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2007

Sep 30 - Oct 6

Other than MSU, who is the biggest surprise in the NCAA?

California (3) 1.99%
South Florida (51) 33.77%
Boston College (1) 0.66%
Kentucky (34) 22.52%
South Carolina (3) 1.99%
Clemson (0) 0.00%
Cincinnati (16) 10.60%
Tennessee (0) 0.00%
Michigan (7) 4.64%
Notre Dame (36) 23.84%

151 Total Votes

Sept 23 - 30

Now how many wins will MSU get this year?

7 (102) 32.90%
8 (98) 31.61%
9 (41) 13.23%
6 (29) 9.35%
10 (13) 4.19%
4 (10) 3.23%
13 (10) 3.23%
11 (4) 1.29%
5 (2) 0.65%
12 (1) 0.32%

310 Total Votes

Sept 17 - 22

How many rushing yards can the MSU defense hold ND to?

50-100 (62) 43.06%
0-49 (46) 31.94%
* 101-150 (23) 15.97%
over 200 (7) 4.86%
151-200 (6) 4.17%

144 Total Votes

* correct answer: 117 yds

Sept 14 - 16

Compare Wannstedt's moustache: who is he mimicking?

Ugly She-Man 32.09%
Ron Jeremy 26.87%
Tom Selleck 20.90%
Moustache Champ 6.72%
Teddy Roosevelt 4.48%
Groucho Marx 4.48%
Frederick Neitsche 3.73%
Albert Einstein 0.75%
Pat Morita 0%

134 Total Votes

Sept 9 - 13

How many points will Pitt score on MSU?

15-17 (32) 23.19%
11-14 (25) 18.12%
21-23 (22) 15.94%
18-20 (20) 14.49%
more than 30 (13) 9.42%
24-27 (10) 7.25%
8-10 (9) 6.52%
28-30 (4) 2.90%
1-7 (3) 2.17%

138 Total Votes

Sept 2 - Sept 8

What was more sweet?

watching Appalachian St beat scUM? 63.49%

watching MSU crush UAB? 36.51%

189 Total Votes

Aug 27 - Sept 1

How many yards will MSU run vs UAB?

101-125 (0) 0.00%
201-225 (30) 25.86%
226-250 (23) 19.83%
176-200 (17) 14.66%
275-300 (16) 13.79%
251-275 (12) 10.34%
151-175 (7) 6.03%
126-150 (6) 5.17%
under 100 (5) 4.31%

correct answer: 298 yds.

116 Total Votes

Aug 9 - Aug 26

What position is the key to MSU success this year?

OL (51) 22.67%
RB (44) 19.56
QB (39) 17.33%
DL (38) 16.89%
DB (26) 11.56%
LB (15) 6.67%
Spc Teams (10) 4.44%
WR/TE (2) 0.89%

225 Total Votes

July 29 - Aug 8

Who is the best Big Ten football coach?

Jim Tressel. Ohio St. 52.63%
Mark Dantonio. Mich St. 16.54%
JoePa. Penn St. 10.53%
Kirk Ferentz. Iowa. 8.27%
Lloyd Carr. scUM. 6.77%

Bret Bielema. Wisky. 3.76%
Ron Zook. Illinois. 0.75%
Pat Fitzgerald. N'western. 0.75%
Tim Brewster. Minny. 0%
Joe Tiller. Purdue. 0%

133 Total Votes

May 24 - July 29

Will you subscribe to the Big Ten Network?

YES. Absoloutely. 25.56%
Maybe. Depends on the cost. 37.22%
NO. Will watch in the bars. 37.22%

223 Total Votes

Apr 9 - May 23

How will MSU football fare in 2007?

Win 10+: 3.48%
9-3: 2.99% 
8-4: 12.19%
7-5: 35.07%
6-6: 23.13%
5-7: 14.68%
4-8: 5.22%
Win 3 or less: 3.23%
 
402 Total Votes

Apr 6 - 8

How will you follow MSU in the hockey title game?

On ESPN/tv (48)
92.31%
 
On the Radio (1)
1.92% 
 
Via the Internet (0)
0.00%
 
Tape/Tivo (0)
0.00%
 
Live in St. Louis (2)
3.85% 
 
I Won't (1)
1.92% 
 
52 Total Votes

Mar 16 - Apr 5

Who is the best bkb play-by-play announcer?

Gus Johnson (22) 15.60%
James Brown (3) 2.13%
Dick Enberg (25) 17.73%
Tim Brando (3) 2.13%
Jim Nantz (36) 25.53%
Verne Lunquist (22) 15.60%
Kevin Harlan (3) 2.13%
Sean McDonough (7) 4.96%
Others (20) 14.18%

141 Total Votes

Mar 12 - Mar 15

How far will MSU advance in the NCAA Tourney?

