College Football · Week 3 · Sep 14–20
Michigan State
L 10-27 at #3 Notre Dame · Sat, Sep 19 · 2-1 overall
Misery Index · Euphoric · ▼ from 58
Losing by 17 in South Bend barely stings when the room had already budgeted for worse, refs included.
The emotional rollercoaster
Michigan State fans’ misery during the game, every 15 minutes. Up is worse.
What happened
Michigan State went to South Bend and came home 10-27, dropping to 2-1 and ending the unbeaten start before anyone got comfortable with it. The turning point was less a play than a realization, arriving somewhere in the second half, that this was a road trip "against a top 5 team" and the margin was not going to shrink. One fan logged the full experience: "What's worst than losing badly? Having the refs shit on you too." And yet misery fell. Expectations, it turns out, are a cushion.
What fans said
“How do we not have goal line cameras?”
u/BigTroopTroop▲ 10frustration
“Leaving Ole Miss for LSU just feels dumb in 2026”
u/Fricktator▲ 10frustration
“We are down 17 on the road ahainst a top 5 team”
u/Fricktator▲ 9despair
“Things were funner an hour ago when we were keeping up and LSU was getting smoked.”
u/kcramthun▲ 9frustration
“Can we just remove Brantley because he seems like he’s forever lost out there”
u/leaky-▲ 9frustration
“Jesus fucking Christ. What's worst than losing badly? Having the refs shit on you too.”
u/Woalolol▲ 7nuclear
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