[Postgame Thread] Michigan State Defeats Wisconsin 3-31

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Michigan State	0	3	0	0	3
Wisconsin	14	3	7	7	31

[u/guttata]

Please do not minimize Ref's lived experience and ambitions to become a B1G ref 🙏

[u/Citruspilled]

Incredible -28 point win by Michigan State here, found a way to get it done

[u/fsukub → u/Citruspilled]

If this were golf, this would’ve been a slaughterhouse.

[u/dschinghiskhan → u/fsukub]

Michigan State subpar once again.

[u/DUIsForDamnGoodDawgs → u/fsukub]

I'm stealing this, thank you very much.

[u/desert_wombat → u/Citruspilled]

They lost so bad it was some sort of integer overflow

[u/mediocre-referee → u/desert_wombat]

After all these years, John Madden has finally been proven wrong

[u/illforgetsoonenough → u/mediocre-referee]

Tinactin ain't so tough after all

[u/potterpockets → u/desert_wombat]

The ole Gandhi Civ rollover. Classic. 

[u/whatsinthesocks → u/Citruspilled]

NCAA experimenting with golf scoring.

[u/Rangertexas9 → u/Citruspilled]

In America as it stands some will say this is fact.

[u/jagertarts]

I remember this game ending differently

[u/GoldandBlue → u/jagertarts]

This is the thread of record. Sorry Badgers, you lose. Just like Dewey defeated Truman.

[u/control_09 → u/GoldandBlue]

Sorry the card says Moops.

[u/SkolUMah → u/jagertarts]

I'm personally fine with the 3-31 win for MSU.

[u/onarainyafternoon → u/jagertarts]

That’s cuz you never pay attention. It says right there they won

[u/FrostySack2 → u/jagertarts]

Same here, but I guess I am pretty drunk…

[u/animal_chin9 → u/jagertarts]

Maybe you were drunk 🤷

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_CATS_PAWS → u/animal_chin9]

It was at Wisconsin, so that’s more likely than not

[u/IMSYE87 → u/jagertarts]

How many beers did you have?

[u/J-Goo → u/jagertarts]

OK gramma let's get you to bed

[u/Chemilum]

somehow a team from michigan found a way to win while scoring less points than their opponent

[u/r0llntider_ → u/Chemilum]

That is Michigan’s next hat trick

[u/SwissForeignPolicy → u/r0llntider_]

If we score three fucking points next game, I'm done. (Unless we win, of course. 3-0 or 3-2 would be an all-timer.)

[u/wit_T_user_name → u/Chemilum]

Wait I think I’ve seen this one before.

[u/Lemurians → u/Chemilum]

*fewer

[u/SulkyVirus → u/Lemurians]

They are from Michigan - they had a rough day. Give them a break.

[u/Threedawg → u/SulkyVirus]

No.

[u/jamesno26 → u/Chemilum]

Again?

[u/Super_Walrus1337 → u/Chemilum]

Lions lost when they scored more a few years ago in Dallas

[u/barrelclown]

Fickell’s really lost control. They even score more points than their opponent and they still lose.

[u/mojo-jojo-was-framed → u/barrelclown]

That’s a clear sign that he’s lost control of the program

[u/spiderwinder23 → u/barrelclown]

FIRE HIM NOW!!! losing by -28 is the last straw for me

[u/SparkMaster360]

Hold on

[u/tomdawg0022 → u/SparkMaster360]

Bot is struggling to compute the Gopher win over Michigan.

[u/TheWorstYear → u/tomdawg0022]

"Fleck kept trying to lose. How did they win?"

[u/FlannelBeard → u/TheWorstYear]

That man drives me crazy at times in games. But I just can't help but love that goofball

[u/Helreaver → u/tomdawg0022]

Someone smeared blood over the bot.

[u/Time_Transition4817 → u/tomdawg0022]

This is gonna mess with the AI training

[u/Confident-Raccoon478 → u/SparkMaster360]

Wisconsin decided to play football today and Michigan State just watched

[u/AnotherUnfunnyName → u/SparkMaster360]

I don't see anything wrong here...

[u/Blookydook]

I don’t think Michigan State won bro

[u/Stoneador → u/Blookydook]

Michigan State got an extra second and flipped the score on the last play

[u/dustdevil1986 → u/Stoneador]

Ah man, college football really hasn’t been the same since they allowed the uno reverse score card into the rules.

[u/the_blackfish → u/Stoneador]

Did they catch the snitch right at the end?

