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The fire is always burning in the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry — even in the middle of the offseason.
Michigan State’s impressive 80-year streak of having at least one player selected in the NFL Draft ended on Saturday, and those who support the maize and blue were quick to jump on social media to mock the Spartans. That included Michigan football assistant coach Ryan Osborn.
Osborn shot off a trolling tweet shortly after the 2021 NFL Draft ended with a screenshot of an article on Michigan State’s draft streak coming to an end. The tweet read “Hate to see it… #GoBlue” — you can see the exact tweet below:
Hate to see it… #GoBlue 〽️ pic.twitter.com/Ff3c2EzCKy
— Coach Oz (@CoachRyanOsborn) May 1, 2021
This shot by Osborn obviously didn’t sit well with those who support the green and white, and was met with some quick responses noting one thing Michigan State still has over their in-state rivals — ole Pauly B currently in their trophy case.
Here are just some of the responses Osborn’s tweet got from fans and media members:
This is an actual tweet from someone on the Michigan Wolverines coaching staff.
Putting the optics aside, the team with zero draft picks today beat his current program with a first-year head coach as a 24-point underdog.
The most on-brand tweet you'll ever see: https://t.co/hSW4fGm1OO
— Justin Thind (@JustinThind) May 2, 2021
Hate to see it… pic.twitter.com/Z14We3iPvf
— Bryan (@bnevzz) May 2, 2021
you do realize that this means that scUM lost to MSU’s least talented draft clsss in 80 years. right?
— Ben Gowans (@BenGowans29) May 2, 2021
You hate to see it pic.twitter.com/OlDMei0uEg
— GeorgeW2020 (@george_w2020) May 2, 2021
Look familiar? Didn’t think so. pic.twitter.com/mvYuFn6Bk4
— Caleb Weigand (@cw__3) May 2, 2021
Osborn joined the Michigan staff this offseason so he wasn’t with the program when the Spartans topped the Wolverines on Oct. 31 at the Big House. So maybe he was unaware of that result because quite frankly it’s hard to troll a program that just beat you despite being a heavy underdog. This, of course, was under new head coach Mel Tucker who had spent less than two months of practice with his team due to COVID-19 and lost to lowly Rutgers the week before…
Either way, there’s nothing wrong with poking the bear and it’s always fun having a little bit of extra fuel tossed on this already very heated rivalry. Osborn just better hope things go better for his Wolverines this year — otherwise the Spartans’ faithful will surely not let him hear the end of this in late October.
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