NCAA Championship (8) 10.67%
Runner Up (0) 0.00%
Final 4 (2) 2.67%
Elite 8 (6) 8.00%
Sweet 16 (10) 13.33%
Second Round (32) (40) 53.33%
First Round Loss (9) 12.00%

75 Total Votes

Mar 10 - Mar 11

What do you think of Bo Ryan?

Great coach. Period. (0) 0.00%
He is an ass. (8) 23.53%
A winner with zero class. (15) 44.12%
He is an embarassment. (5) 14.71%
Who cares? He wins. (6) 17.65%

34 Total Votes

Mar 4 - Mar 9

How far will MSU advance in BigTen tourney?

Win (9) 12.00%
Second Place (17) 22.67%
Semifinals (37) 49.33%

Quarterfinals (11) 14.67%


Lose to NW in first round (1) 1.33%

Correct answer: quarterfinals

75 Total Votes

Feb 13 - Mar 3

How important is it to change college FB recruiting?
Very important: 45%
Kinda important: 18%
There are more important things to worry about: 24%
Who cares? 13%

86 Total Votes

Jan 15 - Feb 12

How good of a recruiting class will MSU have?

Great: Top 15 in country (4) 1.02%
Good: Top 30 in country (163) 41.69%
Average: Top 60 in country (197) 50.38%
Poor: Top 90 in country (15) 3.84%
Awful: Among the worst (12) 3.07%

391 Total Votes

Jan 5 - Jan 14

Drew Naymick. Whaddya Think?

Big. White. Dumb. 24.17%
Love The Redhead. 5.83%
Next Coming Of AJ Granger. 5.83%
We Need More White Boys. 0.83%
Isn't He A Stockbroker? 2.50%
Never Liked Janitors 4.17%
Good. Not Great. 20.00%
Average, But OK. Boring. 36.67%

120 Total Votes

2006

Dec 26 - Jan 4

How will MSU men's hoops fare in Big Ten?

13-3 - 7.05%
12-4 - 5.77%
11-5 - 12.82%
10-6 - 22.44%
9-7 - 32.69%
8-8 - 13.46%
7-9 - 4.49%
6 wins or less - 1.28%

156 Total Votes

Nov 26 - Dec 25

You Grade Choice of Dantonio:

B: Great choice, Dantonio is a winner. 51.24%

C: Not sure yet, the jury is out. 24.79%

A: Dantoino+MSU=BCS in 2008! 21.49%

D: MSU blew it, but better than JLS 1.65%

F: Terrible. What was Simon smoking? 0.83%

721 Total Votes

Nov 19 - Nov 25

Todd Grantham: Your Thoughts?

Who is he? 18.08%

Grantham=Defense. Stop the Bleeding. 30.26%

Will Only Succeed if Baldwin and Staff are axed 22.14%

Should Have Picked Pelini 29.52%

271 Total Votes

Nov 13 - Nov 18

Of those interviewed, who'd you choose as next MSU coach?

Bo Pelini (137) 50.00%

Charlie Strong (10) 3.65%

Brian Kelly (50) 18.25%

Todd Grantham (51) 18.61%

Pat Shurmur (26) 9.49%

274 Total Votes

Nov 6 - Nov 12

Most recent poll for next MSU coach: who will it be?

Steve Mariucci (Cal, 49ers, Lions) 17.17%
 
Jon Tenuta (Ga Tech D-Coord) 28.34%
 
Brian Kelly (CMU, GVSU) 9.26%
 
Gene Chizik (Texas D-Coord) 10.63%
 
Pat Shurmur (MSU, Eagles) 6.27%
 
Ron English (scUM D-Coord) 10.90%
 
Mark D'Antonio (U of Cincinnati, Oh St) 9.81%
 
Todd Grantham (Browns D-Coord, MSU) 7.63%
 
367 Total Votes

Oct 31 - Nov 5

Who would you pick as a new Spartan coach?

Steve Mariucci (Cal, 49ers, Lions) (104) 16.80%

Butch Davis (Miami-FL, Browns) (188) 30.37%

Gary Pinkel (Missouri, Toledo) (7) 1.13%

Jon Tunata (Ga Tech D-Coord) (52) 8.40%

Brian Kelly (CMU, GVSU) (92) 14.86%

Ty Willingham (Stanford, ND, Wash) (114) 18.42%

Pat Shurmur (MSU, Eagles) (62) 10.02%

619 Total Votes

Oct 29 - Oct 30

Real Spartans return with blowout loss at Indiana. Now what do you do to JLS?

5. Fire him now. Blowout loss to Indiana is typical JLS. (114) 71.25%

4. Let's ride him out in '06 and see if we can go bowling (32) 20.00%

3. I don't know what to think. We're average. (1) 0.62%

2. I'm a glutton for punishment. We may lose, but love him! (2) 1.25%

1. Keep him. He is our savior. Believe. (11) 6.88%

160 Total Votes

Oct 22 - Oct 28

What an amazing victory over NW. What should we do with JLS?

