Michigan State, Ohio State Folks Are Short-Circuiting

It's not surprising, but Michigan State and Ohio State fans and media members simply cannot handle Michigan's success.

Michigan State beat Michigan 37-33 in late-October, which was obviously a huge deal at the time. It gave Mel Tucker a 2-0 record against Jim Harbaugh and took Harbaugh's overall record against the Spartans below .500 (3-4). It gave Sparty bragging rights and thrusted them into the College Football Playoff picture. A week later, however, MSU lost to Purdue, which cracked the Big Ten door back open for the Wolverines.

For the rest of month of November, Michigan fans didn't really know what to think. Excitement was minimal and it truly was a wait-and-see scenario as the regular season wound down. Wolverine fans were going to need a little help from Ohio State when they hosted Michigan State and then would need their Wolverines to do the impossible in Ann Arbor on that last Saturday in November. Nothing seemed to matter much until the regular season finale rolled around. 

And then Jim Harbaugh and the Wolverines delivered. Michigan defeated Ohio State in convincing fashion, 42-27, giving U-M the outright East Division title. Of course Michigan would go on to destroy Iowa 42-3 in the Big Ten Championship game.

Harbaugh and U-M finished the season with a convincing win over Ohio State, an absolute dominant win over Iowa for a title and a 12-1 overall record. Yes, there is that blemish from the Spartans from a little over a month ago, but does that even matter at this point?

Spartan folks seem to think so. Throw in the fact that Kenneth Walker III got snubbed as a Heisman finalist while Aidan Hutchinson got the nod after dominant performance after dominant performance down the stretch and you have some really salty Spartans out there. 

Ohio State loyalists also don't know what to do. They're not used to being in this position and it shows. 

Just take a look at some of these thoughts and takes...

This is like Indiana hoops storming its home court after beating MSU in 2001 - this is how you know you’ve arrived. In this case, for MSU, as a toe-to-toe rival. U-M folks are talking about you as they enjoy their best season in decades. You’re in their heads. MSU, embrace this. https://t.co/yuX7jRDi5r

— Graham Couch (@Graham_Couch) December 8, 2021

Never underestimate the media hype of ESPN.

— Rico Beard (@RicoBeard) December 6, 2021

C.J. Stroud says the flu outbreak before the Michigan game “kind of does matter” and that despite losing to Oregon and the Wolverines, "neither of those teams are better than us." https://t.co/DEW5D4peQ4 pic.twitter.com/ewQlvSfxWf

— Eleven Warriors (@11W) December 9, 2021

The expectations for Jim Harbaugh were set so low after he failed to accomplish a single thing in his first six years, so that now when he finally beat Ohio State for the first time, he wins Coach of the Year.

Honestly not a bad strategy by Harbaugh 😂 https://t.co/MdJ2gtaycm

— Barstool Ohio State (@BarstoolOSU) December 10, 2021

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— MSU Chief of Propaganda (@OdellBretthamJr) December 11, 2021

No matter how far scUM goes, they have to live with the fact that they lost to their big brother.

— Barstool Spartans (@BarstoolMSU) December 5, 2021

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— Tim Bolek (@TimBolek) December 7, 2021

Michigan won the game CONGRATS... But really why rub it in. I have heard from all these M fans talking trash. Again CONGRATS you won for the first time in 10 YEAR!! pic.twitter.com/twfsui2wRg

— DOM TIBERI (@DOMTIBERI) December 6, 2021

You seriously cant make this stuff up:

Buckeye msg boards are saying they believe Coleridge Stroud was sent to Ohio St by Michigan to be a mole for the program. Apparently some teammates found text messages from Coleridge to Jim Harbaugh. They want him gone from the program 👀 pic.twitter.com/awIR3f6d8L

— MichiganFootballHotTakes (@UMichHotTakes) November 29, 2021

Both groups of people have been vocal, distraught and downright ignorant, frankly. The sooner Michigan State and Ohio State fans and media members realize that there really isn't anything they can say to Michigan fans right now, the better. It's highly entertaining and enjoyable for U-M fans, but it's a bad look for Sparties and Buckos.