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It was 5 o'clock in Evergreen, Colorado when the game started.  The records do not matter.  It is war.

Michigan was humiliated by the Ayo-less Illini.  Livers knows.  We'll see if Franz from Berlin can grasp it.  Same goes for Mike Smith via Columbia and Brown from Florida and Wake Forest.

This is war.  And incidentally, we are in a pandemic and those fortunate with health are a little agitated.  The football team laid a giant egg.

Tom Izzo is despicable, but he will beat you.

It doesn't even matter who is ahead.  So far I don't see Staaaate's strategy.  Michigan centers have two dumb fouls.  But Michigan is locked in.

The pizza is hot and fresh.  The beer is cold and icey.  It is 7-2.

While Michigan is leading, so far a couple of Spartans look like the best players on the court.  

You know what?  Isaiah Livers is fantastic. Recently, however, he is not the one-on-one, beat anyone, first round draft choice we all thought he can be.  Still, I have confidence over the next one and three-quarters games.

Dickinson was the most motivated and effective player against Iowa.  Same goes for the lousy team performance against Illinois.  Still no Wagner, Livers, Brown, or Smith.  I will say it until I die, no team is going to win depending on Austin Davis.  Without Hunter Dickinson this Michigan team would not be in the top 10.

Look, there is no question, Michigan players are going to try.  I am not sure about the NBA-style isolation.  Brad Underwood was the better coach.  I think the risk is there against Michigan State too.

Aaron Henry.  He is the best player on the court.

Probably Michigan will win.  They are not a top 5 team.  The growth has stopped.  They are still only and absolutely eight deep, and that includes subs Brown, Johns, and Davis.  It is much too reminiscent of Michigan football--the starters never come out; those on the bench don't progress or transfer.

I missed it.  What was the ESPN Michigan win prediction?  Against Illinois it was two-thirds or 67%.

Still, it is war and it is fun to watch.

Now Johns is playing the 5.  The rest of the team is doing OK.  It is almost as if they are more empowered.  37-28.  39-28.  

Still a half to go and we'll see.  You can't always thrill people.  A 10-point win, if it comes to that, is success.

Mady Sissoko is the Michigan State thug who smacked Ayo; we have not seen him in this game and the Spartans look weak in the middle.  Michigan State also has a 5'8" 150-pound guard named Steven Izzo who has not played.

I like the way Michigan State moves on offense.  Michigan is doing fine, but they are not rotating, moving, and doing different things on offense.  It is tired repetition.  As we have seen, and I worry, against the best teams...

Michigan up by about 15.

I'll predict the ending and shut up.  A good win.

It is a cold and snowy night in Evergreen, Colorado.