5. Fire him now. NW sucks and we were down by 35 pts? (55) 26.07%

4. Let's ride him out in '06 and see if we can go bowling (116) 54.98%

3. I don't know what to think. We're average. (12) 5.69%

2. I'm a glutton for punishment. We may lose, but love him! (7) 3.32%

1. Keep him. He is our savior. Believe. (21) 9.95%

211 Total Votes

Oct 15 - Oct 21

We just lost to OSU. Now what do you think about JLS?

5. Fire him now. He has "no answer." S.O.S. (105) 53.85%

4. Let's ride him out in '06 and see if we can go bowling (60) 30.77%

3. I don't know what to think. We're average. (8) 4.10%

2. I'm a glutton for punishment. We may lose, but love him! (0) 0.00%

1. Keep him. He is our savior. Believe. (22) 11.28%

195 Total Votes

Oct 8 - Oct 14

JLS Fire Watch: How bad is it?

5. Fire him now. He has "no answer." S.O.S. 46.78%

4. Let's ride him out in '06 and see if we can go bowling 33.48%

3. I don't know what to think. We're average. 5.58%

2. I'm a glutton for punishment. We may lose, but love him! 2.15%

1. Keep him. He is our savior. Believe. 12.02%

233 Total Votes

Oct 1 - Oct 7

Should John L Smith be fired?

Fire him now. I've had enough. We won't improve. 50.85%

Wait. Season isn't over. Give him one last chance. 34.13%

Keep him. I'm a glutton for punishment. 15.02%

293 Total Votes

Sept 24 - Sep 30

What does the loss to ND mean to you?

Same Old Spartans 37.41%
John L Smith should be fired 21.11%
MSU will never succeed with JLS as coach 10.74%
I enjoy getting my heart broken by inept coaches 7.04%
There will be more losses like this with JLS as coach 6.67%
JLS is a major disappointment 5.56%
JLS is just a bad coach 3.33%
JLS is at best mediorcre, like previous MSU coaches 2.96% JLS cannot win big games, he is a loser 2.96%
JLS doesn't belong in the Big Ten 2.22%

270 Total Votes

Sept 17 - Sept 23

How many points to beat Notre Dame?

33 or more 46.19%
27-29 22.87%
30-32 13.90%
0-7 5.38%
24-26 4.04%
8-10 3.59%
21-23 1.79%
14-16 1.35%
11-13 0.45%
17-20 0.45%

223 Total Votes

Sept 11 - Sept 16

What is the key to victory at Pitt?

Good pass defense 38.57%
Good run defense 14.29%
Pass rush 12.14%
Forcing turnovers 11.43%
Consistent play calling 11.43%
Good rushing game 8.57%
Good passing game 1.43%
FG kicking 1.43%
Punting (field position) 0.71%

140 Total Votes

Sept 3 - Sept 10

What is MSU's biggest concern, after game 1:

coaching (43) 27.74%
offensive line (41) 26.45%
pass rush (40) 25.81%
pass defense (16) 10.32%
rushing offense (14) 9.03%
wide receivers (1) 0.65%
kicking (0) 0.00%

155 Total Votes

August 26 - Sept 2

How many yards will MSU rush vs Idaho?

0-99 (2) 2.25%
100-149 (3) 3.37%
150-199 (29) 32.58%

200-249 (34) 38.20%
250-299 (6) 6.74%
300 or more (15) 16.85%

89 Total Votes

correct answer: 175 yards

August 12 - 26

How many wins will it take for JLS to keep his job?

7 (64) 36.36%
6+scUM (52) 29.55%
8 (21) 11.93%
6 (15) 8.52%
9 (9) 5.11%
1 (8) 4.55%
5 (5) 2.84%
2 (1) 0.57%
3 (1) 0.57%
4 (0) 0.00%

176 Total Votes

August 1 - 11

What is the biggest weakness of the 2006 Spartans?

DB 27%
Special Teams 21%
Coaching 13%
Our Mediocre History 14%
DL 10%
OL 7%
QB 4%
LB 2%
RB 1%
WR/TE 0%

126 Total Votes

June 15 - August 1

How many points will MSU score combined vs Idaho & EMU?

Over 100 (57) 25.00%
80-89 (52) 22.81%
90-99 (38) 16.67%
79-79 (21) 9.21%
60-69 (21) 9.21%
50-59 (17) 7.46%
Under 20 (14) 6.14%
40-49 (3) 1.32%
30-39 (3) 1.32%
20-29 (2) 0.88%

228 Total Votes

May 24 - June 14

scUM 32.39%
Notre Dame 32.39%
Ohio St 11.97%
TCU 4.93%
Cal 4.93%
W Virginia 4.23%
Nebraska 3.52%
Louisville 2.82%
Iowa 2.11%
Oregon 0.70%
 
142 Total Votes

Apr 29 - May 23

What should be the new Illinois Nickname?

