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Hey guy I think you dropped your wallet. [Patrick Barron]

Help, what are all these words? The UFR Glossary. Addition: "PRO" in the Type column is "pass-read option," to help me differentiate an RPO that goes with the pass option.

Okie Dokie: Eyabi Anoma is now Eyabi Okie. Please update the phonebooks.

Substitution Notes: Starting to see tiers. Tier 1 (the starters) is Smith/Jenkins/Graham, Morris/Harrell, Colson/Barrett, Turner/Sainristil/Green, and Moore/Moten. Tier 1.5 is Upshaw and Paige—vets they trust who rotate behind the starters.Tier 2 are kids they're trying to get up to speed but will trust when the starters need a breather: Benny, McGregor, Mullings, and Johnson. Rooks, Eyabi Okie (formerly Anoma)/D.Moore, and Rolder are another tier down of kids they're trying to get snaps but maybe don't trust yet, though Okie was on the field much earlier. Everyone else is deep bench.

Formation Notes: Michigan amoeba'd. I noted the personnel then the formation which might not match it at all. This 5-1 odd front has Barrett as the edge at the top.

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Yada yada. Hawai'i was mostly 11 personnel spread with a TE flexed out like above.

[After THE JUMP: I made my wife stay through all of this, so I might as well chart it.]

About Last Week:

Yoink.

The Road Ahead:

Michigan State (5-1, 2-0 B1G)

Last game: Won at Purdue, 45-31

Recap: The number on the left is about what you would expect. The number on the right is very much

Stewie-head-turn

For the second week in a row, Michigan State turned a blowout into a real game with some serious fourth quarter derptitude. Sparty was up 38-17 with the ball deep in Purdue territory with 11 minutes left. But then Connor Cook threw a pick, and Akeem Hunt took a carry 52 yards to the house. Then MSU attempted a terrible fake punt, which led to another Purdue score, and all of a sudden it was 38-31, and Purdue got the ball back with 3:00 left with a chance to tie it up. Of course, Austin Appleby promptly threw a pick-six, but still.

State did manage to outgain Purdue 532-340, and all three of MSU’s primary backs (Jeremy Langford, Nick Hill, and Delton Williams) averaged at least 8.0 yards per carry. Connor Cook, on the other hand, has cooled off a bit. Last year against Power 5 opponents he threw for 7.5 YPA with a 3:1 TD-to-INT ratio. This year, he’s throwing for 7.2 YPA with a 3:2 TD-to-INT ratio. As Seth pointed out this week, Cook’s impressive top-line numbers are potentially the result of the three tomato cans on MSU’s schedule. We’ll have to wait until the more challenging portions of MSU’s schedule to see.

Of course, this week they take on Indiana’s defense, so that wait will continue for at least another week.

This team is as frightening as: Goliath. Big, strong, but vunerable to rocks thrown from long-distance. Fear Level = 9.872

Michigan should worry about: Well, I suppose you should worry about HOLY DOLPHIN GENITALS HAVE YOU WATCHED THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF???

Michigan can sleep soundly about:If Purdue can move the ball against Michigan State, and if Eastern Michigan can move the ball (a little bit) on Michigan State, then ANYONE can move the ball against Michigan State.

So that means Michigan has a prayer of moving the ball against Michigan State. A little bit. Possibly.

When they play Michigan: You drink a whiskey drink. You drink a vodka drink. You drink a lager drink. You drink a cider drink.

Next game: at Indiana (MSU -14.5), 3:30 Saturday, ESPN

[AFTER THE JUMP: We sing the songs that remind us of the good times]