Thank you, Matt Millen. I feel better now.
We're going to be OK. Matt Millen says MSU will be the dominant program in the state. I am, however, sad that, as Andre Ware said, we don't get any good recruits. Wait, what?
So that I don't click that clickbait/trollbait, do they give any reason why?
Millen: "The reason is very clear. It's Mark Dantonio."
I'll take the opposite every time against Millen.
I'm never going to give you up, never going to let you down... never gonna run around, and hurt you...
Computer load up Celery Man please
Computer load up Celery Man please
Well they aren't good recruits if they don't turn into good players, right?
Get out of here with your logic and reasoning. There's no place for that on the internet.
What about the other angle: Even good recruits need to be coached up properly from the high school level to the college level.
If Matt Millen says it then it must be true.
"There's a history of quarterbacks...they always seem to have a good one"
Always seems like some hyperbole here...
As in the Island? Or the medication?
I think he played hoops at WVU
Matt Millen sucks.
EDIT: And Millen at the end of this: "Herp, derp, Michigan State good, Michigan not... OH BUT WATCH OUT FOR PENN STATE!"
What a troll.
and Dude in the middle: OOOHHHH out of left field, huh???!?!
Millen must be right. I mean, we all know how great he was at assessing personnel when he was with the Lions...
Right. I'm sure State fans are glad to hear it from him. It's the kiss of death.
He was so-so at assessing player talent, but he REALLY had a knack for assessing coaching ability.
I challenge you to find anyone EVER who was as bad at accessing player talent than Millen.
He may have slipped in the last few years but three SB's wins in five shots, meanwhile in Detroit and the mistake by the lake....
Perhaps I am bitter about a certain segment of Matt Millen's career as a Lions fan, but I was wholly disappointed that ESPN did not replace that segment with this phone interview:
I don't think I've ever laughed at a picture/text thing...until this one.
Anybody else read this meme with Borris from Rocky and Bullwinkle in mind?
I was going to post something similar. If Gundy could beat Stoops (or Iowa St. two years ago), Oklahoma would have been hearing it from Ok St.
The current shockjock sports environment is the price we pay for being dismal for 5 of the last 6 years. And to Sparty's credit, they are a well-run and well-coached program now. Hopefully Hoke is the right guy and we'll see an end to all of this nonsense. 365 days ago it was Michigan-Ohio for the Rose Bowl. Though with Sparty's win, we're going to have to live with this for a while. I still draw the parallel to Iowa of a few years back - Ferentz was 3* recruiting god, and their defense was the model of solid consistency that everyone should follow.
A&M vs. Texas isn't really comparable to MSU vs. UMich. The short and long term indicators of success both point towards A&M being the top dog.
Long term? Texas is rolling in money, still sitting in a talent-rich state, and don't have to play a conference championship game (for the moment, anyway.) I thought A&M made a smart move going to the SEC because it was the only way they could possibly escape Texas' shadow. But they aren't going to consistently be the better program year-in and year-out.
What does money matter? The Big Ten has been raking in money for years, and we still go out and hire Tim Beckmann (paraphase from our fearless leader). They have recent success and they're destroying Texas in recruiting.
Actually if A&M had remained in the Big 12 I think the parallels between A&M-Texas and MSU-UM would be nearly perfect.
One is a long term blue blood with coaching questions but resources, tradition, yada yada - all things that don't mean squat near term but over the course of 50 years should matter.
One is a recent upstart that was an agricultural college that was mocked in state for decades with a chip on shoulder complex who often lost to their "big brother rival" and complained about lack of attention for years. They both had recent upticks that took them to national attention, one due to their program success and the other due to a celebrity QB, and both are currently considered to have established coaching and a good near term future due to that.
I am quite confident over the next 40 years UM and Texas will have more program success than A&M* and MSU, but in the next 5 years I have no idea. All those blue blood advantages still require a very good coach - ask Tennessee....and Notre Dame...and us.
*maybe the move to the SEC changes this but I am speaking in a hypothetical world where A&M had remained in the Big 12 and had been 2nd fiddle to Texas.
A big difference would be that A&M is killing it in recruiting (thought possibly doing so in a less than honorable fashion) while MSU is doing...about the same as they always have.
We'll see how good their D is without Bullock and Dennard.
I think their D will still be good, but you can't continuously replace guys and keep performing at a level as high as they have the last few years.
Or can you continuously replace guys and keep performing at a high level?
You just have to keep them from urinating off balconies and getting suspended before bowl games, is all.
I think, unless you are recruiting at an Alabama-type level, having a truly great defense every year is not sustainable. But that is just my thought.
Unfortunately that's exactly what MSU's been doing.
MSU defense = Beilein's program
"We don't rebuild, we reload"
They come to play.
60 minutes of pass interference is leadership.
Their defense comes to play, except when they are urinating off balconies (allegedly), losing surprisingly significant amounts of weight or otherwise dodging questions at the combine that turn them into free agents from projected 4th round picks.
Ah, I remember Millen talking up Forcier as a young star.
Tate will never buy a drink in AA because of that ND game. Stuff of legend.
Also, a former Hamilton Tiger Cat (briefly) which is #winning.
He is apparently playing for the Los Angeles Marauders of the PS-AFL.
Well, how can anyone question the man who believed so strongly in the football skills of Joey Harrington, Charles Rogers and Mike Williams?
Yeah, just watch me.
Analysts: what happened last year is going to happen this year. The trend line from the last 4 or five years will continue this year.
Well, Millen might be right. And you only ever have the past on which to base your predictions of the future, so...
Ware is wrong, though.