Michigan's Seniors should decide tomorrow's game

Submitted by Dailysportseditor on

Here are the departing seniors as listed on the depth charts posted at the official Michigan State and Michigan websites:

 

MSU:  

 
Offense
 
C    68 ETHAN RUHLAND (6-5, 290, Sr.-5)
RG 62 CHRIS MCDONALD (6-5, 298, Sr.-5)
RB 22 Larry Caper (5-11, 222, Sr.)
 
Defense
 
DT 91 Tyler Hoover (6-7, 310, Sr.-5)
NT 98 ANTHONY RASHAD WHITE (6-2, 330, Sr.)
STAR 10 CHRIS NORMAN (6-1, 233, Sr.)

SAM  50 Steve Gardiner (6-1, 224, Sr.-5)

FC 32 Mitchell White (5-11, 185, Sr.-5)

BC 5 JOHNNY ADAMS (5-11, 177, Sr.-5)

 

M:

 

Offense

 

WR 21 Roy Roundtree (6-0, 180, 5th Sr.)

LG 52 Ricky Barnum (6-3, 296, 5th Sr.)

C 57 Elliott Mealer (6-5, 308, 5th Sr.)

RG 65 Patrick Omameh (6-4, 305, 5th Sr.)

TE 87 Brandon Moore (6-5, 268, 5th Sr.)

TE 81 Mike Kwiatkowski (6-5, 262, 5th Sr.)

QB 16 Denard Robinson (6-0, 197, Sr./Sr.)

FB 31 Paul Gyarmati (6-1, 234, 5th Sr.)

RB 2 Vincent Smith (5-6, 175, Sr./Sr.)

 

Defense

 

DT 73 Will Campbell (6-5, 308, Sr./Sr.)

DE 88 Craig Roh (6-5, 281, Sr./Sr.)

MLB 25 Kenny Demens (6-1, 242, 5th Sr.)

WLB 7 Brandin Hawthorne (6-0, 220, Sr./Sr.)

SS 32 Jordan Kovacs (6-0, 202, Sr./Jr.) [Should be listed as "5th Sr."]

SS 23 Floyd Simmons (6-0, 200, 5th Sr.)

RCB 8 J.T. Floyd (6-0, 183, 5th Sr.)

 

 

It seems to me that Michigan's senior leadership should dominate in this game.  The difference in the experience level of the 2 teams is considerable, especially when MSU's offense faces Michigan's defense.

LSAClassOf2000

October 19th, 2012 at 9:25 PM ^

The seniors listed represent 34.8% of the total tackles made by the team to date, with Kovacs and Demens being among some of the most prolific on the team. Campbell and Roh have been effective as well, with Roh having 2.5 TFL and 2 sacks, and Campbell one of each, but both registering over ten yards total in each category. You'll have the two best teams in the conference in total defense out there tomorrow, but ours is the best pass defense in the conference at the moment, so hopefully this at least means we can help Maxwell be his own worst enemy there. 

MGoStrength

October 20th, 2012 at 10:35 AM ^

I'd be happy if the best players decided the outcome.  Seniors are great, but I'd rather the best players play and win the game, regardless of class...just sayin.