Copper Bowl Open Thread, MSU vs. TCU
December 29th, 2012 at 11:45 PM ^
Minny comported themselves very well for a huge underdog
December 29th, 2012 at 11:45 PM ^
Minny comported themselves very well for a huge underdog
December 29th, 2012 at 11:37 PM ^
Goes to TCU
December 30th, 2012 at 12:08 AM ^
That of all the teams in Texas, TCU seems to have the hottest cheerleaders.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:38 PM ^
It's great to see players who know how to wrap up.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:38 PM ^
when both teams have bulleyes on their shoes.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:38 PM ^
Bell stops his feet too often and is too much of a strider. He takes too long to get up to spped. I dont see him having much of a career on Sunday, if at all.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:40 PM ^
He will not last 3 years in the league. He will get creamed.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:38 PM ^
...why in the open field Bell feels that he needs to dance around TCU's defensive elves.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:39 PM ^
Too bad Lewis went out of bounds and left it up to the offense.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:40 PM ^
It still looks like they're calling easy plays for Maxwell. Simple reads, 3-step drops, and quicks passes. The stuff you do for freshman or a second stringer thrown into the game by injury.
The problems is that he's a RS Junior who's started for a year.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:42 PM ^
But if they don't do that, he throws pick-sixes.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:42 PM ^
...the Spartan Puntfest 2012.
Sadler's going to need a starting pitcher type ice wrap after this one.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:41 PM ^
Number of pass completions of 2 yards or less for Maxwell
December 29th, 2012 at 11:41 PM ^
over to RCMB during halftime to take their pulse.
I nominate Salvatore.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:50 PM ^
I see no frothing-at-the-mouth ragin' by any of the board's denizens. Their eyes seem to be glazed over in recogniton of the futile pursuit of gridiron success.
I know this well as I am a Lions fan.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:41 PM ^
that TO badly. It is starting to get ugly. Maybe this will spark them, err maybe not.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:42 PM ^
Is there any way they don't fire their OC? Borges is god damn genius compared to him.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:43 PM ^
Time of posession reference. DRINK!
December 29th, 2012 at 11:45 PM ^
1:19 and MSU gets the ball. Just enough time for a 3 & out and their 7th punt of the first half!
December 29th, 2012 at 11:47 PM ^
Winner, winner. Double points if you accurately predicted the reverse-Lloyd play calling: incomplete pass, incomplete pass, third-and-ten draw play.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:45 PM ^
1:19 and MSU gets the ball. Just enough time for a 3 & out and their 7th punt of the first half!
December 29th, 2012 at 11:45 PM ^
Gary Patterson is like a Bryan Kelly clone, the way that he chews out his players who make mistakes when they come off the field. What a fun guy to play for.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:52 PM ^
a mistake???
Bo certainly did. I have no problem with it so long as violence is not used.
December 30th, 2012 at 12:10 AM ^
I have never seen it on TV. That's the issue.
December 30th, 2012 at 12:17 AM ^
The only people Bo chewed out were the officials when they blew a call. When players made mistakes, Bo was frustrated yes, but he talked to them. He never chewed them out ala Brian Kelly. Big difference.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:46 PM ^
Andrew "duck sauce" Maxwell.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:46 PM ^
so sparty!
December 29th, 2012 at 11:46 PM ^
for a first down"? Are you kidding? The WR was bracketed by two TCU defenders, and only a last minute move prevented the pass from sailing up the TCU LB's butt.
And another almost pick. This may be the end of Maxwell tonight.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:48 PM ^
That guy does a great job of helping his teammates up after his makes the tackle or sack.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:48 PM ^
TCU should have called a timeout there. They could have had it with a minute to go.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:49 PM ^
The Sparty offense is embarrassing, but not as embarrassing as their punters facemask.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:49 PM ^
Game???
December 29th, 2012 at 11:54 PM ^
were playing" "our qb doesn't need to be an all-american"
December 29th, 2012 at 11:54 PM ^
it was a sign of no respect fir Sparty.
December 29th, 2012 at 11:53 PM ^
I can't wait until that stupid Nelly song goes away forever.
December 30th, 2012 at 12:02 AM ^
No kidding . . . this is the second straight bowl season ESPN has used it. Are they cutting back their musical budget?
December 29th, 2012 at 11:55 PM ^
13 carries for 42 yards
7 for 16 passing for 34 yards
3 first downs, 7 punts.
and 47 penalty yards. It isn't often you see a team with more yards in penalties than they have rushing or passing.
I wonder what would happen if this team played West Virginia? It's like the old medieval philosophy question: can God create a defense so bad that even MSU can move the ball against it?
December 29th, 2012 at 11:55 PM ^
It sure does make for a sad , sad statement on the B1G
December 29th, 2012 at 11:58 PM ^
Why? MSU only went 3-5 against Big Ten competiion.
December 30th, 2012 at 12:01 AM ^
TCU has a much better coach and football program than Sparty.
December 30th, 2012 at 12:01 AM ^
after we beat South Carolina
December 30th, 2012 at 12:04 AM ^
Yeah I would rather Sparty win. Conference needs to start winning some bowl games.
Do think 3-4 would exceed expectations which is pretty pathetic that expectations are so low but what can you do.
End of day Michigan winning is all that is important but would rather be a top team in an upper echelon conference than one in a second tier league.
December 30th, 2012 at 12:17 AM ^
But if they're going to play like this, then I'll just amuse myself w wisecracks
December 30th, 2012 at 12:22 AM ^
Fair enough.
They're probably still doing threat assessment.
December 30th, 2012 at 12:06 AM ^
A TD and a 20 point game could end it. Right now they're in that Rutgers-VT territory where they're dominating the game, but they've left their opponent in the game.
December 30th, 2012 at 12:19 AM ^
Intellectually, I agree
Intuitively, nope.
December 30th, 2012 at 12:38 AM ^
Questioning that intuition yet?