Illinoisans: 23%
Fighting Zooks: 20%
Gangsters: 13%
"I Hate Ilinois Nazis": 12%
Shawnee: 10% 
Gippers: 8%
Daleys: 5%
King Neptunes: 3%
Fighting Presidents: 2%
Tully Monsters: 2%
 
123 Total Votes

May 18 - Apr 28

What is the biggest surprise for MSU in the 2005-6 academic year?

M Basketball team losing in first round of NCAAs (102)
46.36%
 
Hockey team winning CCHA title, top NCAA seed (72)
32.73%

Football team going 5-6, losing 6 of last 7 games (46)
20.91%

220 Total Votes

Mar 13 - Mar 17

How far will MSU advance this year?

Win 3; Elite 8 (49) 47.12%
Win 4; Final Four (14) 13.46%
Lose to George Mason (12) 11.54%
National Champs!!! (10) 9.62%
Win 2; Sweet 16 (10) 9.62%
Win 1; 2nd round (8) 7.69%
Win 5; Title Game (1) 0.96%

104 Total Votes

Mar 1 - Mar 12

Who is MSU's MVP in men's bball?

Shannon Brown 53.12%
Paul Davis 26.56%
Matt Trannon 13.28%
Mo Ager 5.47%
Drew Neitzel 1.56%

128 Total Votes

Feb 16 - Feb 28

5 games left: What will MSU's regular season record be?

23-7 (39) 43.82%
22-8 (19) 21.35%
21-9 (14) 15.73%
20-10 (9) 10.11%
19-11 (6) 6.74%
18-12 (2) 2.25%

89 Total Votes

Feb 7 - Feb 16

If not MSU, who will win the Big10 men's hoops title?
Illlinois - 36.73%
 
Iowa - 41.84%
Ohio State - 9.18%
Wisconsin - 3.06%
Michigan - 2.04%
Minnesota - 2.04%
Northwestern - 2.04%
Purdue - 2.04%
Penn State - 1.02%
Indiana - 0.00%
 
98 Total Votes

Dec 17 - Jan 11

Is this MSUs best men's hoops team since the '00 title team?

Yes - we're sweet! Title town again, baby! 67%
 
No - the '01 & '05 Final Four teams were better. 33%
 
129 Total Votes

2005

Nov 28 - Dec 16

If JLS fails next year, would you hire Mariucci?

Hire someone else - 30.36%

Hire Mooch if JLS has a losing season - 28.74%

Hire Mooch only if JLS wins less than eight games - 20.65%

Nope, keep JLS - 20.24%

247 Total Votes

Nov 12 - Nov 27

Has MSU gotten its money's worth out of JLS so far?

Nope, this year is a step backfor the program - 53.62%
 
It is so bad, fire him after Penn State loss - 27.54%

Kind of; we are where we should be - 13.77%

Yes, we are on the right track - 5.07%
 
276 Total Votes

Nov 6 - Nov 11

Where will MSU be bowling this year?

Holiday Lanes... again 65.91%
Motor City Bowl 21.21%
Music City Bowl 8.33%
Sun Bowl 4.55%

132 Total Votes

Oct 30 - Nov 5

How many points to beat Purdue?

35-39 (30) 30.00%
More than 40 (28) 28.00%
30-34 (27) 27.00%
25-29 (7) 7.00%
20-24 (7) 7.00%
under 20 (1) 1.00%

100 Total Votes

Oct 16 - Oct 29

How stupid are Spartan coaches?

  • infinitely stupid (94) 37.45%
  • stupid (50) 19.92%
  • very very very stupid (43) 17.13%
  • very very stupid (33) 13.15%
  • very stupid (31) 12.35%

251 Total Votes

Oct 10 - Oct 15

How many points will it take to beat Ohio St?

0-7 (1) 0.71%
8-13 (5) 3.57%
14-20 (5) 3.57%
21-27 (35) 25.00%
28 or more (94) 67.14%

140 Total Votes

Oct 3 - Oct 9

Who is the best team in the Big 10?

Ohio St (109) 52.91%
Michigan St (61) 29.61%
Penn St (30) 14.56%
Illinois (3) 1.46%
Wisconsin (2) 0.97%
Indiana (1) 0.49%
Minnesota (0) 0.00%
Iowa (0) 0.00%
Northwestern (0) 0.00%
Purdue (0) 0.00%

206 Total Votes

Sep 27 - Oct 2

How many yards will it MSU have vs Michigan?

under 300 (6) 2.28%
301-350 (7) 2.66%
351-400 (28) 10.65%
401-450 (40) 15.21%
451-500 (72) 27.38%
501-550 (52) 19.77%
551-600 (25) 9.51%
over 600 (33) 12.55%

263 Total Votes

Sep 19 - Sep 26

When will the media include Stanton as a Heisman contender?

