Opps, They Did It Again...

Analysis:
PRIME-TIME LOSS TO TEST SPARTANS' ABILITY TO RECOVER

EAST LANSING - Spartan Stadium and its team changed together Saturday night, from boisterous to uneasy to depressed, and the changes were sudden.

In the aftermath of MSU's 40-37 loss to No. 12 Notre Dame - in which the Fighting Irish scored 19 straight points in the final 8:18 - MSU fans were muttering what the team wouldn't dare think: "Same old Spartans."

MSU's late-game collapse was nothing new for the people who have suffered through so many of them over the years, although this one was particularly outlandish. Maybe there's a curse at work, or an inferiority complex has developed over time and won't go away. Maybe an exorcist or shrink needs to get involved. - Joe Rexrode, Lansing State Journal

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It was absolute torture watching this game. In the first half, the Spartans played like champions... but in the second half, they played like a bunch of pee-wee players.

Could we get some consistency, people?!?!??