MSU had 34 yards of offense in the second half
October 8th, 2017 at 9:29 AM ^
No shit sherlock. Glad you missed my point though.
October 8th, 2017 at 9:39 AM ^
you missed mine sherlock. MSU would have been happy with zero second half yards if that meant them winning the game. Thanks for posting meaningless stats though. Whatever make you feel better I guess. That L is the more important stat!!!!!
October 8th, 2017 at 9:43 AM ^
Mods clean up on isle 5. Spartan troll amidst us.
October 8th, 2017 at 9:49 AM ^
you're an insufferable idiot!
October 8th, 2017 at 9:53 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 10:05 AM ^
Look at this little keyboard warrior. Go back to the RCMB.
October 8th, 2017 at 11:55 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 10:29 AM ^
Who claims he doesn't care about mgopoints and upvotes his own comments.
He is quite the comical asshole for sure.
I have more intellgent conversations with my cat.
October 8th, 2017 at 10:39 AM ^
You must be one lonely fuck if you are talking to your cat.
October 8th, 2017 at 10:45 AM ^
And he is smarter than you. So theres that.
October 8th, 2017 at 1:12 PM ^
He's saying MSU's 34 2nd half yards > our 7 2nd half points because they won.
October 8th, 2017 at 9:07 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 9:26 AM ^
Took it out of us.
October 8th, 2017 at 9:33 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 9:12 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 9:12 AM ^
If the offense was even average this team would
contend for a playoff spot.
October 8th, 2017 at 9:19 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 11:33 AM ^
Not sure, because if you keep leaving them on the field after 3 and outs by your offense and you keep giving them short fields to defend after turnovers by your offense . . . do you really know how good they are?
No defense is going to stand up to that game after game.
October 8th, 2017 at 9:17 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 11:34 AM ^
"Defended with Dignity."
That's the theme of our season.
*sigh*
October 8th, 2017 at 9:19 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 9:23 AM ^
This was largely dictated by the game situation. With MSU having the lead when the monsoon arrived, the onus was on M to take risks and try to score. Dantonio decided to pack in the offense, take no risks, and dare us to score, and it worked.
October 8th, 2017 at 9:30 AM ^
Yeah, Dantonio totally decided to go 3 and out every possession in the 2nd half. Come on man.
October 8th, 2017 at 9:38 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 9:44 AM ^
Purdue had 189 yards of offense in the first half two weeks ago.
MSU didn't change their play calling at all in the 2nd half.
October 8th, 2017 at 11:35 AM ^
Yes they did.
October 8th, 2017 at 10:33 AM ^
UofM has a great defense but they weren't great in the 1st half. MSU scored 14 points and racked up more than 100 yards rushing by halftime. MSU did not need to score more points in the 2nd half, so they played it very conservatively. That made UofM's defense look great.
I think Harbaugh is a good coach, not a great coach, and he & his staff were outcoached by Dantonio and his.
I was not happy with Harbaugh blaming the loss primarily on the 5 turnovers. By doing so, he threw his players under the bus.
There are, and have been, some serious issues on Habaugh's offensive coaching staff at UofM (no pun intended). And if Harbaugh won't admit to that, it won't be fixed. That's the biggeest problem they are facing right now.
October 8th, 2017 at 2:54 PM ^
D played great, no question, and of course MSU would have loved to move the ball. My point was that conditions were uniquely hostile to offense and it would have been necessary to take large risks to try to score. It seemed pretty clear Dantonio made a choice not to take those risks and put the game on his D and M's O.
October 8th, 2017 at 9:39 AM ^
I don't recall much effort to block those 8 punts either.
October 8th, 2017 at 9:50 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 9:40 AM ^
That last drive of theirs- 8 plays, 26 yards, two first downs. at the time we needed a stop the most, really hurt though.
October 8th, 2017 at 9:42 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 10:20 AM ^
I thought it was legit watching live at the stadium, though my angle wasn't the best. Was it BS?
October 8th, 2017 at 10:25 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 10:34 AM ^
Ugh. That sucks. It would have been what, 3rd and 7 without that?
October 8th, 2017 at 10:46 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 9:45 AM ^
Great effort from the D overall - though it was frustrating to give up two first downs on that last possession, when we desperately needed the ball. Bush's offside penalty came at a really bad time.
October 8th, 2017 at 10:01 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 10:04 AM ^
Bush's personal foul was such bullshit. State's gameplan was to hit him late every play and get him to take one of those. Good on them for making that work, but the refs just ignored people going after him late.
October 8th, 2017 at 10:08 AM ^
Exactly. Here's how it goes: TOUCHDOWN...3 AND OUT!!!...interception...3 and out...interception...3 and out...interception...3 and out...dropped pass...3 and out...dumb run on 3rd down...bs roll over center, but holding setting up miraculous opportunity to score with 40 sec left...dropped pass in redzone. Give me a fucking break!
October 8th, 2017 at 10:16 AM ^
Season
October 8th, 2017 at 10:21 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 10:29 AM ^
In paper . 7 againt airforce and cincy ! My my bad
October 8th, 2017 at 10:23 AM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 2:16 PM ^
October 8th, 2017 at 10:59 AM ^
Michigan left this win - just like in 2015 - on the table. Primarily because of the lack of awareness of the way the weather will affect things later in the game and the way a few points will make the difference in the game. Michigan was extremely close to a TD on the opening drive but did not have any urgency in getting it. This was because they likely assumed there'd be many more opportunities.
Instead, they wouldn't get a TD until well into the 3rd quarter. If they had gotten one in this spot ..this game may well have gone very differently. That drive took almost half the first quarter. Michigan was shortening the game. The rain and wind were guaranteed to further eat into the quantity of genuine offensive opportunity later on.
The problem of our D is that because it is so aggressive, they're ripe for 1 or 2 massive plays especially in the first half when we don't really know yet what they have up their sleeves. Now typically if those plays end up getting them 7 or 10 points and you zero in on them in the second half, you still should be heavily favored to win the game. But in this setup, this was likely to prove enough for them if we don't go toe to toe with them and balls out early on.
That wasn't unpredictable. I said 3 hours before the game that the storm will grind offensive production down to the barest of minimums.
October 8th, 2017 at 11:43 AM ^
Our defense is designed to give up 14 points and not 28 points.
Brown knows that his aggressiveness will lead to a few breakdowns that will allow the opposition to hit some chunk plays and get a couple of easy scores.
But he knows that college offenses can't do that consistently. He's willing to give up the 14 points because he knows that you can't come up with a way to get to 28.
Problem is, he's counting on our (pathetic) offense to at least score 14 points.
October 8th, 2017 at 12:03 PM ^
given we held teams to less than 14 points...on 7 occasions last year and already 2 occasions this year.
But your general point is of course true and I don't fault Brown for that. But knowing that and the problems *any* offense would have late in the game..the offense should have gone for the jugular early on. If there was a game to dig deep and get out the creativity early on..this was it.
October 8th, 2017 at 11:41 AM ^
Michigan is just bad at football.