  • After Beating Illinois (10) 3.46%
  • After Beating Michigan (109) 37.72%
  • After Winning the Big Ten Title (48) 16.61%
  • After Going Undefeated (30) 10.38%
  • After Top Ten Ranking (26) 9.00%
  • You're Drunk; it won't happen (26) 9.00%
  • After Beating Ohio State (25) 8.65%
  • After Top Five Ranking (15) 5.19%

289 Total Votes

Sep 11 - Sep 18

Which team in the most overrated?

Michigan (1-1) (175) 54.18%
Notre Dame (2-0) (85) 26.32%
Oklahoma (1-1) (38) 11.76%
Iowa (1-1) (13) 4.02%
Boston College (2-0) (4) 1.24%
Ohio St (1-1) (3) 0.93%
LSU (2-0) (3) 0.93%
Georgia (2-0) (1) 0.31%
Miami-FL (0-1) (1) 0.31%
Va Tech (2-0) (0) 0.00%

323 Total Votes

Sep 5- Sep 10

How many yards will MSU run vs Hawaii?

over 300 (87) 46.77%
251-300 (48) 25.81%
201-250 (30) 16.13%
151-200 (16) 8.60%
101-150 (4) 2.15%
0-50 (1) 0.54%
51-100 (0) 0.00%

correct answer: 199 yds

186 Total Votes

Aug 26 - Sep 4

How many points will MSU score vs Kent State?

43+ (45) 28.85%
29-35 (40) 25.64%
36-42 (37) 23.72%
22-28 (19) 12.18%
15-21 (8) 5.13%
8-14 (4) 2.56%
0-7 (3) 1.92%

Correct Answer: 49

156 Total Votes

July 23 - Aug 25

Grade JLS in how he handles MSU's discipline, on & off field:

B+ 14.96%
B 14.96%
A 11.97%
C 10.22%
B- 9.98%
F 9.48%
C- 8.98%
D 8.23%
C+ 7.48%
A- 3.74%

401 Total Votes

July 1 - July 22

What is the best away campus in '05?

Notre Dame - 59.59%
Ohio State - 24.66%
Illinois - 7.53%
Purdue - 6.85%
Minnesota - 1.37%

146 Total Votes

May 12 - June 30

When will JLS take MSU to a top-5 ranking?

2006 - 23.33%
he never will - 22.73%
2007 - 15.15%
not in my lifetime - 12.42%
2008 - 9.70%
2005 - 7.88%
2009 - 6.36%
2010 - 1.21%
after 2011 - 0.91%
2011 - 0.30%
 
330 Total Votes

Mar. 19 - May 11

What is the best beer to drink when watching a Spartan game?

SHAME ON YOU WHO CHOSE MILLER PISSWATER!

Labbat Blue: 26%
Miller Lite: 20%
Bells Oberon: 19%
Root Beer: 15%
Bud Light: 10%
Coors: 5%
Budweiser: 5%

406 Total Votes

Mar. 13 - Mar. 18

How far will the MSU men's team advance in the NCAA tourney?

Second round - 28.57%
Sweet 16 - 21.90%
Early exit; loss to Old Dominion - 14.29%
Elite 8 - 13.33%
Final 4 - 12.38%
National Champ - 7.62%
Runner Up - 1.90%
   
105 Total Votes

Mar. 2 - Mar. 13

What will be the toughest game for MSU in '05

Hawaii 1.50%
at N' Dame 2.26%
at Illinois 0.00%
Michigan 39.85%
at Ohio St 46.62%
N'western 1.50%
Indiana 0.75%
at Purdue 5.26%
at Minnesota 0.75%
Joe Pa 1.50%

133 Total Votes

Feb. 5 - Mar. 1

What is the weakest link in the MSU-UM rivalry?

UM men's basketball 45%
MSU football 32%
UM women's basketball 16%
MSU hockey 4%
Other 2%

217 Total Votes

Jan. 15 - Feb. 4

What record should MSU compile next year?

8-4: 31.07%
9-3: 29.45%
10-2: 11.00%
7-5: 10.36%
losing record: 6.47%

12-0: 4.85%
6-6: 4.21%
11-1: 2.59%

309 Total Votes

 

2004

Dec. 6 - Jan. 14

You grade JLS for his work in 2004:

B- 20.65%
B 18.91%
C+ 16.74%
C 12.83%
C- 9.78%
B+ 4.78%
D+ 4.57%
A- 3.04%
D 3.04%
D- 5.65%
 
460 Total Votes

Nov. 22 - Dec. 5

So, is 6-6 a good season?
(MSU finished 5-7 by the way)

No 81.13%
Yes 18.87%
   
159 Total Votes

Nov. 16 - Nov. 21

How many points will MSU put on JoePa? (answer: 13)

29-35 (41) 35.96%
22-28 (32) 28.07%
36+ (28) 24.56%
8-14 (6) 5.26%
15-21 (5) 4.39%
1-7 (2) 1.75%

114 Total Votes

Nov. 7 - Nov. 15

Is Dowdell a loser?

