MSU football
Ah, the joys of Michigan State football.A week after obilterating #4 Wisconsin 49-14, the Spartans went to Penn State (1-6 in the Big Ten before today) and lost 37-13.
How does this happen? If you've been following MSU football as long as I have, you're used to this stuff by now. Every year, the Spartans either:
a) beat a team they have no business beating (see last week).
b) lose to a team that ranges from below average (see today) to wretched (see the season opener against Rutgers, which lost to NAVY today 54-21).
c) manage to do both.
I believe that talent-wise, MSU has one of the five best teams in the Big Ten. Michigan is certainly more talented, as are Iowa and Wisconsin (last week notwithstanding). You could make a case for Purdue or Ohio State; I've seen little of the former and was hardly impressed by the latter when they beat us here.
So really, it comes down to coaching. Before the Wisconsin game, MSU was facing a three game season. MSU had to win all three to go to a bowl game, and got off to a great start last week. But getting killed by a horrible PSU team tells me John L. Smith didn't have his guys ready for Senior Day in Happy Valley.
John L. is getting 1.6 million dollars a year to coach here, which is a joke. We had better start seeing some 8 and 9 win seasons starting next year, or else. I told a friend today I'd buy his bus ticket out of town.
Drew Stanton is a wonderful talent, and I really hope we don't squander some potentially great seasons of his with anymore of the garbage we saw today.
posted by Patrick @ 9:19 PM
3 Comments:
I'm a Michigan State fan, tried and true. And you do have a point. They are a team of many contradictions. Keeps things interesting, I guess.
...you were also right about Gene Keady. His hair is horrifying. I won't be able to sleep for a week.
This is Sam
The thing we all have to remember about msu football is that they had for the most part NO depth, and lost a recruiting season almost in whole. the players they got mostly were fringe players, and by the time four years goes by, most will be gone or have contributed nothing thier on the field. That is huge for a team....to miss a recruiting season. I really believe that in two years they will be winning Big Ten titles, and in contention for national titles in 4 years. HE WILL RECRUIT!!!!!. We all know getting the players to come to msu is tough when you have the other school down the road. Look at this year, and the top twenty players in the state. He already has 5-6 players signed, and just received a verbal from a top 15 national RB, on top of a top 10 QB already.
This are looking up. We need to work on the Defense.
On another note.
Is it just me, or was Penn State using four Plays the whole game. QB draw, flat pass,counter trap, and short crossing route. If I can see that, why can't they???????? That was the most frustating game in a while, even more so that mich, and OSU. At least we go beat by great athletes, and I can accept that.
i remember the game against the gophers, it drove me to drink. msu looked like a top 10 team some games, then aginst jopa wtf happened? i am watching the notre dame @ usc game, i really hope the touchdown jesus's win.
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