OT: B1G East Division Spring Games - OSU, PSU, and MSU
It’s a very nice Saturday - weather wise - in B1G East country.
BTN is broadcasting three games. The Buckeyes (which is about to end), which will be followed by the games from State College and East Lansing.
Are you watching? If so - any perspectives? What are you looking for? Do you care?
It seems like all of the teams have a question mark - or competition - for their starting QBs.
As they say - “keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.”
Enjoy…
Matt Mullen is part of the broadcast crew for the Penn State game. So, buyer beware…
Thanks for the trigger warning!
I may tune in to watch to see if Team Green or Team White wins the fight in their own tunnel after they beat the shit out each other.
As I watch these Spring games, I fear a solution to decrease the length of college football games is being attempted. What is that? Reduce the time of each quarter - from 15 to twelve or ten minutes instead. Use a running clock. Limited commercial interruptions and media timeouts.
Candidly, the first two don’t appeal to me - but, reduced commercial / media timeouts - is pretty nice.
Yeah, no. I don’t think the powers that be will ever reduce the amount of time for games. Why would they do that when $$ is being made hand over fist with ad revenue? They do attempt to “trick” the viewers by often showing on-field game footage side by side with ads during quick timeouts but thats not really the same.
Maybe they would attempt to shorten the play clock (if that’s even possible) but the total time won’t be affected. MLB shortened games through the pitch clock addition but it’s not like they removed the 8th or 9th innings…
Actually, I was speaking to a college replay official for the ACC who indicated that one of the contemplated rule changes under consideration by the NCAA is elimination of clock stoppages after first downs, a radical change that is being considered to shorten game length.
Ostensibly, the clock was stopped after first downs to give chain crews time to mark a new LOS.
But now it's under consideration because the networks and schools acknowledge that three-plus hour game times are out of hand. Still, I was pretty shocked to hear about this proposal considering how this particular rule is one that differentiates the college and pro game so dramatically and plays into college offensive strategies. We shall see how it goes.
April 16th, 2023 at 11:06 AM ^
I’m not sure I’d call that a “radical” change to the game. It would be a tweak that would somewhat help speed up games that are way too slow.
One comment from the broadcasters about PSU’s QBs that was interesting is: there are only two things the QBs are missing - consistency and accuracy.
I hope they can maintain that for Michigan’s visit to Happy Valley this fall.
And, perhaps it’s me - but it sounds like they’re playing Springsteen over the address system while plays are running.
I am going to post updates in your thread since it was first…
TOP comment from Millen thus far in the PSU broadcast “we are less than 2 minutes left in the first half and what we haven’t seen is accuracy or consistency from either quarterback”
The backup QB looks like Trace McSorley lite - maybe a better runner but not much of a passer. His “long” completion before the FG was not televised as they interviewed the new PSU hoops coach.
@#&$&!! Beat again - this time by the post above…
I like your moxie!
April 16th, 2023 at 11:10 AM ^
With the caveat that we can’t draw much from a small sample size involving a freshman, my impression of Drew A was that he’s a big, strong guy with a big, strong arm — but one who looked like an absolute statue out there. He seemed immobile and stiff and old-timey. Defenses absolutely teed off on him. Unless he’s another Dan Marino, he might not square with the modern game.
April 16th, 2023 at 11:12 AM ^
With the caveat that we can’t draw much from a small sample size involving a freshman, my impression of Drew A was that he’s a big, strong guy with a big, strong arm — but one who looked like an absolute statue out there. He seemed immobile and stiff and old-timey. Defenses absolutely teed off on him. Unless he’s another Dan Marino, he might not square with the modern game.
Not watching - 2 of the 3 will field good teams and at least one will pick a fight. We will find a way to beat all three.
Just in case my duplicate OP gets deleted..
”Matthew loves ball” channel has a 2-part video of highlights from the M spring game on YouTube- basically an “every snap” video.
I would guess they will do the same for these games if you chose to be outside instead today and are reading this after the fact.
In other games, at Texas, Quinn Ewers is looking very good. Arch Manning is not. He has happy feet, and is quickly scrambling on many plays. No way Manning will be starting this Fall.