Yes, 1-7 says it all 74.53% 
No, I'm blind and can't see it 25.47%
 
106 Total Votes

Oct. 31 - Nov. 6

What will MSU's record be after the next 4 games? (answer: 5-7)

7-5 - 50.46%
6-6 - 33.03%
8-4 - 7.34%
5-7 - 4.59%
4-8 - 4.59%
   
109 Total Votes

Oct. 16 - Oct. 30

How likely is it MSU will upset Michigan?

3 - 50 - 50 chance 43.63%
2 - slim chance 22.01%
4 - very likely 15.83%
5 - it will happen 12.74%
1 - no chance 5.79%

259 Total Votes

Oct. 10 - Oct. 16

How in the hell do we beat Minny?:

Defense stops somebody 45.69%
Receivers catch the freaking ball on 3rd down 17.24%
Pray 13.79%
Minny's plane crashes 12.93%
Stanton throws his arm off 5.17%
Stanton runs his ass off 2.59%
We stop getting f*cking kicks blocked 2.59%
   
116 Total Votes

Oct. 2 - Oct. 9

You grade JLS after 5 games:

D 18.25%
C- 17.52%
B- 16.79%
C+ 13.14%
C 13.14%
B 9.49%
F 5.11%
B+ 3.65%
A 2.19%
A- 0.73%   

137 total votes

Sep. 26 - Oct. 2

Who is MSU's MVP after 4 games?

D. Stanton 37%
E. Smith 23%
Off. Line 11%
J. Caulcrick 6%
K. Vickerson 6%
B. Fields 5%
R. Stanley 5%
R. Maples 4% 
J. Harmon 2%  

99 total votes

Sep. 20 - Sep. 25

Which team is the best in the Big Ten so far?

Purdue 70.79%
Ohio State 14.61%
Minnesota 8.99%
Michigan 2.25%
Illinois 1.12%
Joe Pa 1.12%
Wisconsin 1.12%
Indiana 0%
Iowa 0%
   
89 Total Votes

Sep. 3 - Sep. 19

What does MSU need to improve the most?

QB 33%
rush defense 20%
running game 17%
catching the ball 14%
coaching 7%
pass defense 4%
LB play 4%
kicking game 0%
kick/punt returns 0%
   
232 Total Votes

 

2003

Nov. 24 - Dec. 1

Who would you like as MSU's opponent in a bowl game?

Nebraska 51.2%
Oregon 16.7%
California 9.5%
Missouri 7.1%
Ok State 6.0%
Oregon St 3.6%
Auburn 3.6%
Arkansas 2.4%

Total Voters: 84

Nov. 15 - Nov. 23

Where will MSU go bowling?

Music City (23.5%)
Motor City (20.2%)
Alamo (19.3%)
Sun (19.3%)
Outback (10.1%)
Holiday Lanes (7.6%)

Total Voters: 119

Nov. 4 - Nov. 15

What will be MSU's final regular season record?

10-2 (15.4%)
9-3 (50.3%)
8-4 (30.8%)
7-5 (3.5%)

Total Voters: 143

Oct. 20 - Nov. 3

How many pts will MSU score vs UM

29-34 (32.6%)
22-28 (28.6%)
35+ (23.4%)
15-21 (8.4%)
0-7 (4.0%)
8-14 (2.9%)

Total Voters: 273

Oct. 13 - Oct. 19

By how much will MSU beat Minny?

MSU wins by 4-6 (25.8%)
MSU wins by 7-9 (25.0%)
MSU wins by 10+ (20.3%)
MSU wins by 1-3 (15.6%)
Minny wins by 7+ (10.2%)
Minny wins by 1-3 (2.3%)
Minny wins by 4-6 (0.8%)

Total Voters: 128

Oct. 7 - Oct. 12

Now who has the best chance to win the Big Ten, other than MSU?

Ohio State (46.4%)
Minnesota (27.3%)
Wisconsin (10.0%)
Purdue (7.3%)
Michigan (7.3%)
Iowa (1.8%)

Total Voters: 110

Sep. 28 - Oct. 6

Which is the biggest surprise team so far?

