MSU Week: Monday
Surprised there hasn't been more on the board. I feel bad for all the Michigan residents who deal with the Brah's on a regular basis. Well a snowflake tread if you will.
Issues for me:
-Some kind of Snap Count Variation
-Trick plays by MSU
-Health of Devin "60 minutes and all"/Max protect.
October 28th, 2013 at 3:09 PM ^
Was it over when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor?
October 28th, 2013 at 9:10 PM ^
until the first time we see a stretch run into an 8-man front. Then, this:
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Man up and Go Blue!
October 28th, 2013 at 3:17 PM ^
October 28th, 2013 at 3:25 PM ^
Hey, the Zips are a fine ball club.
October 28th, 2013 at 5:16 PM ^
October 29th, 2013 at 1:48 AM ^
An overall crappy team that beat us! Should never had happen. It may be PSU's only conference win! They may beat IL or Purdue.
October 28th, 2013 at 8:58 PM ^
October 28th, 2013 at 3:10 PM ^
Eventually, that defense is going to wear out with that embarrasing collection of players that they like to call an offense can't move the ball. 31-14 MICHIGAN!
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October 28th, 2013 at 3:35 PM ^
Being 54 the concept of losing to MSU more than twice in any given decade seems crazy to me but facts are facts and until we demonstrate we can play the same on the road as we do at home I'm afraid this one looks bad to me.
But I am totally willing to give Al every chance to change my opinion of his game planning on Saturday. Perhaps he watched the OSU game against Penn State and saw for himself that taking the ball to the edges stretches a defense and makes the middle that much easier to exploit. Perhaps he saw Urban Meyer's offense absolutely crush PSU by "taking what they were giving" instead of demanding the ball be run into stacked fronts. And perhaps he watched as I did, OSU get the ball with under a minute to go on their own 30, up by 28 and NOT run the clock out but rather go for the throat to crush PSU before half. And maybe we saw Miller line up in the shotgun or Pistol on virtually every play to keep the threat of his running present - even when Hyde was getting the ball between the tackles.
But I really ,really doubt it. I predict a game plan very smiliar to Iowa 2011 and yet another frustrating road loss 21-13.
October 28th, 2013 at 3:49 PM ^
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October 28th, 2013 at 7:04 PM ^
October 28th, 2013 at 7:21 PM ^
Between the ages of 11 (1970) and 24 (1983) I saw Michigan lose exactly TWO games to MSU and only 8 total from age 11 to age 48 so yeah, losing to MSU more than twice in a decade DOES seem kinda wierd to me. And two of those loses (1990 & 2001) were increadibly tainted so to me we only really "lost" 6 games over a 37 year stretch and virtually all of my fandom.
October 28th, 2013 at 10:25 PM ^
I lived through those decades too. A lot has changed since then. State has been consistently stronger recently than any time since the 50s and 60s, and the Rich Rodriguez tenure (0-3 against State) happened at Michigan. Start the decade with Brady Hoke at the helm, and he has two more losses to go in the next 8 years to fall below your rather ridiculous standard (given the strength of recent State teams) of no more than two losses in a decade.
October 28th, 2013 at 10:25 PM ^
I lived through those decades too. A lot has changed since then. State has been consistently stronger recently than any time since the 50s and 60s, and the Rich Rodriguez tenure (0-3 against State) happened at Michigan. Start the decade with Brady Hoke at the helm, and he has two more losses to go in the next 8 years to fall below your rather ridiculous standard (given the strength of recent State teams) of no more than two losses in a decade.
October 28th, 2013 at 10:47 PM ^
We're 68-32 against them all time. Back out the last five years and we were 67-28 going into 2008 so my "ridiculous standard" was basically everyone's historical perspective give or take a game depending ont the decade you were born.
October 28th, 2013 at 11:36 PM ^
I could lie and say I was born in 1902, when Michigan beat State 119-0 and then claim I'm pissed anytime Michigan doesn't win by at least 100 points, but in reality, I'm within a year or two of you in age.
My father was a Spartan (I know, I know, that maybe explains a lot), and while he almost never bragged about Spartan football, the one exception he made was to say State had a pretty good QB in his day, a fellow by the name of Earl Morrall. In the 1950s, Michigan went 2-7-1 against State, and had the same record in the 1960s. So over twenty games spanning two decades, Michigan won just four games against State. I'm not saying I would be happy returning to that, but surely you realize it's unrealistic to expect things to stay that way they were when Bo's boys were kicking Michigan State ass. Times change, situations change, and while it would be wonderful to win every game, as a fan base we're setting ourselves up for disappointment if we expect it should be a given that we will win 8 out of every 10 games with the Spartans just because that's the way it was through our formative years.
