BlueDragon

October 20th, 2012 at 4:48 PM ^

I think the chrome helmets were a mistake. The white pops better on the TV. The Spartan logo is hard to pick out between the green color and the green reflection of the field.

Magnum P.I.

October 20th, 2012 at 4:55 PM ^

This is frustrating because their defensive strategy is exactly the same as last year and we haven't been able to adjust. We should abandon the read option entirely until they prove they can stop us on the edge and over the middle.

Mr. Yost

October 20th, 2012 at 5:02 PM ^

But they're THAT good. You're right, we need to adjust.

Run right at them, get ahead of the sticks. Even if you just pick up 4 yards, it's a good play.

I'm not saying we just line up in the I and go "run right"/"run left." I'm saying go north-south not east-west.

Line up Rawls back there, take the snap out of the gun and hit them in the fucking mouth and let him fall forward for 4-5 yards.

Once they adjust to YOU, then go back to what you like to do in the read-option game.

Magnum P.I.

October 20th, 2012 at 5:13 PM ^

I agree. My biggest worry was that we'd play right into their hands on offense and get their confidence up. I was hoping we could soften them up with some constraint and then go to the read option runs once they started questioning where the ball was going to go. You shouldn't be able to get away with the aggressiveness they're showing on every play.

Mr. Yost

October 20th, 2012 at 4:59 PM ^

People forget, MSU was supposed to have a top 10 defense going into this season. They're no slouch.

We just have to be patient and win the field position battle, we'll break a play in the passing game if we just stick to the plan.

Defensively we have to win the game. We need perfection or close to it. Nothing wrong with a 16-3 win.