MSU (45.8%)
N. Illinois (32.3%)
Arkansas (4.7%)
Minny (4.2%)
Olivet (4.2%)
Air Force (2.6%)
Wash. St. (1.6%)
Nebraska (1.0%)
Ohio St. (1.0%)
TCU (1.0%)
LSU (1.0%)
Oregon St. (0.5%)

Total Voters: 192

Sep. 21 - Sep. 27

Grade John L. Smith after the first four games:

B (33.9%)
B+ (30.5%)
B- (13.8%)
C+ (6.7%)
A- (6.3%)
A (3.8%)
C (2.1%)
F (1.3%)
C- (0.8%)
D+ (0.8%)
D (0.0%)

Total Voters: 239

Sep. 6 - Sep. 15

What is the most impressive aspect of MSU football so far in 2003?

Jeff Smoker (22.9%)
We look like we know what we are doing
(20.8%)
Too early to be impressed (16.7%)
D Line (15.3%)
John L. (7.6%)
Special Teams (6.2%)
WRs (4.9%)
LBs (2.8%)
ES hasn't mentioned it here (2.1%)
O Line (0.7%)
DBs (0%)
Running game (0%)

Total Voters: 144

Aug. 30 - Sep. 6

What grade would you give John L. Smith for MSU's performance vs. WMU??

B - 30.1%
B+ - 22.7%
B- - 21.3%
C+ - 8.3%
A- - 5.6%
C- - 5.1%
A - 2.3%
C - 2.3%
F - 1.4%
D+ - 0.5%
D- - 0.5%

Total Voters: 216

Aug. 19 - Aug. 29

By how much will MSU beat WMU?

by 20+ (33%)
by 10-12 (17.3%)
by 13-16 (16.8%)
by 17-19 (13%)
by 7-9 (9%)
WMU wins (8%)
by 4-6 (4%)
by 1-3 (0%)

Total Voters: 185

Aug. 7 - Aug. 19

Who will be the starting QB for MSU vs. WMU?

Smoker - 65%
Stanton - 35%

Total Voters: 75

June 4- Aug. 7

Who is your early favorite to win the Big10 title?

Ohio St (40.3%)
Michigan (25.8%)
MSU (23.3%)
Purdue (3.8%)
Penn St (2.2%)
Iowa (1.6%)
Wisconsin (0.9%)
Indiana (0.6%)
Minnesota (0.6%)
N'western (0.6%)
Illinois (0.3%)

Total Voters: 318

Apr. 4- June 4

Who should be MSU's starting QB this fall?

Smoker (57%)
Stanton (33.6%)
Patel (3.9%)
Dowdell (3.4%)
Reaves (1.3%)
Clayton (0.5%)
Pruchnicki (0.3%)

Total Voters: 381

Feb. 13 - Apr. 3

Your thoughts on MSU's 2003
recruits...

* we should've hired a coach a month sooner (23.2%)
* amazing job under the circumstances (17.7%)
* we'll be just fine (17.3%)
* who cares? players play, not the pundits (13.6%)
* bad recruits = bad team (11.4%)
* gotta love a class with 'Bobo' (7.3%)
* our recruiting is underrated (5.9%)
* terrible job by John L. (3.6%)

Total Voters: 220

2002

Dec. 22 - Feb. 12

What is a realistic expectation for coach John L's first season?

7-5 (41.8%)
8-4 (19.8%)
6-6 (17.1%)
5-7 (6.9%)
Big Ten title (5.1%)
9-3 (3.1%)
4-8 (3.1%)
3-9 (1.8%)
any record (1.4%)

Total Voters: 510

Nov. 10-Dec. 2

Who would you choose to be the
next MSU coach?

M. Stoops (46.7%)
U. Meyer (18.0%)
M. Lewis (13.2%)
R. Shannon (7.8%)
P. Shurmur (3.0%)
W. Harris (2.3%)
C. Bagget (2.2%)
D. McCarney (1.6%)
N. Chow (1.0%)
G. Mason (1.0%)
K. Baer (0.9%)
G. Knapp (0.8%)
C. Strong (0.7%)
R. Walker (0.5%)
T. Samuel (0.2%)

Total responses: 863

Nov. 5-9

Can Mo Watts beat Indiana?

Yes: 9.5%
No: 90.5%

correct answer: YES

Total responses: 1,131

Nov. 3-4

Should BW be fired at the end of the season?

Yes: 82.2%
No: 17.8%

correct answer: YES, but Mason
didn't wait that long

Total responses: 208

Oct. 29 - Nov. 3

By how much will MSU beat UM?

UM wins by 20+: 56.9%
UM wins by 14-16: 9.6%
UM wins by 17-19: 8.8%
MSU wins by less than 7: 8.0%
UM wins by 10-13: 7.3%
MSU wins by 7 or more: 5.5%
UM wins by 7-9: 2.3%
UM wins by 4-6: 1.6%
UM wins by 1-3: 0.6%

correct answer: UM wins by 46

Total responses: 877

Oct. 14 - Oct. 28

What is the biggest problem with
MSU football this year?

