4/20 spring game open thread
A third drop, this time by senior Fowler. I don't think they have a solution to that problem at this point.
Announcers said RS freshman R. Bullough was the first draft pick at RB. lol. He looks like a taller, less shifty/athletic (if that's possible) white fullback guy from Iowa last year.
I'm not sure this is OT thread worthy...but this just happened a few minutes ago.
Absolutely thread worthy. That's great
when most starters were out was pretty terrible, Crable sat on defense and Hart/Henne didn't play much if at all.
Great concentration and catch by Burbbridge, his second of the day.
Sparty No moment as RS freshman Tyler O'Connor tries to throw it away and instead throws a pick.
I almost kind of feel bad for MSU fans this year, but after the way they handled themselves during the RR years I'm enjoying their downfall.
That, and the way they completely abandoned ship last year once they started losing. Also the fact that they are generally insufferable people.
I won't feel bad for them as long as their coach has a winning record against us. That's painful just to type.
I would love to beat them by 40+ in that shithole they call a stadium.
MSU Offense- 3
We will get at least 21 points on turnovers taken back for touchdowns when we play them there.
Tyler O'Connor throws a pick 6 (second int). Riley Bullough gets demolished and fumbles, defense returns for TD.
That ball was like 20 feet out of the back of the endzone
Connor Cook is the best of their shitty QBs.
Very nice catch in traffic by Arnett . Poor decision by QB Cook to throw into double coverage. Arnett came open by pushing DB who was right in front of him in the back.
but 9 times out of 10 that's probably a pick. He threw it behind Arnett into double coverage
Are Dennard and Lewis playing? May have been held out. Also don't remember seeing Denicos Allen.
Their interior DL is terrible, but the LBs fill so quickly they can still stop the run. Play action passing with TEs and WRs who can beat single coverage is the key to beating them. Our offense should be much better prepared to put up points this year.
Their DL looks much worse than last year. LBS look very good. DBs don't look very good but that might just be becausethey're missing Dennard and Lewis. The only good player on offense is Burbridge.
Ezra Robinson leaving on crutches.VERY bad news.BIG expectations for him.
— Hondo Carpenter (@HondoCarpenter) April 20, 2013
Ezra Robinson just left the field on crutches, and he was moving very slowly. No. 1 thing you don't want in a spring game.
— Joe Rexrode (@joerexrode) April 20, 2013
i'm only watching the msu spring game to see the huge amass of national 5* players on one team. Under Armour and the Army All American game has nothing on this team.
MSU has a very solid receiving corps (when they catch the ball) but I think their OL will struggle again this year and they have no RB to come close to what they had with Bell. Pretty telling that they had to convert a RS LB for the Spring to RB. Their defense will still be a strength and will be at the top of the B1G with ours and OSU's. Back 7 is pretty stout but I think the DL will be their weakness.
They'll just grind out games and play with the unmitigated rage and lack of self-control that is a hallmark for a second-tier B1G program trying to extrapolate two good years into a trend of future domination. That defense is okay, but even last year it felt like a unit that relied on hyper-aggressive play with solid players at most positions. This year they'll have the same intensity but the talent won't be there at all positions.
I disagree on your assessment of their DL. Their ends are as good as any in our conference with Calhoun and Rush. They also have a pretty good space-eating DT in Reynolds. They won't have the talented depth like we have this year but I'd compare the overall ability to slightly above what we had last year.
Rush has been overrated on this blog for some time. He's good, but solid-good. Not difference-maker good. And who the hell is Calhoun? Drone was the 3rd DE for them last year, and I'd expect he starts this year. As much as we criticized Tom Gholston, I think he's better than either of them.
All teams rotate interior DL nowadays, and Hoover, Lawrence Thomas (yes, former 5* LB), and Kettridge are below average, even if Reynolds is OK as an anchor.
I don't know how you can say they have a very solid receiving corps, while at the same time acknowledging they don't catch the ball. That's a very big part of being a WR.
I think they have Burbridge and then nothing.
I was talking in terms of talent. Burbridge, Arnett, and Mumphrey (also Madaris who we were after) are pretty talented and that group should make some noise if their QB can get to it them.
I don't know how you can say they have a very solid receiving corps, while at the same time acknowledging they don't catch the ball. That's a very big part of being a WR.
I think they have Burbridge and then nothing.
Some idiots in our apartment complex decided that celebrating this day required them to scream their fool heads off and jump around for 3 hours. Angry BronxBlueWife screaming at them about having a Ph.D. defense this week quieted them quite a bit, Mind you, they are all rather large people.
Relevance to football? Zero. But if Jake Ryan isn't ready to go late in October, a 5'3" 100lb hellcat with (I hope) elegibility remaining could be a nice stopgap.
Maybe they are one in the same...ಠ_ಠ