Michigan State Snowflakes: The Defense
October 29th, 2022 at 11:06 PM ^
2nd half shutout after mel said we can't cover their receivers. Suck it mel.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:16 PM ^
Yep. meL has to eat his words ... with dignity, of course.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:17 PM ^
Tuck is going back.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:23 PM ^
Their 1 TD was a push off. Can't cover them my ass Tuck
October 29th, 2022 at 11:50 PM ^
How in holy hell was that TD not overturned by a blitheringly obvious offensive PI?
October 30th, 2022 at 7:22 AM ^
Really? First off, it wasn’t much if a push off. Second, there is no “overturning” for missed (or called) penalties.
Otherwise, you made a great point!
October 30th, 2022 at 8:09 AM ^
You mean the defender didn't fall down when you say not much of a push off? That would be flopping. A little contact is fine but MSU WRs have a weird way of pushing off at the right time. Give them credit for that.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:06 PM ^
Great effort. Once again Minter makes adjustments and we remove their soul in the second half. I thought we might get a little more pass rush but great game by the kids.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:07 PM ^
The defense was good.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:34 PM ^
No points allowed after the first quarter. Negative second half yards late into the game.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:08 PM ^
TOTAL DOMINATION
October 29th, 2022 at 11:08 PM ^
Great game once again but won’t get any credit. Just the way the D likes it
October 29th, 2022 at 11:47 PM ^
IDK. My D really appreciates when it gets credit.
October 30th, 2022 at 7:32 AM ^
Well played.
The joke, I mean…. please don’t play with your D in mixed company.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:09 PM ^
1.6 yards rushing by MSU, sacks included. That is a beatdown however you look at it. 4 down stance against them was a beauty. This Defense is something. Minter is a great hire. Love it.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:09 PM ^
Minter absolutely slammed the door in the 2nd half. MSU tried the stupid covid offense which is to chuck it into 1-on-1 coverage, except this time Minter did something about it unlike Don Brown. That was a paddlin' in the 2nd half
October 29th, 2022 at 11:10 PM ^
Sparty's whole offense was like 3 well-covered arm punts, and one busted coverage.
That's...pretty good. Pretty, pretty good.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:13 PM ^
That’s not even hyperbole. Chuck it to Coleman accounted for what 70% of their offense? They couldn’t run and couldn’t pass outside of 50/50 balls. Total domination in the 2nd half outside of one busted coverage.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:26 PM ^
Coleman had five receptions for 155 yards. The rest of the MSU team gained 97 yards on 35 plays.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:37 PM ^
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
October 30th, 2022 at 11:29 AM ^
That's two games in a row against decent or good offenses you could say that. And Penn State just put up almost 400 yards passing against OSU.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:11 PM ^
Can anyone spot the adjustments that were made in the second half, I had to watch on a plane and really couldn’t tell
October 29th, 2022 at 11:14 PM ^
Didn’t get great camera angles to tell; it seemed like the DBs were much more on top of the routes when we saw them, which suggests that Minter adjusted the coverage schemes and the priorities for the DBs to take away the deep stuff and MSU was unable to take advantage of whatever that opened up. I’m mostly speculating based on scant evidence.
October 30th, 2022 at 9:50 AM ^
Lot of Will Johnson in the second half and he played the best game of his young career.
October 30th, 2022 at 11:44 AM ^
Taller CBs are a definite plus against an arm-punt offense. Will also came up hard a couple times against the WR screens.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:12 PM ^
Well done! Remove the absurd chuck it deep stuff and they really had no offense. Nice job by the D!!
October 29th, 2022 at 11:12 PM ^
Tremendous the whole game basically.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:12 PM ^
It was alarming that Michigan couldn’t cover Coleman at all in the first two drives.
But just as Michigan’s RZ problems are consistent enough that they can no longer be hand-waved as coincidental or bad luck, the defense’s ability to adjust and shut down opponents can no longer be considered random. They do it a lot.