Poor coaching 70.1%
Jeff Smoker 10.7%
Poor OL play 5.7%
Bad offense overall 5.0%
No run game 5.0%
Bad defense overall 2.8%
No pass rush 0.7%
No threat other than Rogers 0%
No defensive turnovers 0%
Bad special teams overall 0.0%

Total responses: 281

Oct. 4 - Oct. 13

Who is the best surprise for MSU
this year?

Rayner: 51.5%
Knott: 18.9%
Richard: 10.7%
Randall: 3.3%
McKinney: 1.6%
Hayes: 1.6%
Wheeler: 0.8%
Daily: 0.8%
Kavanaght: 0.8%

Total responses: 122

Sep. 23 - Oct. 3:

Does MSU need a new offensive
coordinator
?

Yes, our talent is being wasted
for the third straight year - 91%

No, our offensive philosophy is
sound - 9%

Total responses: 115

Sep. 16 - Sep. 22:

What is the key to victory over ND?

Showing up : 42%
Coaching: 29%
OL play: 9%
Rushing off: 7%
Run defense: 4%
QB Play: 2%
Special Teams: 2%
Rec. offense: 2%
Def. Secondary: 2%

Total responses: 96

What is the name of Cal's mascot?:

Oski: 41.4%
Goldie: 31.5%
Berkie: 17.1%
Jerry: 7.2%
Jake: 2.7%

Total responses: 111

Sep. 1 - Sep. 8:

How many points will MSU score vs. Rice:

42-49: 36%
50 or more: 27%
35-41+: 18%
28-34: 5%
21-37: 4%
14 or less: 2%
15-20: 1%

correct answer: 27 pts

Total responses: 84

Aug. 26 - Sep. 1:

How many yards passing will MSU have vs. Eastern:

251-300: 35%
300-350: 29.5%
350+: 20%
201-250: 11%
150 and under: 2.5%
151-200: 2%

correct answer: 256 yds

Total responses: 126

Aug. 19 - Aug. 25:

How many points will MSU score
vs. Eastern ?

35-41: 28.6%
50+: 27.0%
42-49: 25.4%
28-34: 11.9%
21-27: 4.0%
under 7: 1.6%
7-13: 0.8%
14-20: 0.8%

correct answer: 56

Total responses: 126

Aug. 4 - Aug. 18:

Which player(s) will make the biggest impact for MSU in 2002?

C. Rogers: 32%
J. Smoker: 30%
D. Moss: 12%
D. Richard: 8%
The OL: 6%
K. Rasmussen: 3%
T. Wright: 1.5%
M. Labinjo: 1.5%
C. Dukes: 1.5%
B. Nelson: 1.5%
BJ Lovett: 1%
C. Henry: 1%
R. Stanley: 1%
G. Taplin: 1%
D. Rayner: 0%

Total responses: 131

July 18 - Aug. 4:

Who will win the 2002 Big Ten football title?

MICH. ST : 82.3%
Michigan: 5.9%
Ohio St.: 5.4%
Indiana: 1.1%
Illinois: 1.1%
Minnesota: 1.1%
Wisconsin: 1.1%
Iowa: 0.5%
N'western: 0.5%
Penn St.: 0.5%
Purdue: 0.5%

Total responses: 186

May 1 - July 18:

Who has the best shot at winning a 2002 NCAA football title?

MICH. ST : 55.6%
Miami-FL: 11.6%
Texas: 8.6%
Florida St.: 4.9%
Tennessee: 4.1%
Oklahoma: 2.6%
Michigan: 2.6%
LSU: 1.9%
Florida: 1.5%
Nebraska: 1.5%
Ohio St.: 1.5%
Colorado: 1.1%
Washington: 0.7%
N. Dame: 0.7%
Va. Tech: 0.7%
Penn St.: 0.4%

Total responses: 268

March 20 - May 31:

What do you think of MSU's new uniforms?

They're ugly: 34%
If we win 9+ games, love 'em; Otherwise, hate 'em: 24%
Nice duds: 18%
Right on!: 11%
They're stupid: 10%
I don't care: 3%

Total responses: 254

March 5 - 20:

Which team will go the furthest in the NCAA Tourney?

USC: 21%
UCLA: 19%
Syracuse: 14%
Kent State: 14%
NC State: 7%
Mississippi: 7%
Wake Forest: 5%
W. Kentucky: 5%
Notre Dame: 2%
Pepperdine: 2%
B. College: 2%
Hawaii: 2%

Total responses: 43

January 1 - March 4:

Which team was the best surprise team in 2001?

Maryland: 61.5%
LSU: 13.7%
Oregon: 11.1%
Wash. St.: 8.5%
Toledo: 1.7%
Stanford: 1.7%
BYU: 0.9%
Louisville: 0.9%
Georgia/B.C.: 0%

Total responses: 117

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