Michigan State Snowflakes: The Defense

That.  Was.  Glorious.

After a slow start, matched their intensity.  Then the talent wins out.  Also shout out to Gus Johnson for "little brother" comment at the end.

After that first drive, they locked State down and crushed them...  Can't ask for much more!

Very solid performance for the defense. Our four DE lineup is fun to watch. Hudson was a monster today, probably player of the game on D. Danna played very well. It’s also really fun to see our safeties as a strength of the team.

Can we stop losing the first quarter?

It seemed as if State was getting guys open on those middle breaking routes, whether by rubs or however.  But we adjusted effectively, at least I didn’t notice a bunch of those after halftime.  

I think we're spoiled. The box score would indicate a very, very good defensive performance.

Lewerke was their entire offense. They don't score a single point without him. 

Certainly improved as the game progressed and let MSU make their inevitable mistakes.

Very solid outing. Go Blue.

They scored their only td off of penalties 

ISO: All those people in the 2nd quarter wanting to leave Don Brown in the lockerroom.

Typical Don Brown game vs an overmatched opponent. They exploit something early and we all panic, then the door is closed and they get nothing. MSUs offense is baaaadddddd

Beautiful game.  44-10 after down 7-0.  Lewerke made some great throws, but he was under pressure.  Unfortunate Hutchinson had to leave but sharp performance.  Tip of the hat to Lavert for his extremely quick hands and reaction to a deflected ball to make his pic too.  

Focus.  Still disappointed in Lavert on the pick.

But I LOVED Khaleke deleting the WR across the middle.  I don't think they tried another one after that.  Moar of that the next two weeks.

Im drunk alreadym its 4 oclock. Fuck state.

In the 1Q MSU was executing a plan to deal with UM's bracket coverage.  It worked for a drive, and then Don Brown and the D had it downloaded.  That is why this is 4 quarter game.

A+++++++++++++

Overall great.  Had some moments where the D seemed to stall, but they did their job when it counted. Kudos to Dr Blitz and co.

Really strong game. Excellent run defense.

Lewerke is a turnover machine who can make some plays with his arm and legs, but inevitably screws things up. We took advantage.

What more can you say? We beat the crap out of them on both sides of the ball. Beautiful.

Excellent overall performance. Some adjustments after the first quarter, and first half - Don Brown is almost always very good at this.

Man I hope Smith and Hinton come through for next year.

Another oustanding performance. Defense has improved massively over the course of the year. Brown was hired to be the Buckeye spread killer. Let's see if he can get it done this year. Remember he shut down a pretty good OSU offense in 2016.

Holding MSU to a FG on that early 3q drive was the difference in the game. That was their best shot, we were having personal issues with injuries and we held fast. Game was over after that. 

Amazing and intense performance. Loved Coach Brown’s disappointed look late in the game when they got a first down. That is a player’s coach.

Not much to complain about apart from a few dumb penalties. Once again Brown has reloaded the defense after losing a bunch of studs to the NFL.

Did better than OSU against them, despite not having near the star power. That has to count for something for the D staff.