Saturday, October 12, 2013 - Early Game Thread
October 12th, 2013 at 1:38 PM ^
Holy crap Texas is up 17 now. GERG!
Edit: As soon as I switched to the game the tackling got appropriately GERGified
October 12th, 2013 at 1:34 PM ^
Bass ackward game. Indiana is running and MSU is throwing.
October 12th, 2013 at 1:37 PM ^
That Oklahoma fight song is horrible.
October 12th, 2013 at 1:43 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 1:39 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 1:48 PM ^
The Bachelor just said "with Greg Robinson at coordiantor, we are seeing less vanilla, more exotic pressures"
MIND. BLOWN.
October 12th, 2013 at 1:55 PM ^
I would love to know what exactly that means - was he talking about "exotic pressure" as in successfully holding a running play to under, say, 7 or 8 yards or was it like a linebacker blitz where you blitz one of your own linebackers?
October 12th, 2013 at 1:55 PM ^
To be fair to the guy, he's no longer being asked to run a defensive scheme he isn't familiar with. If he could have run his own schemes here, we probably still would have been bad-to-mediocre, but not the total tire fire we were.
October 12th, 2013 at 1:50 PM ^
IF Texas wins this game, does Mack Brown become the lousy coach with an otherwise talented team that does just the bare minimum required to keep his job?
October 12th, 2013 at 1:54 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 1:54 PM ^
Sparty is looking better and better every week and Ind is going to be a pesky team for us, we better be ready for them next week.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:00 PM ^
Looking better and better against Indiana? Indiana has no defense and they are a team MSU should handle.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:12 PM ^
MSU in driver seat for legends with us having to go there. They have the best schedule and you could argue have played the best ball in the last 3-4wks.
really hoping for some sparty nooo and a miracle IU upset. admit it or not MSU has a lot of momentum right now.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:15 PM ^
midway through a game, but I have continually seen mgoblog posters lamenting that some other team was going to kill us, etc. based on the midway score of some game. Baffles me. It's agame of emotions, with 18-22 year-olds playing. . .
October 12th, 2013 at 2:18 PM ^
You clearly forgot about the ND game obviously. And hammering Youngstown state means nothing.
October 12th, 2013 at 1:56 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 1:57 PM ^
while they really suck? I think Hazell will make them better, but man, it would be nice to blast them this year.
October 12th, 2013 at 1:57 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 1:57 PM ^
How was that not a motion penalty on MSU?
October 12th, 2013 at 1:58 PM ^
Beilema might be recording his choice right about now. Heading to a 4th straight loss with Bama and LSU still on the schedule. Tough schedule, but they have also lost to Rutgers and struggled with Samford. All there wins have come against bad to awful competition.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:00 PM ^
Sweet holy Moses! How did PSU not score 50 on IU?
October 12th, 2013 at 2:04 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 2:09 PM ^
I hope that's the case rather than only PSU playing badly. Gives me more optimism for today.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:10 PM ^
More importantly do I even want to know?
October 12th, 2013 at 2:01 PM ^
looking good on pass plays and option. Taking a page out of A&M book
October 12th, 2013 at 2:01 PM ^
MSU offense doing fine - yes bad defense - but nice play designs today and execution
October 12th, 2013 at 2:04 PM ^
It's the party line to deny that MSU's offense can improve. If they look good, it must be that the opponent is terrible. (Quick, everyone forget Iowa.)
October 12th, 2013 at 2:05 PM ^
give credit to MSU's offense for executing plays where guys are wide open by yards. Also, the fact that this team managed to beat PSU gives me alot of confidence for tonight. They look fucking inept.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:12 PM ^
You can be in denial all you want. MSU OL is giving Cook ALL DAY. He is 18 of 26 and showing better accuracy - he still can't throw the long ball but heck if he did that he'd look great. That said EVERY QB looks great when he has all day to pass. This is my worry with UM - the caliber of QBs is going up and we give the Akrons of the world lots of time to pass, so half decent QBs playing a soft zone are going to prosper
I know Indiana's defense is bad but MSU is exploiting them, that is all you can ask of the offense. Of course MSU is responding to success as they always do as we speak.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:15 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 2:18 PM ^
Nothing special in run blocking but pass blocking has been excellent this week and last week. ND really I cant remember getting to COok that much either.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:20 PM ^
Their pass blocking is good, but run blocking not so much.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:19 PM ^
to execute when the team you're playing can't tackle. Also helps when they're playing 12 yards off your mediocre WRs and manages to leave TEs open by 10 yards in the middle of the field on 3rd and 11.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:08 PM ^
Coaching Indiana football is an exercise in futility, but well, there's the money.
Oklahoma is missing him right now.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:09 PM ^
LOL what a blatant PI. But Narduzzi is smart - do that all day and they only call it 2x a game
October 12th, 2013 at 2:10 PM ^
2013 MSU secondary.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:09 PM ^
should get flagged ten freakin times a game.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:11 PM ^
helping Ind stay in the game. I hope Sparty commits dumb penalties against us.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:35 PM ^
It's not like they're bad luck. That's how MSU plays. They expect to get flagged sometimes, but they know the refs won't always call it.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:11 PM ^
That little #1 is a quick bugger.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:12 PM ^
bad the BIG10 really is at football this year. What the hell happened. Oh look, Indiana brings game within 7 pts.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:15 PM ^
I don't really disagree, but I think at least the lower tiers of the all the other power conferences would be pretty even with those of the B1G, minus Purdue.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:13 PM ^
If this IU defense wasn't completely porous, I think they'd have this game in hand.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:13 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 2:14 PM ^
I think that was the obligatory drive each game which the Spartans essentially hand to the other team, and well done this time! TD Hoosiers.
Also, down in West Lafayette, Purdue is trudging along at about 3.5 yards per snap on average, whereas Nebraska is moving just a little faster.
October 12th, 2013 at 2:14 PM ^
Is there a worse kick off team, both kicking and receiving, in the nation than IU?
October 12th, 2013 at 2:17 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 2:15 PM ^
Arkansas gonna lose again? More #karma?
October 12th, 2013 at 2:18 PM ^
October 12th, 2013 at 2:21 PM ^