That was an entertaining Alamo Bowl last night, particularly out of the Spartan offense, despite MSU's 41-31 loss to Texas Tech. The game pretty much went as the ES expected - and the Spartan secondary just couldn't keep up with TTU. Trenton Robinson played AWFUL and was totally out of position on a number of Red Raider touchdowns. On offense, the Spartan line played fairly well, and both Keshawn Martin and Blair White played extremely well, as did the offensive line. It was nice to see MSU leading in the 4th quarter, but the Spartan defense just couldn't stop the Red Raiders. The third down pass dropped by a wide open Keith Nichol was a bummer, and halted MSU's potential for a comeback. C'est la vie.

But, the ES loved the gadget plays -- more than we've seen in years combined in one game: a draw by WR/QB Keith Nichol, having Keshawn Martin throw a TD pass, a successful fake FG attempt, Martin throwing a pass back to Cousins. It was fun - give Don Treadwell a solid A, because the timing of the play calls was also excellent.

However, it wasn't enough because our pass defense sucked as expected.

Here's a great slideshow of photos from before, during, and after.

At least the hoops team won - MSU crushed Northwestern, 91-70, and looked like the best team in the Big Ten.