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No. 10 Wisconsin beat No. 19 Michigan State 57-42 Thursday night in a big game between two of the top teams in the Big Ten. Once the game got into garbage time, ESPN's Brent Musberger and Steve Lavin took a little time out to discuss MySpace, YouTube, and the popularity of Erin Andrews on the Internet:

"I can't wait to see Erin Andrews on YouTube tonight," Musberger said. "I mean, I always look to see. She's the star attraction."

College Hoops Journal calls this "Your Weekly Brent Musberger Lusting for Erin Andrews Update."

I'm a proud graduate of the University of Michigan and part of that pride is the sports tradition. During my time in Ann Arbor Charles Woodson led the Wolverines to a National Championship, the hockey team won a pair of titles and the basketball team, well, I got to see the last year of Ray Jackson and Jimmy King and wonder what might have been if the whole Fab Five stuck around. There's very little that could get me to root against Michigan in any setting.

That includes my beautiful wife, a graduate of a certain school in East Lansing. I love her deeply but that doesn't mean I don't want her Spartans to suffer beatings on a regular basis. My lack of respect for her alma mater reared its head at our very first meeting. I found out she went to Michigan State and, being the smooth lothario that I am, responded, "I went to Michigan, that must mean I'm smarter than you." Somehow I avoided getting a drink thrown in my face and two years later actually convinced her to spend the rest of her life with me and have my children, a trick that even David Blaine would have a hard time pulling off.

Why am I telling you this? Because Dan Shanoff shared the roots of his fanaticism for the Florida Gators on his website today. He roots for them because his Gator-fan wife turned him on to the magic of rooting for a national power after his own collegiate days at Northwestern. It's a great piece and made me think of the one time that my wife got me to root for Michigan State.