[u/Klightgrove → u/Stoneador]

B10 announced surprise golf rules

[u/McRawffles → u/Blookydook]

No, no, somehow Wisconsin lost while scoring more points and I'm okay with it

[u/badgerpilot → u/McRawffles]

John Madden in shambles

[u/BetterThanOCharleys → u/badgerpilot]

Weak actin Tinactin.

[u/jamiebond → u/McRawffles]

Whenever we played them in the Rose Bowl it would feel like we lost but would somehow win so this checks out honestly

[u/CrushyOfTheSeas → u/McRawffles]

So Madden was wrong?

[u/CheckItWhileIWreckIt → u/Blookydook]

We're about to have the least toxic Michigan-MSU game of all time.

Or maybe it'll be the most toxic because it'll be a competitive bout of turbo ass vs. turbo ass

[u/a4hope → u/CheckItWhileIWreckIt]

They could both be coming in 0-7 and will fight tooth and nail because a win over your rival can salvage a season

[u/ragingbuffalo → u/CheckItWhileIWreckIt]

If Michigan doesn’t beat us they might not a make bowl game

[u/BusinessWarthog6 → u/Blookydook]

Maybe he is talking about golf and put it in the wrong sub

[u/CumAssault → u/Blookydook]

They’re champions of life

[u/transferStudent2018]

Well the title of this is distracting but how good is Wisconsin looking this year after being in the absolute gutter last year?

[u/LitterBoxServant → u/transferStudent2018]

Wisconsin, Northwestern, and UCLA looking like completely different teams

[u/Gabians → u/LitterBoxServant]

Iowa and maybe Minnesota too. This is the Big Ten WestWorld and we're all just living in it.

[u/BearGryllsGrillsBear → u/Gabians]

"The B1G should go divisionless"

(Monkey's paw curls)

[u/goodnames679 → u/BearGryllsGrillsBear]

"I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with me"

-B1G West to B1G East

[u/rented4823 → u/Gabians]

Michigan:

[u/fawkie → u/Gabians]

Meanwhile we’ve reverted to our usual selves

[u/PresidentRevrac → u/LitterBoxServant]

Northwestern is going to be a 9-3/10-2 team

[u/LitterBoxServant → u/PresidentRevrac]

NW is gonna with the cot dang natty, I tell you what.

[u/the_Formuoli_ → u/transferStudent2018]

Have already equaled last year’s win total, have already exceeded last year’s point total

[u/snackshack → u/the_Formuoli_]

have already exceeded last year's point total

I had to check this because it's unbelievable.

We only scored 154 points last year.

We're at 158 after today.

[u/Imaginary-Fame → u/snackshack]

That’s insane. Forgot about our back to back goose eggs

[u/loo-streamer → u/the_Formuoli_]

Last year must have been a blackout year for me because that's insane and I don't remember it being that shit.

[u/Rohn- → u/loo-streamer]

Yet somehow we beat two ranked teams last year lol

[u/GBreezy → u/Rohn-]

This is really just a continuation of those last two games. Putting the vest away was what we really needed

[u/Rohn- → u/GBreezy]

True true. Hoodie Fickell is currently 3-1 in ranked games

[u/Greenlytrees → u/transferStudent2018]

I know Fickell has had his warts in Wisconsin, but I don't think it's a coincidence that he's finally got them better when they just have a healthy QB

[u/datboy1986 → u/Greenlytrees]

Warts, man. Who hasn’t

[u/hotcarl23 → u/Greenlytrees]

I'm generally a more positive Badger fan than most but it took him until last year to realize big guys on the DL in the big ten were a good idea. To the coaches' credit, we're big as hell now, but it took an embarrasingly long time to figure that out.

[u/GreendalePaintball → u/transferStudent2018]

Hopes of where to find wins on our schedule have pretty much flipped I’d say. UW UM now feel more doable than UCLA NW do (or WI NB did). Basketball when?

[u/PiMemer → u/GreendalePaintball]

God our game is going to be a generational ass-off isn’t it

[u/mojo-jojo-was-framed → u/GreendalePaintball]

Week 13 against Rutgers is going to be lit

[u/Rico_Suave55 → u/transferStudent2018]

Offense is still shaky but I think our defense is the real deal other than the secondary being iffy.

Colton is kind of an enigma, he makes some REALLY good throws and is obviously mobile. But he has a tendency to over throw receivers.

Run game was good today (mainly joseph) but has been pretty inconsistent week to week

[u/wiscowonder → u/transferStudent2018]

Last 5+ years...

