Ohio State fans express confidence in Michigan State football moving forward
The aftermath online after Michigan State football’s 38-7 loss to Ohio State was something I had never seen before. MSU fans were upset and sad while rival fans were making fun of the Michigan State for getting beat so bad at home, but the one fanbase that had nothing negative to say was Ohio State.
In fact, many of their fans took to social media to share how impressed they were with Michigan State on Saturday.
This is such an extremely rare thing to see. First of all, how often do you have good things to say about a team (whether it’s your team or not) after they lose by 31 points? And the fanbase that just watched their team dish out that blowout loss almost never has anything positive to say. They’re usually the ones making fun of you the most, but the exact opposite happened Saturday night after the game.
Here are just a handful of the things Ohio State fans said that show they were impressed and see the positive direction the Michigan State program is heading in.
Ohio State fan here. There’s glimmers of Sparty from yesteryear. Don’t let your fan base beat up on Chiles. He’s young and hella talented. He’ll get there.
— Comrade Misty is Putin’s Buddy (@SarcasmStardust) September 29, 2024
yessir. y’all have great potential in the near future. now go beat TTUN👊🏻
— Las Vegas Buckeyes (@RN4LBuckeye) September 29, 2024
They team I saw tonight can definitely hang with Michigan. Just can't turn the ball over.
— Brad Kirian (@brad_kirian) September 29, 2024
Yall look good. Another year & a cleaner more disciplined game and I can see yall top 10
— FlexinTexan (@flexintexans) September 29, 2024
Yall look good. Another year & a cleaner more disciplined game and I can see yall top 10
— FlexinTexan (@flexintexans) September 29, 2024
As an OSU fan, MSU looks very good. Very questionable calls that derailed the MSU offense and then a costly turnover. Game realistically could have been 31-14 if everything was clean. I do think y'all can beat Oregon by 3-7 points honestly.
— CJ Stroud SZN (@JoshJac69858888) September 29, 2024
You guys had a lot of momentum on offense early. And that second fumble we got away with the face mask. It definitely could have been a different ballgame.
— Austin Frutig (@AustinFrutig) September 29, 2024
Now while it is nice to see these positive things shared about MSU, it sure would’ve been a lot nicer to see it after a more competitive final score. These words would’ve hit home even more had the final score been within a couple scores and Michigan State still had a chance to win late in the game.
But for now we have to settle with this being said after a 31 point loss. However, I do pray that these Ohio State fans are right because I’m ready for Michigan State football to be back. And I’m not talking about a one hit wonder team like in 2021, I’m talking about a return to the glory days that we saw Mark Dantonio bring the program to.
Thankfully I believe the pieces are there under Jonathan Smith to get there, but it’s going to take some time. I just hope we’re all patient enough to wait for MSU to get there.