October 11th, 2014 at 10:34 PM ^
October 11th, 2014 at 10:40 PM ^
they did against Miami.
Still, the O was horrible.
Who wrote the counter punt? Genius.
October 11th, 2014 at 10:41 PM ^
October 11th, 2014 at 10:50 PM ^
He's right, you know.
October 11th, 2014 at 10:42 PM ^
Defense played very well and we need more of that
Offense still struggles, cant always win with FGs
Oh yeah great moral win for the guys..Hoke still shows he cant coach
October 12th, 2014 at 7:15 AM ^
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October 11th, 2014 at 10:47 PM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 8:19 AM ^
October 11th, 2014 at 10:47 PM ^
Trying to be optimistic - even though our team "severely underperforms," I'm so glad the players got the win. It's a heckuva lot better to go into East Lansing coming off a win than a loss. Go Blue!
October 12th, 2014 at 2:43 AM ^
October 11th, 2014 at 10:48 PM ^
The D came up strong. Love it that GM didn't fall into prevent late in the game but kept the pressure on. The O is still an absolute mess and now a collection of walking wounded. Players are getting hurt because they are so out of position all the time.
October 11th, 2014 at 10:49 PM ^
The one thing I can positive about our coach is the "Hoke's double pointy thingy" when PSU was trying to fake it in the 3rd quarter.
That was a classic.
October 11th, 2014 at 10:51 PM ^
Looking forward to someone making a gif out of that one. Looked like something my dad would do, and he's 75.
October 11th, 2014 at 10:53 PM ^
Can someone explain to me why he called a time-out with 3 sec. before halftime?
October 11th, 2014 at 10:56 PM ^
that we would intercept and return for a TD. But that clever Franklin didn't fall for it. I agree, that was just another stupid mistake.
October 11th, 2014 at 11:01 PM ^
October 11th, 2014 at 11:04 PM ^
in my opinion. A very bad decision that could have bitten.
October 12th, 2014 at 1:26 AM ^
At worst they score, at best you do.
Assume for the sake of argument that they have a 1% chance of scoring..which might be generous, and you have a 1% chance of scoring should they make a mistake...which also is probably generous. That means there's a 98% chance of no change of status quo. I'd take that risk every day of the week. For not taking the risk, which wasn't much of a risk, there is absolutley no chance of a reward.
No harm no foul, people just have to find something to bitch and moan about.
October 11th, 2014 at 11:03 PM ^
If he calls it right away, there's 11 second to go, and PSU punts because it's not worth the risk that they don't make it and the clock doesn't run out. With the timeout, Michigan can go for the block. Not choosing to do that at 11 seconds, then you just let the clock run out.
But, with only 3 seconds to go, it's a no brainer that PSU takes a shot into the endzone. It's way more likely that you get either a pass interference or a TD versus a pick that goes the other way.
October 12th, 2014 at 12:06 AM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 1:09 AM ^
IIRC, there were about 30 seconds left when their 3rd-down play ended. Granted, it was 4th and 1 so maybe you don't want to call a timeout immediately (which might encourage them to go for it), but calling it with 3 seconds made no sense.
October 12th, 2014 at 1:31 AM ^
that with 11 seconds left PSU could run a play, make 1st down, which stops the clock and gives them a chance to spike the ball for the chance of another play.
PSU was content to allow the clock to run out, Hoke wanted some kind of chance with the ball, albeit PSU would have to make a mistake for that to occur, but it couldn't occur unless PSU was forced into running a play.
October 11th, 2014 at 11:04 PM ^
Adding another sack to the stats.
October 12th, 2014 at 12:04 AM ^
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October 11th, 2014 at 11:07 PM ^
You absolutely have to have Gardner ready to play when you go into EL in 2 weeks. If he gets hurt further, what is already looking like a double-digit L turns into a colossal curb stomping.
Can you imagine Bellomy under center against the Spartans?
October 11th, 2014 at 11:13 PM ^
October 11th, 2014 at 11:16 PM ^
... i made the following joke.
its not the coaches fault... That other coaches are better. If they just start being less good, then we would win more. Its the other coaches fault.
October 12th, 2014 at 10:44 AM ^
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October 12th, 2014 at 1:14 AM ^
FWIW, the PSU fans who sat near me didn't seem that enthused about Franklin. They all seemed to regard him as a good recruiter but poor gameday strategist. I haven't seen him coach that much, but if tonight's game is any indication, I can see their point. Besides his strange game management, I thought his offensive gameplan was really weird. Rutgers just killed us throwing downfield, so PSU decides to go lateral all game?
October 12th, 2014 at 2:34 AM ^
"good recruiter but poor gameday strategist"
Where have I heard this before...
October 12th, 2014 at 12:00 AM ^
I liked Central PA Team's fake punt on 4th and 11. Very.........creative.
October 12th, 2014 at 12:14 AM ^
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October 12th, 2014 at 12:56 AM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 1:13 AM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 1:26 AM ^
Hill is out for the season with a knee injury.
I think I saw Chesson and Henry out there. Don't remember if Hurst played.
October 12th, 2014 at 8:12 AM ^
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October 12th, 2014 at 1:50 AM ^
just made me mad.
Winning because the other team managed to suck worse than you did is not a satisfying feeling. It was like the Sugar Bowl. We won, but I don't even want to see the highlights. Good for the players and the fans who paid money to see the game I guess, but damn...
October 12th, 2014 at 2:31 AM ^
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October 12th, 2014 at 2:33 AM ^
Proud of the palyers. They played their hearts out. Keeping a guy like Hackenberg uncomfortable is a good accomplishment for this defense. What else is there to say about Gardner? He is a warrior. However, he really should not have been out there after getting absolutely crushed and acting like his leg was amputated.
Brady Hoke should thank James Franklin for taking the title from him for "dumbest timeout call of the game" and also thank the ref for that offsides call from the successful onside kick. He coached a bad game, but Franlin happened to coach a worst one.
October 12th, 2014 at 7:07 AM ^
October 12th, 2014 at 8:39 AM ^
Good win for Hoke & the players. Was nice to see. Start to feel sorry for ole boy Hoke. He has handled all this pretty well considering.
Smart call by PSU coach to get the safety at the end. We got a little lucky with the offside call on the kick.
October 12th, 2014 at 8:48 AM ^