A nice pass from Ewers to Xavier Worthy:
At least Manning will get millions through NIL, if you believe what’s being said.
He probably will. It's just today he looks like the 3rd best QB on the team. Very bad freshman jitters. And he looks very tired. Looks like he's not sleeping good.
"Looks like he's not sleeping good." With all the female attention he must be getting, there is no time to sleep, AND he doesn't care!
Wonder if Peyton taught him all his tea-bagging moves?
There is something to be said about Texas.. no doubt about that…
Here's the game. You can watch for yourself:
EDIT:
That was the game at that link. It's changed to this. Don't know how.
Should be JJ to Worthy.
Still salty about that one.
Tough choice, and - soon, they’ll both be B1G coaches.
I credit them for being creative offensively. However, neither strikes me as defensive minded in the least.
It’s a toss up for me…
Day. He's proven he knows how to beat Ohio State.
lol
excellent!
April 16th, 2023 at 10:01 AM ^
Yep, awesome!
This one's easy...if we are talking Just for Men ads.
So far, the MSU spring game has been 15 minutes of stretching, 10 minutes of Izzo being interviewed, and 5 minutes of commercials.
This MSU thing is a TOTAL waste of time. I stopped watching after 10 minutes. Who cares!
i just get the impression Tuck isn't ready for prime time. But man, he sure wants to you think he is.
Why does Izzo still show up to all the football events?
1) OSU is loaded. Didn't watch much but what I saw is they have good RB. The defense gave up a long ala Donovan Edwards type run that went to the house. That means they might have the same issues going into the fall season.
2) PSU: Matt Millen tried to put lipstick on a pig concerning QB play. There was a lot of hype that they have the two best RB tandem in the country. Oh wait: What about Michigan? Penn State could be in for a down year with an anemic offense.
3) MSU: Another Mel Tucker sh!t show. Lots of stretching. He did that last spring because he had nothing to show the fans or Big-10 nation. Same thing again this year. What do the Spartans have?-Not much to show.
I mean the portal just opened. Tucker's guys can't get there that quickly.
April 16th, 2023 at 10:03 AM ^
By portal, you mean work release, right?
73 - I hear you.. there is nothing to this MSU Spring game.. or practice..
I mean what's he going to hide? He was on born 2nd by what Dantonio left him with, and thinks he hit a double. Colorado was awful with him. State is bad. I think they're headed to 5-7.
Walker was the $100M portal. Hopefully, Mel sends him something very nice for Christmas every year and, he doesn’t forget his birthday either..
PSU: I didn't watch the spring game (there are 7,000,000,000 better things to do than watch spring football), but a quick perusal of the PSU board says the defense was absolutely awesome, and QB will be fine.
So, I guess we're in for the annual talk of the May-June-July-August period. For the next 4 months, the PSU homers think this is the year PSU beats both U-M and OSU. From May-August, this board typically thinks this is the year PSU gets passed by Maryland and finishes 4th in the division.
Both will probably be wrong (yet again).
(there are 7,000,000,000 better things to do than watch spring football)
i don't know. It feels kinda good to see something that is maybe 80% of real football.
I'm on board with PSU beating OSU to move into second place in the East.
Spartan fans are definitely getting their monies worth today.
Yes, Admission to their Spring “game” was free, hopefully, parking was free too - oh, and concessions were free too.
Sparty Concessions:
- MSU was my safety
- Spartan Bob is a cheat
- CMD was a lucky sumbitch; also, just a sumbitch.
- scUM is the lamest dig ever
- Izzo once got dunked on by Brainy Smurf
Please explain the Brainy Smurf reference. I must've missed it
Izzo is so short, he got dunked on by a Smurf. And probably the least athletic Smurf,at that.
(I'm assuming that's what was meant.)
Yup. I was aiming for low-hanging fruit.
April 15th, 2023 at 11:31 PM ^
Low hanging fruit=Izzo's plum-patch?
Noah Kim >>> Payton Thorne and it is not close
Shhhhh....dont let 7L hear you. Let them ride w Thorne to another 7L season.