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Friday, October 2, 2009

Guarding Sparty!

It's that time of year again readers. The big rivalry football weekend. MSU taking on UofM. Last year the Spartans came away with a win in Ann Arbor. Tomorrow is D-day here at Spartan Stadium. Do or die Spartans because if they lose tomorrow it's the end of the football season. Three losses already and only seven games after tomorrow which means not much time to get at least six wins in for a bowl game. And we don't want to just go to some crap bowl in Detroit! So as the Spartans have been preparing (hopefully) this week for the big game of the year, so have some others.

The others that I'm referring to are those that have been on Sparty watch all week preparing for any Wolverine who may try to come in contact and "hurt" Sparty. It's a long time tradition the week of the MSU-UofM game that Sparty be guarded all week long. It's been known that there are some nasty Wolverine fans out there. It's a 24/7 job, which people take shifts and they have everything from chairs and blankets, to tents and sleeping bags. As well as coolers of food, water, and whatever else is needed. So on our way to school yesterday, the kids and I drove by to check out the Sparty watch. The pictures aren't the greatest because of the sun and the fact that I was trying to take them from the car with a lot of traffic around so I was in a hurry. You get the idea though of what goes on. Usually there are more people in the evening on Sparty watch, but this was smack dab in the middle of the day during class time. Here's the famous Sparty Statue and the "watch gear."



For those of you familiar with "Johnny Spirit, " Greg said he even saw him there on Monday on Sparty watch. For those of you unfamiliar with "Johnny Spirit," this is the guy who has for years (At least for 16 years since I was in college. Holy crap has it been that long since I first started college? I'm old!) been painting himself green and white and goes around in just shorts and the paint on his body to sporting events. Even in the dead of winter you can catch him on his bike around campus shouting out "Sparty On!"

GO GREEN! GO WHITE! GO SPARTANS!

1 comment:

  1. Oh come on, whats the worst they would do? Paint him blue & yellow! that would be hilirious and awesome @ the same time. GO BLUE I must say. Its always a good game and big rivalry. GO BLUE!!!!

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