OT: Shilique Calhoun returns to MSU
http://www.mlive.com/spartans/index.ssf/2015/01/michigan_state_defensive_end_s_6.html
Not surprised by it. By all accounts from what I've been hearing is NFL consider him a late 2nd to early 3rd round prospect, not 1st rounders that many mock have him at. Throw in the fact that edge rusher is a deep class which pushes him down in the draft.
January 11th, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^
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Posted 2 minutes after a genuinely pointless board topic obsessing over MSU goes up as the next thread.
January 11th, 2015 at 1:29 PM ^
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One of the main problems in the rivalry with Sparty is that they take it a lot more seriously than Michigan does.
Until Michigan starts winning again on a regular basis, maybe some "obsessing" is necessary.
January 11th, 2015 at 2:26 PM ^
I'm pretty certain that one Jim Harbaugh has plenty of obsession on this thing (and every other game).
FWIW, I don't think the players lost recent games to MSU due to not "obsessing" enough, nor our fans not "obsessing" enough. This sort of meme falls into the whole "our players are entitled" under Hoke meme, or "Sparty wants it more" meme etc.
Bottom line, the team lost because they were outcoached, outschemed and out exectuted. None of this was because they didn't take it "seriously" enough. If anything, wasn't Hoke celebrated for "understanding" the rivalries?
January 11th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^
I care. He's an impact player that plays for one of our biggest rivals. You should probably care too.
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January 11th, 2015 at 1:01 PM ^
that the 50th-ranked heavyweight today (whoever that is) would beat Muhammad Ali.
January 11th, 2015 at 2:16 PM ^
January 11th, 2015 at 3:12 PM ^
Good grief. He understands very little about boxing then and is showing his pure ignorance and misdirected pride by daring to open up his mouth about it. There are a lot of sports where you can can argue about advances in training and techniques making present athletes superior to past ones. Boxing, however, is an art and a science, not a mere physical sport. Only an uneducated moron would dare say the 50th ranked heavyweight (or even a top 10 one) today would have a snowflake's chance in hell against Cassius.
I think that statement of his is much more telling about the kind of person he is than the immature nonsense he was spewing in that other thread.
January 11th, 2015 at 3:59 PM ^
Ali hasn't looked in top form lately. He may have lost a step or two.
January 11th, 2015 at 6:53 PM ^
but Champeen is right, Ali coudln't beat the 50th ranked heavyweight today. He's not in good health and just turned 73. /s
January 11th, 2015 at 12:17 PM ^
January 11th, 2015 at 3:01 PM ^
If he gets hurt like Gurley or Lattimore did this will not be a smart decision. There is no real benefit to staying with 1st round draft pick salaries so much lower. Players now need to get the clock started on there rookie deal before they get to there first big money contract.
January 11th, 2015 at 4:29 PM ^
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January 11th, 2015 at 12:18 PM ^
Did his stock fall this year?
Hard to replicate his 2013 season with those TDs he scored.
January 11th, 2015 at 12:20 PM ^
told ya so
January 11th, 2015 at 12:24 PM ^
January 11th, 2015 at 12:47 PM ^
Same for Calhoun as last year. And MSU had 10 more as a team this year (42) than last (32). So it's hard to call his year mediocre - he was certainly getting more attention and double teams which opened up defensive opportunities elsewhere.
And I think we would agree the touchdowns he scored last year were lucky, if we can also agree that lucky DEs are those who spend a lot of time hugging quarterbacks...
January 11th, 2015 at 1:09 PM ^
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January 11th, 2015 at 12:27 PM ^
Shiliqueu most have listened to Bo's "The Team" & just realize how special being part of a college team can be. Good for him.
January 11th, 2015 at 12:30 PM ^
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January 11th, 2015 at 12:32 PM ^
I like how everyone is in here is saying he disappeared in games, which he did, but when I tried to argue the same for Frank Clark I was constantly shot down.
January 11th, 2015 at 12:37 PM ^
January 11th, 2015 at 1:31 PM ^
Yeah I'd love to have a guy that "disappears" and still gets 8 sacks.
January 11th, 2015 at 1:59 PM ^
Sometimes sacks can be manufactured by the DC. Can't look at sack numbers and say he's a good player. Need to see pressure numbers like QB hurries, QB hits, sacks, etc. They're a much better indicator of how good of a pass rusher you are as opposed to focusing on sack numbers.
For example, I rather have DL who pressure the QB 40% of the time with low sack numbers than DL with high sack numbers but with low pressure numbers like 10%.
January 11th, 2015 at 12:45 PM ^
He'll probably be their captain along with Captain Cook
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January 11th, 2015 at 1:00 PM ^
then the idea that Funchess is a first-round lock is pure fantasy.
January 11th, 2015 at 1:23 PM ^
There are some good WR's out there, in the ESS EEE SEE
January 11th, 2015 at 1:38 PM ^
Guys with Funchess's size that run like him are rare. Guys that do what Calhoun does, while valuable, are not nearly as rare.
January 11th, 2015 at 2:20 PM ^
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January 11th, 2015 at 2:54 PM ^
January 11th, 2015 at 3:00 PM ^
He'll got by the 2nd round - guys with those skills and size are not common, and look across the NFL and you'll see LOTS of guys with way worse "personalities" than Funchess being injured and then playing uninspired football as the rest of the team crumbled.
People around here love to shit on players on the way out because, I don't know, it's easy to and because they'll never have to actually say it to the guy's face it feels safe. Funchess had a mediocre final year and he absolutely looked disinterested at times, but given how bad the QB position was, how poorly coached the team looked at times, the constant beatings and embarassments, the injuries, everything, I'm not surprised he doesn't want to come back and would rather pursue his NFL dreams.
January 11th, 2015 at 5:21 PM ^
The NFL isn't a professional big man's track league. Funchess also has to catch the ball reliably, something he has shown no evidence of being able to do.
January 11th, 2015 at 8:44 PM ^
has just as bad of a hands as Funchess yet got drafted at 1st round. There's evidence that Funchess can improve his hands. He has made a lot of spectacular plays like the TD catch against PSU, Appy State, few other catches that Gardner made a bad throw that he caught.
January 12th, 2015 at 12:30 AM ^
Cough **Braylon Edwards #3 overall pick** cough.
January 11th, 2015 at 2:00 PM ^
a 1st rounder, but 2nd rounder is likely his floor. Most here think he's a 5th rounder or UDFA are just being angry at Funchess.
January 11th, 2015 at 1:26 PM ^