth Destroying Polar Bears

Wisconsin Annihilation Rejoicing(WAR) and A Look Ahead

Did you enjoy Bo Ryan's Sad Panda? MLive says you can thank Austin Thornton and Keith Appling for that. Spartan State points out that this is MSU's 6th win over a ranked opponent this season. The Lady Spartans also pulled out a 62-46 victory last night to complete the sweep against the Badgers. With that huge game out of the way Banks of the Red Cedar takes a look at the Sprint to the Finish. Hammer And Rails is reporting that valued contributor D.J. Byrd has been arrested and will likely sit against MSU on Sunday. Game preview of Sunday's Purdue game on Sunday morning as well as many other places I'm sure.

Senior Night/Weekend at Munn this weekend

It's senior weekend at Munn this weekend and the icers complete their four year journey through some pretty rough hockey. Neil Koepke writes that they are putting a happy ending on these four years.

The Munn Minute has a series preview on the Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks over on their site. The Munn Minute is doing a really nice job. If you want to follow hockey, but don't know where to start, I have found this blog helpful. But. This. Is. Amazing.

 
NFL Combine Is Next Week


Banks of the Red Cedar has some ratings on the players appearing in the draft. Mike Mayock predicts Kirk Cousins as a fourth rounder and career backup. *Sarcastic Thumbs Up*

Photo Credit: College Humor

To be clear I would take NFL backup money to hold a clipboard. Interested teams hit me up on twitter or e-mail.

MSU has started an All-America campaign for Draymond Green and Torey Krug. MSU Baseball starts it's Spring Campaign on Friday.  A UM victory over OSU really improves MSU's shot at the title, check out UM Hoops Preview of the game.

Weekend Reading Isn't Worried About It's Discounted Goods

A Thad of an Underperformer

Men's hoops travels down to the Value City ABC Warehouse Used Drugstore PBR Emporium to play Ohio State Saturday night at 6 on ESPN. Matta's teams always look frightening in the regular season and wilt down the stretch. It's hard to get all riled up about opponents who don't win when it counts. Specifically in March.

Upon Further Review: Matta's Record in the Tourney at OSU is 10-5. Two of those years he won 34 games or more.  10-5 is respectable, four of those years they won the Big Ten. I'd expect better than 10-5 when you win the Big Ten four times.

Look into my eyes. We will in it all this year!!! Courtesy of DanOnTheStreet

Rexrode suggests OSU is becoming an MSU basketball nemesis. Jay Bilas has OSU by four.
Super recruit Gary Harris has been named a McDonald's All-American. I thought Gary Harris was from Gary Indiana, but he isn't. He's from Indianapolis. Still.

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I don't know squat about OSU. They have that Sullinger kid I heard. I hope we win, but that's all I can confidently predict. Wild guess: MSU by 43. Optimistically and guaranteed wrong sits ok with me.

Michigan Hockey Preview

Do you wish for an MSU blog that does great hockey coverage? Luckily, such a new blog exists. The Munn Minute has an excellent preview of the weekend series against UM. Standing room only tickets are still available for tonight's game at Munn. If you DO like hockey and DON'T mind standing to support the resurgent MSU hockey program do that. You want to get all pissed and break things in anticpation? Vannini's got your youtube adrenaline drop over on Green Thoughts.

Enemy Previews

Go Blue Michigan Wolverine has a two part preview of tonight's game without all of the obnoxious condescension of the one over at The Blog Yost Built. I'm sure MGoBlog will have a preview of quality up later today as well.

But srsly you guys The Munn Minute. Read it and know MSU Hockey better.

Acshual College Football Talk

Wooooo! We're reversing a rule we just put into place a couple years ago! The NCAA committee has recommended that kickoffs move back from the 30 to the 35 yard-line. The NCAA just moved the line back to the 30 a couple years back when they realized less touchbacks meant MOAR excitement! They also did not realize or care that it would mean MOAR injury!

The NFL, which often tweaks its rules to influence more scoring, adopted this change in March for the sake of safety. In conjunction with moving the kickoff line, the rule also prevents coverers from getting more than a 5-yard running start before the kick. Under the previous rule, would-be tacklers could mount a 15-yard head of steam before the kick.

The bulk of the proposed rule changes are related to curtailing injury. Which is always a great thing.

The Rivals Top 250 was released earlier this week and six players from Michigan made the cut. Offensive Outback Bowl review Monday or Tuesday.