Rare win for the spartans #9

It’s been tough to watch Michigan State football this season. After getting off to a 2-0 start, the Spartans have lost seven straight games and are on the verge of being completely ineligible for postseason play, and yes, 5-7 teams can make a bowl now. Tyler O’Connor wasn’t the quarterback people expected following the Connor Cook era and Mark Dantonio will have to find a new starter for the 2017 season. One bright spot on offense has been sophomore running back LJ Scott, but he has fumbling issues. This team seems hapless, but the visiting Rutgers Scarlet Knights are on the same level. In fact, both teams are searching for their first win in conference play. It’d probably be a safe bet to take Rutgers with the points seeing as the Spartans haven’t been able to win a game since September. Moreover, they have been favored in a majority of their matchups over the seven-game skid, including Indiana, BYU, Wisconsin, Maryland, Northwestern and Illinois. If you can believe it, the only game over the past couple of months that Michigan State wasn’t favored in was the Michigan game and they wound up covering the spread. Other than that, it’s been the Spartans losing as the favorites. Even though we played the worst team in our conference we finally pulled off a W, shutting Rutgers out 49-0. To be honest I didn’t even watch the game. A fun fact to is that tickets were selling cheaper than movie tickets. Rutgers never made it farther than the Michigan State 27-yard line, and on that drive in the second quarter, the Scarlet Knights ended up punting from the 30. There's nothing the Spartans can do now to make up for the horrendous losing streak that derailed their season, but this was about as emphatic as a victory can get. Michigan State outgained Rutgers 440-149, and did it without injured defensive lineman Malik McDowell.

Founders hall activity week #8

Last Thursday was not a normal class for us in Mr. Browns English 111 class, instead we did something pretty fun and went down in front of the library to listen to a variety of people talk about their life. The people that I had the pleasure to listen to were about the army life, Vietnam veteran, and people of color. First off I listened to the army life. The man was I believe 19 years old and told us he just got back from training, and was over there for a pretty long time. He started off by telling us about their training and how miserable it is. He said the main thing they try to do is to break your mind and try to get you out of the “civilian” mind set and to get you to your “war” mindset. Basically he was telling us that they work them into the ground and just keep pushing and pushing you until you want to quit. They also give you certain duties you have to do such as do something in a certain amount of time or else you would get punished, which most of the stuff they told you to do was impossible he said. He kept telling us though that it is totally worth doing because it teaches you lots of life lessons and makes you appreciate everything you have and some things you didn’t realize.

The next person I talked to was the Vietnam veteran. He was in the navy for 3 years I believe and began in 1969. His duty was part of the nuclear weapons such as missiles and things like that. One type of missiles he talked about was the underwater ones that go after submarines. To me I thought that was pretty cool. He told us that the missiles travel under water within a mile radius and go as deep as 50 feet from the bottom. He also kept telling us like the first man I talked to that he encourages everyone to join the military.

The last person I talked to was the man of color. You might have seen him walking around the halls of delta before. He is a well-dressed man that’s always in a suit and is covered with tattoos. He might look intimidating at first but once you talk to him he is a really nice guy. He started off part time here at delta teaching and built his resume up to become a full time teacher. I believe he has been teaching for over 10 years here. That shows you that it’s not about what the exterior of a person looks like but what there are like on the inside and have the willingness to work hard.

The time that we spent down there listening to those people was a cool experience. Just getting out of the classroom and doing something different was the cool thing. Plus you get to learn about different people with different backgrounds and experiences.

Fun Weekend #7

This weekend is always one to look forward to, the Michigan State vs. Michigan. It is arguably one of the best rivalry in sports. Michigan state has the advantage in the past 10 years winning 7/10 games. This year I knew it was going to be different though sense our team is all banged up and play pathetically. On the plus side though, me and around 20 of us friends went down to Michigan state and tailgated. It wasn’t just your ordinary tailgate, we were ready to party and had the supplies to help us. I woke up around 4 am, because our lift off time was no later than 5am or you were left behind. We got down to East Lansing around 6:30 am.  We were some of the first cars waiting in line to let us into the area to tailgate. Our buddy came in clutch, and he brought his D.J equipment with his speakers, let’s say we were bumping to say the least. We also had 4 canopy tents set up to put our stuff under. We had 4 tables set up with all kinds of food. Anywhere from doughnuts, bagels, bacon, meatballs, sandwiches, deserts, the list goes on and on. My good friend Jim came out and brought his direct TV portable dish so we could set up the game on there. We watched it on a 55” tv. For fun we had 4 tables set up for beer pong or flip cup, and two sets of corn hole. By 7:30 am we were going full throttle with loud music and beer drinking games. It was funny watching all the older people around us, just looking at us in shock or I don’t know maybe even disgust. But hey we were there to have a good time and I would say we did. Plus, later on in the day they ended up joining us anyway. My favorite part of the day though was just before the game, the whole Michigan state basketball team was walking on the sidewalk to the game right through our tailgate. I jumped up in excitement and shook all their hands and wished them luck. Oh and I talked to the best college freshman basketball player in the country Miles Bridges. Being a die-hard state fan that alone made my whole weekend.