This is probably the second greatest Super Bowl Sunday proposal, second only to Matthew Stafford's future proposal. Ex-Michigan State linebacker and Super Bowl XLVI champion Greg Jones proposed an engagement ring to his girlfriend on the field after winning the rights to a ring himself.

Here's video:

This quote from the Lansing State journal is pretty awesome:

“She was bawling,” Jones told the Star-Ledger Monday morning as the team prepared to head home. “I was like, ‘I don’t know how long she’s going to keep crying.’ ”

Okay, okay, yes, let it out, have a good cry...okay...okay, that's enough.

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I haven't gotten the chance to watch this yet, but I can't imagine it's not worth passing along. The Journey, a show on Big Ten Network, has been pretty entertaining from afar (with tidbits on Indiana, Wisconsin, and the like), so it should be fun to see what they do with something that hits closer to home.

And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention and congratulate Tom Izzo's 400th win at Michigan State. MSU beat Minnesota 68-52 this evening.

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Thanks to a couple of not-so-surprising (to me, at least) early departures, the Michigan State football team already has a drastically different outlook on next season. All-American DT Jerel Worthy and RB Edwin Baker have both declared that they will enter the NFL draft over the past couple days. Mel Kiper Jr. is thrilled.

While Worthy is a near-lock to be a 1st round pick, the jury is still out on Baker's draft position. After being replaced by Le'Veon Bell as the team's feature back during the 2011 season, Baker must have sensed that the writing was on the wall for him at MSU. Leaving school now before his stock falls any more is a good move on his part.

All hope is not lost for Spartan fans, however (other than the fact that Bell is a beast and still around for at least one more season). Tennessee WR DeAnthony Arnett, originally from Saginaw, has decided to transfer to MSU.

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First, let me preface this post by saying that MSU's Jerel Worthy is an extremely talented football player who will undoubtedly make an impact in the NFL next season. Now that I've got my ass-kissing out of the way in case he comes looking for me, I can post this highly enjoyable .gif of Worthy jump-kicking after a 4th down stop of the Georgia Bulldogs in today's Outback Bowl.

Currently, it's still 2-0 Georgia after MSU threw an inexplicable bubble screen in their own end zone. We'll be sure to update if Worthy does any more frolicking.

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Obligatory.

Ok, with that out of the way we can finally talk some basketball. Michigan State lost to North Carolina 67-55 last night in what is being called the Carrier Classic, despite there being nothing "classic" about the combination of basketball and boats. The game was both closer and further apart than the score suggests; MSU took an early lead on the back of a 15-3 rebounding edge, but when North Carolina found its groove in the transition game, it was over.

If there are any pluses that MSU can take away from this game, it's the play of their post players. Draymond Green, Derrick Nix and Adreian Payne all had strong games (save for their shooting percentage) and were absolutely obliterating North Carolina on the offensive glass early on. If Green and Nix had not been in foul trouble, this might have been a very different game.

Oh, and some guy named Obama was there too.

Nice jacket, Mr. President.

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Other than the Sparty fans that experienced this moment first-hand*, there might not have been a better way to see this game end than sitting in a bar filled with drunk Wisconsin fans (complete with accents!) and several misguided Nebraska fans. Needless to say, you're just going to watch the video anyway, so click away.

*not including those in Spartan Stadium's upper deck, which is basically like climbing Mount Everest. Install a damn escalator or two.

Of course, this wasn't even close to as entertaining as the mess of a bachelorette party from Fargo (complete with better accents!) we encountered later that evening, but that's another story for another time.

For the fourth straight season, Little Brother had his way with Big Bro. The Michigan State Power Ranger-Spartans beat Michigan 28-14 in a game that realistically should not have been that close. MSU bailed out the Wolverines multiple times with stupid, drive-saving penalties and Michigan was still unable to capitalize. Honestly, I'm amazed that Michigan came up with 250 yards of offense. If there are two things we learned yesterday, they are (a) Michigan State's defense is legit, and (b) both teams should burn those uniforms. [photo c/o Midnight Maize]

Of course, what everyone is really talking about (including me, SEO y'all) is the supposed "dirty" plays from multiple MSU defenders. There is a highly-biased video here (seriously, who the fuck uploads the video to Facebook and not Youtube?) of all the moments in question. Of all those, I'm mostly concerned with the one where William Gholston (#2, Power Rangers) twists Denard Robinson's face mask after jumping on the dogpile of tacklers. Here's normal person video:

Yes, the facemask twist is dirty. It was flagged, and rightly so. The swing at Taylor Lewan? Pure retaliation. Did he deserve a flag? Yes, but that's it. An ejection? Maybe. A suspension? Do you really think the NCAA is going to suspend that after what they let Ohio State get away with? Not a chance.

All this talk of "I'd rather lose with class than win like that" talk from Michigan fans is total bullshit (and this is coming from a Michigan grad). The fact of the matter is that a well-rested MSU team pounded a weary Michigan team that is in serious need of their upcoming bye week. If Michigan fans can take solace in anything, it's that no first year head coach has beaten Michigan State since Bennie Oosterbaan's 1948 national championship squad.

That, or they can always drop the "wait until basketball season" line they've heard so often over the past two decades.

In the bedlam following Monday night's Tom Brady-a-thon (and subsequent fantasy football anarchy), a lot of people forgot about the release of Michigan State's Nike Pro Combat uniforms that will be worn against Michigan on October 15th. A lot of die-hard Spartan fans are miffed by the lack of white and tradition (insert joke from Michigan fan here) in the unis, but I don't think you can argue with what Nike came up with.

If you're into videos when watching your uniform porn, Nike's got you covered again.

Click after the jump for more pics...

I didn't intend to make this into a series, but whatever. Since I only have roughly 4 more days to be nice to Michigan State and their adoring fanbase (seriously, you guys are cute sometimes), here's safety Nehemiah Warrick's (in)famous hit on Wisconsin receiver Kyle Jefferson.

OK, so that would probably land him a 4-game ban now (keep in mind that this video is only like 4 years old...), but who cares? Dude got laid. The fuck. Out.

For the record (since I'm way too busy to do a proper preview), I'd like to see MSU go 10-2 this year. Obviously, they will have to lose to my Wolverines in order to maintain the proper rotation of the Earth (seriously, you see all the shit going wrong this year? 2012 might not be such a joke y'all). They will also lose at Notre Dame so my dad is happy (Hi Dad!), but wins in the other 10 games would be just fine with me.

What say you, Sparty fans? What will MSU's record be this season? Is Warrick's hit the best thing we'll see for a while, or will someone else get lit up even worse in 2011?

MSU is about to get crazy, get loud this fall when Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino brings his spray-tanned fist pumping self to East Lansing for a football game.

For anyone that has traversed the streets of East Lansing on a given Friday or Saturday night, Situation's sudden affinity to MSU isn't much of a surprise. Fist pumping at Rick's? Yeah, that's nothing new.

[via the understandably distraught Only Colors]