Malik McDowell entering 2017 draft

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Mork now has more to worry about, being Malik was his best defensive player on the team.

ThadMattasagoblin

December 6th, 2016 at 12:00 AM ^

This was expected. Next year, MSU is going to have issues on both lines again. They also lose a lot in the back 7 although I'm not sure how much of a loss Demetrious Cox is. He wouldn't have been playing if somebody behind him was better.

gwrock

December 6th, 2016 at 9:38 AM ^

I couldn't believe how bad the Wisconsin DBs played.  Unable to locate balls thrown up for grabs, bad angles, missed tackles.  I don't remember them being so inept when we played them.

WestSider

December 6th, 2016 at 1:11 PM ^

a team with so many long ball completions that should have been defended (Wis vs. PSU)? Those long lobs by McSorley took forever to get downfield, and the DB's were clueless on defending them.

ThadMattasagoblin

December 5th, 2016 at 11:54 PM ^

We lost him because of having such a terrible season. Same with Dashawn Hand. It's amazing how much the college football evironment can change in three years. In february of 2014, MSU won the Rose Bowl and our program had no hope of a better future. Fast forward three years and we have gone 20-5 and were two plays away from 12-0 while they went 3-9 with Furman propping up their win total.

getsome

December 6th, 2016 at 2:37 AM ^

ha yeah, wouldve been great to see him in maize and blue but good for him.  always happy to see guys get a shot to play ball for a living (unless theyre in minority of total scumbags, of  which mcdowell isnt).  and its always great to see detroit kids head to the league

Denarded

December 5th, 2016 at 11:55 PM ^

Montae Nicholson is next to declare. Just a matter of days. Will be interesting to see where he gets drafted because he has elite athleticism but consistently jumping double moves and phasing out of reality won't get you too far in the league.

Michigan4Life

December 6th, 2016 at 12:18 PM ^

you'd be surprised at how highly NFL think of Nicholson. They have him at top 5 S in the draft. They loved his improvement from last season where he was awful to a guy who understands coverage.  They felt that he had to cover up a lot of mistakes at the backend where he looked bad when it isn't his fault.

They said he's an instant starting S next season if he gets drafted to the right team.

ColeIsCorky

December 6th, 2016 at 12:19 AM ^

Is that the time Mork attempted a 2-pt conversion down 7 with 1 second left in the game where a SPARTY NO fumble occurred and Jabrill picked it up and Olympic-style sprinted the length of the field before crossing the Finish line in near record time to make the game a two-possession game again?

Oh yeah, I remember. They really out-hit us that game. 

Evil Empire

December 6th, 2016 at 8:08 AM ^

when the commentators wondered why he was going for two, the play-by-play guy said he might be trying to make the score look better, and the color guy said "that doesn't sound like Mark Dantonio," and then in the postgame presser Dantonio basically admitted he was doing exactly that?

That was cool.