Coleman was unstoppable, and then he wasn’t. It’s slightly possible that MSU just decided not to throw to him after his initial success; it is much more likely that Minter made the adjustments to lock him down.
MSU had 200 yards of offense early, and finished with fewer than 300. That’s very impressive.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:21 PM ^
I mentioned this in the game thread, but MSU's only score was on a tempo play in which U-M's defense was still scrambling a bit. That probably affected the coverage a bit and it definitely affected the pressure on the QB. Those plays didn't work after that.
October 30th, 2022 at 2:55 AM ^
It was also on a play with a blatant push-off. (And, at least one uncalled hold, but Big Tennnnn; the single, solitary holding call in this game was an obvious one against Michigan).
If they call the OPI correctly there, this game might well have been a shutout.
October 30th, 2022 at 9:46 AM ^
It was let 'em play. The Michigan defender was pulling his arm just a step before which could have been called for holding. If the ref didn't flag the holding, he couldn't turn around and call OPI (or are we playing OSU in Columbus?). Yes, there could have been a flag for OPI but there could be a penalty on every play.
October 30th, 2022 at 11:07 AM ^
Call them both, then. I didn’t see a hold, but I’ll take your word for it. The push-off was so obvious that I saw it from the stands, live. Defenders don’t suddenly jump backward two feet from the guy they’re covering unless they’ve been pushed. And it was extremely material to the play; if he doesn’t push off, he isn’t open. It was a blown call, plain and simple.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:33 PM ^
I’m blown away that he managed to adjust to not 1 but 2 if the best tall 50-50 WRs in country and eliminated them. I mean, credit to the players too, but bringing in freshman CB, tall and fast and physical, plus a little more pressure, and putting moore back out there: huh, yeah, exactly that is how you adjust to that, I guess. Guy’s amazing
October 29th, 2022 at 11:13 PM ^
Played lights out
October 29th, 2022 at 11:13 PM ^
in absolute value "Team" was 2nd leading rusher...just going the wrong way. 37 total yards, 1.6/carry. Nice. Now, need to work on pass defense before The Game.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:39 PM ^
Yeah Marvin Harrison Jr... is going to be a problem.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:18 PM ^
D was great. MSU had just 1.6 yards per rush.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:18 PM ^
Michigan State had their one scripted drive. Outside of that, it was a whole lot of nothing. You really can’t ask for much more than giving up seven points.
Against anyone.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:40 PM ^
Except their scripted drive actually fizzled out. Four straight flags didn't hurt.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:23 PM ^
Once again, after a couple of drives Minter had the opponent completely downloaded. He should be a Broyles candidate.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:56 PM ^
No, then he'll abscond to Coral Gables.
October 30th, 2022 at 12:00 AM ^
I think we'll try harder to keep him around.
October 30th, 2022 at 8:19 AM ^
After watching Miami this year, I don't see how we wouldn't try to hold onto Minter for a bit longer. He is eventually going to look for NFL or a college HC job, but hope he sticks around for a few years.
October 30th, 2022 at 10:31 AM ^
Yeah Miami scoring a total of 14 in a 4OT game is pretty sad
October 30th, 2022 at 10:39 AM ^
Also 14 points Iowa style. 3 3 3 3 2
October 29th, 2022 at 11:25 PM ^
Pretty awesome. If we score TOUCHDOWNS this is 50-7. Defense made sure this was never a game
October 29th, 2022 at 11:29 PM ^
All hail coach Minter.
Good in first halves; lights out in second.
I thought Macdonald was really good, but Minter: wow! I had no idea how you could halftime adjust against _two_ of the best tall 50-50 ball receivers in the country. Minter mixed up just the right doses of a little more pressure, a lot more 5* tall speedy physical CB, and just the right dash of Moore back in center field. Wow, just wow.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:37 PM ^
Yep, wasn't sold on Minter before the season, but he's been better than Macdonald so far. Many caveats apply, including the final exam the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
October 29th, 2022 at 11:31 PM ^
Minter having a superb first year