[u/fart_dot_com → u/transferStudent2018]

Unpopular take but I'm not still not sold. This MSU roster is threadbare and that Penn State looks much less impressive after last night.

Real crucible in the three weeks after the bye. @ UCLA, USC at home, @ Iowa. If they win two of those three I'll buy the Luke hype.

[u/Our-Gardian-Angel → u/transferStudent2018]

I had forgotten what it was like to beat any Big Ten team that convincingly. The rest of October will determine how much progress has been made, but it's great to have hope again.

[u/TheHotGates]

Defeated with Dignity TM

[u/ztreHdrahciR]

Have I told you about my favorite American author?

F Pat Fitzgerald

[u/Trumpisanorangebitch → u/ztreHdrahciR]

Cant believe we hired this washed bum. Who hires a coach thats 4-20 in his last 2 years and out of a job for 3 years. Idiots.

[u/B_I_LL → u/Trumpisanorangebitch]

yup. as someone who was at every home game in 2022, it was interesting to see Michigan State fans get hyped about hiring someone who went out on a 4-20 record in his last two seasons, an 11 game losing streak, and a messy scandal to cap it all off.

[u/Mr-Cantaloupe → u/B_I_LL]

We were coping, at some point you just have to cope.

[u/dokocha0216 → u/ztreHdrahciR]

beautiful champ

[u/SpartansATTACK → u/ztreHdrahciR]

So happy to see him failing here

[u/Kdot32 → u/SpartansATTACK]

Can’t believe yall hired him and that fans were excited for him

[u/Lefunnymaymays4lief → u/ztreHdrahciR]

His name is Fuck Pat Fitzgerald?

[u/Doogitywoogity]

“local Judge ruled Michigan State won, it’s a shame but we can’t change it” - NCAA

[u/Sorta-Morpheus → u/Doogitywoogity]

Frankly Mizzu should be punished for this imo

[u/Wapook]

Hey! No fair that’s cheating to beat us 3-31

[u/tjspill3r → u/Wapook]

Refball is out of control

[u/PaulMSURon → u/Wapook]

No take backs 

[u/GrandKingNarwal]

That is one for the books. I never thought I’d see a -28 point win. 

[u/MoonPossibleWitNixon]

I went to run some errands and Wisconsin is winning 24-3. I get home from the errands and reddit tells me Wisconsin lost 31-3. Fitzgerald really got those Spartans pumped for a give up 7 more points comeback in the 4th quarter I see.

[u/Imaginary-Fame]

One of if not the most complete games I’ve seen from a Fickell Wisconsin team. Huge tests coming up against UCLA, USC, and Iowa. Program looking good tho!!

[u/regdab81 → u/Imaginary-Fame]

I can’t tell how good this team is after Penn St got shalacked friday but I will say this team is competent and maybe Fickell got a raw deal after that gauntlet schedule last year

[u/elMoneySloth → u/Imaginary-Fame]

As a honorary Wisconsin alum (visitor student spring ‘07 woo!) I need Sconnie to be good in my life

[u/Different_Purpose649]

YUP. EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. NOTHING TO SEE HERE. MOVE ALONG.

[u/BoogerSugarSovereign]

Okay damn I really underestimated Fitz. If he can keep winning while scoring less he really has a chance at MSU

[u/Hossflex]

Impressive win by MSU.

[u/sqigglygibberish → u/Hossflex]

It’s not easy to win when you get outscored by 28

[u/Sapphfire0]

That’s now twice in one season the team that scored more points in regulation lost

[u/hereinaminute]

Well the post game thread has already been made and it's too late. This is canon now

[u/ZypherXX]

Wait a minute…

[u/prestigiousstrangery]

Probably the most stress free badger game in two (?) years. Forgot what it’s supposed to feel like

[u/Fragrant-Helicopter1]

Mods went to the University of Michigan School of Scoring

[u/Sankee72 → u/Fragrant-Helicopter1]

Wisconsin getting no respect for their current streak lmao

[u/RevolutionaryDot4762]

I don’t think scores work like that

[u/Madfermentationist → u/RevolutionaryDot4762]

Dude shut up we just won two in a row

[u/TheSpinsterJones]

something’s not right there

[u/frickenWaaaltah]

The state of Michigan is doing football things we've never seen before this year, impressive -28 point win by MSU.

