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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1702464, member: 40"]
What kills me is the goofy rationalization that is taking place in the sports media discourse.

Dayton's better than us, and their rock fighting style is perfectly suited to exploiting our weaknesses.  We're the lock of the week to lose.  Then we club them like a baby seal and win by 20+.

Next, MTSU is the hottest team in the tournament, and they just knocked off the team that the media has been licking their chops to proclaim the top national championship contender, falling all over themselves all week about how MSU got screwed by getting a 2 seed.  The team that knocked off mighty Sparty is going to annihilate us, with their incredible three point shooting and aggressive style of offensive play.

After we wiped the floor with them, the narrative has changed significantly.  Now we got lucky to draw a favorable game.  Suddenly, MTSU isn't the team that embarrassed Sparty, but somehow we're supposed to believe that they were a patsy who is providing us with a path to the Sweet 16 that we didn't earn.

All I can say about the media is, GOOD.  Keep talking smack.  Keep disrespecting our team.  I hope every one of those stuffed shirts ostensible "experts" in the sports media continues to pick against us all the way.  Michael Gbinije couldn't have put it any better when he said, "Thanks for the motivation."
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