October 28th, 2013 at 11:36 PM ^
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October 28th, 2013 at 5:39 PM ^
Just for reference, my comment was in response to a comment that has since been deleted. Just wanted to clear up any confusion my comment may have elicited.
Beat Staee!
October 28th, 2013 at 6:57 PM ^
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For scouting / discussion purposes, the current MSU rankings on a whole bunch of offensive and defensive metric, courtesy of TeamRankings:
MSU Offense
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Value (rank) | MSU Defense | Value (rank) |
Points/Game | 26.3 (#76) | Opp Points/Game | 11.6 (#3) |
Yards/Game | 353.1 (#96) | Opp Yards/Game | 221.1 (#1) |
Points/Play | 0.357 (#76) | Opp Points/Play | 0.178 (#2) |
Yards/Play | 4.8 (#100) | Opp Yards/Play | 3.4 (#1) |
3D Conversion % | 46.02% (#30) | Opp 3D Conv % | 28.70% (#5) |
4D Conversion % | 62.50% (#23) | Opp 4D Conv % | 28.57% (#18) |
RZ Scoring % | 77.78% (#87) | Opp RZ Scoring % | 80.00% (#45) |
Rush Play % | 57.28% (#31) | Opp Rush Play % | 42.11% (#5) |
Yards/Rush | 4.4 (#56) | Opp Yards/Rush | 2.0 (#1) |
Rushes/Game | 42.1 (#34) | Opp Rushes/Game | 27.4 (#1) |
Rush Yards/Game | 185.0 (#40) | Opp Rush Yards/Game | 54.9 (#1) |
Pass Play % | 42.72% (#95) | Opp Pass Play % | 57.89% (#121) |
Completion % | 56.54% (#82) | Opp Completion % | 46.96% (#3) |
Yards/Pass | 5.5 (#117) | Opp Yards/Pass | 4.7 (#1) |
Passes/Game | 30.6 (#86) | Opp Passes/Game | 35.3 (#86) |
Pass Yards/Game | 168.1 (#110) | Opp Pass Yards/Game | 166.3 (#1) |
Int Thrown % | 1.40% (#10) | Opp Int Thrown % | 3.64% (#38) |
QB Sacked % | 2.73% (#12) | Sack % | 6.44% (#37) |
FG Conversion % | 72.73% (#68) | Opp FG Conv % | 50.00% (#8) |
October 28th, 2013 at 5:04 PM ^
At first glance, that 26.3 points seems high. At first I thought that it was looking at the total scored by MSU in games, but I just checked the math and no it doesn't.
MSU total scoring through 8 games: 26, 21, 55, 13, 26, 42, 14, 42, which is 239 points. /8 = 29.875 per game total between O and D scoring.
Based on who they played though, those 55, 42, and 42 point games (Youngstown, Illinois, & Indiana) show what they can do against no defense whatsoever. I doubt they will score more than 26 on Saturday, which seems to be their ceiling when playing against a defense with a pulse.
October 28th, 2013 at 4:52 PM ^
Who gives UM a better shot at 100 yards rushing, Green or Fitz?
October 28th, 2013 at 5:10 PM ^
that asshate won't show up next monday if Michigan wins. He will come up with some mystery disease or excuse to not face the music. He is a coward of the n'th degree. A shockjock with no consequences or rules.
October 29th, 2013 at 1:10 AM ^
October 29th, 2013 at 1:07 PM ^
Makes me think of this guy who works with Ms. ND Sux who calls in all the time with new, creative excuses. Our favorite: "bad sandwich."
October 28th, 2013 at 6:13 PM ^
the answer is Fitz. Still, if the line can't block it doesn't matter who is running the ball.
October 28th, 2013 at 10:58 PM ^
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October 28th, 2013 at 4:56 PM ^
October 28th, 2013 at 5:09 PM ^
On offense, we need to do or not do these things to be successful:
1. No QB draw out of shotgun on 3rd and short.
2. No tackle over in obvious run D&D.
3. Screens when defense continues to blitz on 3rd and short.
4. No more counters away from the strength of the TE/Tackle positions.
5. Want more waggle with QB run/pass option.
6. No option into the boundy.
7. Use Dileo on a rub route via motion if within the MSU 10 yard line or needing a 1st down.
October 28th, 2013 at 6:14 PM ^
No more stretch left either
October 28th, 2013 at 6:11 PM ^
With this much freaking time to prepare the coaches better not put a predictable piece of junk on the field. There will be no excuse for such a display. A second bye week means you come fully rested, prepared, practiced and ready to go with improved play and some new wrinkles to throw at Staee.
We all know what Staee is going to run and if we cannot stop it on O or D then we get to apply the EPIC FAIL label. This team is such a wild card this year I am not sure what we'll get but with 2 weeks to prepare? C'mon Man!
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