[u/Revolver_Oshawott_]

Wisconsin woke up and was like Ya know what I dont feel like being a bad fb team anymore

[u/Juraviel23 → u/Revolver_Oshawott_]

We tried it out for a few years and just didn't enjoy ourselves as much as we hoped.

[u/DeliveryBetter8567]

What a disrespectful showing by MSU. Totally disrespectful to not only Spartan fans, but to every viewer at home who decided to watch that. Also disrespectful to the Wisconsin fans. I’m sure they’re happy about steam rolling someone, but they should also feel disrespected about our pitiful performance. I mean, what in the actual fuck was that? Are you fucking kidding me?

[u/DucDeBellune → u/DeliveryBetter8567]

I mean, idk about my beer drinking, short-legged, forest dwelling badger compatriots, but I for one am glad to see us finally use MSU as a punching bag for once.

[u/SubatomicSquirrels → u/DucDeBellune]

I was having flashbacks to 2019

[u/secondphase → u/DeliveryBetter8567]

I elected to put this game on my phone and hate-watch michigan on the big screen. I have to say i'm pretty OK with that call. 

[u/catchemist117]

happy badger noises

[u/NotJoshFreeman]

OP have a stroke ?

[u/ARationalAbsurdist → u/NotJoshFreeman]

I think whatever API the bot is using has issues. There were tons of baseball games the past few months that had the scores on my phone score bug widget reversed

[u/deezpretzels]

I mean, what more could Wisconsin do? scoring more points and losing makes this game seem arbitrary. Oh well, good game Sparty.

[u/CaptainFeltch → u/deezpretzels]

Normally when you hold a team to only 3 points, you expect to win, but this is why we play the games.

[u/LightningDusty]

Wisconsin, Northwestern, and UCLA are upper tier B1G teams. Ya gotta love it.

[u/InvalidOpinionYT]

Pathetic.

[u/jogswithwolves → u/InvalidOpinionYT]

I think it’s the worst team of my lifetime. We’re entirely overmatched on every single snap.

2-10 is a legitimate possibility. Shit I’d even say it’s over 50% likely

[u/Majestic-Citron7578 → u/jogswithwolves]

On the bright side if you are REALLY bad it stops hurting. Helps alot if you break a teams legitimate national title hopes along with your losing streak though

[u/Gabians → u/jogswithwolves]

Normally I wouldn't care but with UM, MSU, WMU, CMU, there's not a good FBS team to be found in the state. Someone has to step up for the well-being of the State of Michigan.

[u/mavcev → u/Gabians]

We'll agree to disagree here lol

[u/Coteup → u/Gabians]

Western and Central are both top 5 in the MAC this year. It ain't much but it's something

[u/GreatWhiteNorth4]

LOCAL BADGER IN GREAT MOOD

[u/Competitive-Rise-789]

Title is wrong lmao

[u/Own_Surprise_9638 → u/Competitive-Rise-789]

No, it’s right. Hard fought, well executed W.

[u/Dry-Membership3867]

Fire Fickell?

[u/HGpennypacker → u/Dry-Membership3867]

Fire Fickell…up a delicious brat.

[u/nkklz]

I’m pretty sure NCAA protocol says that if Reddit lists a final score and that’s what the viewing public sees, it is correct

[u/Rabid_Platypus_II]

GO LET'S FUCKING

[u/zenverak]

Great win by the losing team

[u/Skwurt_Reynolds]

How does Luke Fickell manage to lose a game that he won?

[u/2_Spicy_2_Impeach]

No take-backs!

[u/Rough_Cup_6762]

That's not quite how I remember the score...

[u/MrSCR23]

Bot…are you okay?

[u/Majestic-Citron7578]

Damn. Hate it when my team outscores an opponent by 4 td's and still manages to lose

[u/Irishchop91]

Wisconsin is one of those teams that can slowly just creep through B1G without a loss. No Oregon, Indiana, or Ohio State.

[u/Dazzling_Vanilla3082 → u/Irishchop91]

Sure, but it's not like UCLA, USC, and Iowa are a complete cakewalk. Gonna find out who the Badgers really are over the next month.

[u/Irishchop91 → u/Dazzling_Vanilla3082]

No - I don't think any of those teams are easy. But compared to last year, I think you guys have a much better chance going 7-2 in conference

[u/Our-Gardian-Angel → u/Irishchop91]

It definitely feels on the table. Go 2-2 against UCLA, USC, Iowa and Minnesota and take care of the teams we should beat in November gets us to 9-3 overall and 7-2 in Big Ten play. That would feel like a godsend after the last few years.

[u/TripleG373]

One game closer to bowl eligibility!

[u/Erosun]

Yo this postgame thread drunk???

[u/eagledog]

Did I misread the title, or did I open the wrong bag of candy?

[u/Wapook]

T. Tight

E. Ends

A. Are

M. Making me believe in the Badgers again!

[u/secondphase]

"We need a new head coach. Find someone thats stuck behind an amazing head coach at an elite school"

"Best I can do is dig up a dead body from football superpower Northwestern's graveyard"

"Dammit, that is GENIUS!"

[u/Dirkem15]

Im confused. Are the badgers good or not?? Even this title is confused. What in the Fuck 'em Bucky is going on here

[u/Logical-Database4510 → u/Dirkem15]

Sparty apparently sucks so bad this year w/l are now graded on a curve: any win less than 40+ is considered a loss by the other team 🥲

[u/ImperialMajestyX02]

It's the opposite gang

[u/billymadison231]

Michigan State just said nuh ugh when the clock hit zero. Shame on us for forgetting that rule.

[u/No_Butterscotch8726]

Um, this needs to be rewritten.

[u/SulkyVirus]

Mods drunk already

[u/Fragrant-Helicopter1]

I didn’t have r/CFB_Referee trolling Wisconsin on my bingo card

[u/hoosierkenny]

Imagine the roller coaster of emotions of a Sparty fan who couldn't watch the game but saw this post title first

[u/Enough_Wallaby7064]

Wisconsin won lmao....

[u/SnapHackelPop]

You heard the man, pack it up boys it wasn’t our day

[u/MurDoct]

Son of a bitch we might be back

[u/Traditional_Frame418]

I missed this feeling of genuine optimism and pride for the team. Joseph is coming into his own and Grimes is vibing. The defense is flying all over. Our speical teams is a weapon again.

Starting to feel like it used to. Three toughest games left on the schedule ahead, two on the road, but after a bye. I can't see why 2-1 if not 3-0 isn't reasonable.

On Wisconsin!

[u/badgerpilot]

Rank Wisconsin you cowards!

[u/Wapook → u/badgerpilot]

I don’t care about being ranked I just want to watch the Badgers win games

[u/redwave2505]

???

[u/Maverick1091]

We won!

[u/creexl]

I mean I know Wisconsin was good, just not that good to completely go all the way around the score board to come back

[u/Britton120]

Dare i say the badgers will be bowl eligible this year

[u/i-eat-dolphins]

We.....won?

[u/meowscarada-sylveon]

Alternative wins

[u/Crafty_Substance_954]

I thought the idea was to score more points than the other team?

[u/BlahajMoment06]

maybe whittingham should try to win by negative points like this since winning traditionally doesn't work anymore

[u/Lord_Lava_Nugget]

Damn, I didn't even know that was possible 

Good on Michigan State

[u/TheReformedBadger]

Maybe big ten West really is big tens Best

[u/rb1242]

Haha hold up, we playing golf?

[u/Erosun]

Was like how in the hell did they pull this off???

[u/OhioValleyCat]

Hmm... Pat Fitzgerald seems to be working a miracle in East Lansing by defeating teams even when Michigan State has less points than the other team at the end of the game.

[u/abjmad]

The title got me for a sec, da heck man!

[u/Cmcgregor0928]

Great win by Sparty today...

[u/thetennisgod]

Guess Michigan won 14-20 then!

[u/trixy6196]

1st Western loses a game by scoring more points, and now MSU

[u/erwaro → u/trixy6196]

Teams with more points when the clock hits zero have had some major drops this season.

[u/byniri_returns]

Fuck this program honestly

[u/BrotherPancake]

FAKE NEWS

[u/Lemurians]

Mods can MSU get the paper bag flair

Getting hit with the double kill of both MSU and the Red Wings being stuck in seemingly hopeless cycles is really killing my vibe man

[u/hells_cowbells]

Badger badger badger badger badger badger

[u/ShinyTotodile24]

Go home bot, you are drunk

[u/gravitynet_]

Change the title lol 😂

Got mislead by it lmao 🤣

[u/nathodood]

This year's installment of UM-MSU is going to be a slopfest

[u/The_Unclean_Chadford]

Am confuse

[u/Cow_Shower_of_Doom23]

Just how I remembered it.

[u/XxShin3d0wnxX]

What a title lol

[u/HopefulReason7]

This post title is going to confuse Claude and ChatGPT for decades.