I give up. MSU wuz robbed by the referees throughout the game, but made enough mistakes on its own to lose to Nebraska. If the Spartans stop Nebraska on 4th and 10 with :40 seconds left... or before than, if they even made a 1st down with 1:40 left, they win the game. But, they couldn't make the final play and gave the Corn the chance.
Referring was brutal - what the personal foul was on the 100 yard INT runback for a TD, I have no idea, we will never know. The interference call in the endzone at the end of the game was bullshit. The Spartans were sold out; but, they still had to make plays to win, and couldn't.
I gotta get out of this town. The Spartans are killing me. This year, it's one step back to Same Old Spartans...
Showing posts with label Same Old Spartans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Same Old Spartans. Show all posts
Saturday, November 03, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The sign of the apocalypse... the return of JLS
Wow. The ES gives its best wishes to the University of Arkansas. The Razorbacks have hired former Michigan State Spartan head football coach John L. Smith as its "interim" head football coach for the next year.
The ES had to slap himself to wake up and stop dreaming. But no, this is the real deal. LOL.
The ES had to slap himself to wake up and stop dreaming. But no, this is the real deal. LOL.
Monday, October 05, 2009
Michigan State Spartans favored by 4 at Illinois
The early line out of LSVC in Las Vegas is that your Michigan State Spartan gridders are a 4-point favorite at woeful Illinois this weekend. Iowa is favored by a TD at home over scUM. Ohio State is favored by 16 at home over Wisky. Minny is favored by 4.5 at home over Purdue. Northwestern is favored by 23 at home over Miami-Ohio. Indiana is a 6.5-point underdog at Virginia.
Oh yes, maybe after Michigan State's resounding victory at home over scUM, where we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat -- despite pounding the little yellow men all day -- is clearly the dawn of a new era. No, these ain't yer Same Old Spartans. Time to continue the momentum this weekend against an Illinois team running a similar offense as scUM. It was nice to see the Spartan defense dominate the line of scrimmage (such as holding scUM to under 30 yards rushing is a nice feat), and also nice to see very solid play at QB from Keith Nichol and the Spartan offensive line. The most complete effort of the season for the Big Green vs. scUM in a game they HAD to win.
The AP axed scUM from its Top 25 this week:
Dropped from rankings: Houston 12, Georgia 18, Michigan 22, California 24
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 157, Houston 142, Georgia 115, Stanford 50, Utah 31, Michigan 25, Boston College 12, Notre Dame 9, Pittsburgh 3, Arizona 2, West Virginia 2,
Oh yes, maybe after Michigan State's resounding victory at home over scUM, where we snatched victory from the jaws of defeat -- despite pounding the little yellow men all day -- is clearly the dawn of a new era. No, these ain't yer Same Old Spartans. Time to continue the momentum this weekend against an Illinois team running a similar offense as scUM. It was nice to see the Spartan defense dominate the line of scrimmage (such as holding scUM to under 30 yards rushing is a nice feat), and also nice to see very solid play at QB from Keith Nichol and the Spartan offensive line. The most complete effort of the season for the Big Green vs. scUM in a game they HAD to win.
The AP axed scUM from its Top 25 this week:
| RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
| 1 | Florida (54) | 4-0 | 1486 |
| 2 | Texas (1) | 4-0 | 1416 |
| 3 | Alabama (5) | 5-0 | 1404 |
| 4 | LSU | 5-0 | 1290 |
| 5 | Virginia Tech | 4-1 | 1200 |
| 6 | Boise State | 5-0 | 1185 |
| 7 | USC | 4-1 | 1108 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 5-0 | 1004 |
| 9 | Ohio State | 4-1 | 994 |
| 10 | TCU | 4-0 | 940 |
| 11 | Miami (FL) | 3-1 | 931 |
| 12 | Iowa | 5-0 | 823 |
| 13 | Oregon | 4-1 | 676 |
| 14 | Penn State | 4-1 | 564 |
| 15 | Oklahoma State | 3-1 | 563 |
| 16 | Kansas | 4-0 | 513 |
| 17 | Auburn | 5-0 | 428 |
| 18 | Brigham Young | 4-1 | 403 |
| 19 | Oklahoma | 2-2 | 370 |
| 20 | Mississippi | 3-1 | 357 |
| 21 | Nebraska | 3-1 | 333 |
| 22 | Georgia Tech | 4-1 | 311 |
| 23 | South Florida | 5-0 | 238 |
| 24 | Missouri | 4-0 | 215 |
| 25 | South Carolina | 4-1 | 200 |
Dropped from rankings: Houston 12, Georgia 18, Michigan 22, California 24
Others receiving votes: Wisconsin 157, Houston 142, Georgia 115, Stanford 50, Utah 31, Michigan 25, Boston College 12, Notre Dame 9, Pittsburgh 3, Arizona 2, West Virginia 2,
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Same Old Spartans? YES
Mark Dantonio has a lot to respond to this week on behalf of his team, in response to its 38-30 worse-than-the-score-indicates whipping at Wisconsin.
At the beginning of the year, MD said "we'll see how this team can handle success." Well, we have our answer: They can't handle it. After a 9-4 season a year ago, MSU now is taking steps backward every week, with MSU looking its worst this year in the loss to the Badgers.
Not taking anything away from Wisky, which pounded MSU with authority and took advantage of the MSU secondary. MSU pass defense now has a target on its back as an incompetent, clueless, and unemotional secondary without confidence. It is the worst in the Big Ten, and it is costing MSU. Trenton Robinson? He must be benched, he has played AWFUL. But, the rest of the secondary isn't much better; and it doesn't help without any pass rush. Bottom line, Narduzzi (D-coord) is being paid too handsomely for this group to SUCK THIS BAD. MSU defense stinks. It's a shock.
The play of the game? Dantonio taking out Kirk Cousins in the first half and replacing him with Keith Nichol the drive after Cousins took MSU 64 yards in 9 plays for a TD. Moronic; imbicile; and reminiscent of John L Smith - idiotic. Why take out someone that was just getting into rhythm? It cost MSU dearly, with Nichol's subsequent interception leading to another WIS TD. It reminded the ES of MSU botching the FG unit in its upset-bid-but-loss at Ohio State under John L Smith 4 years ago. That spelled doom for the JLS era, and you wonder if the same will occur with Dantonio. What really was upsetting about it was that Dantonio obviously was playing to his script ("we must get him into the game sometime, don't we?") instead of paying attention to what was going on the field. Very JLS and BW-like. And, very, very stupid. He knows better, and the ES holds him accountable.
OK - the rest of the game? It was already lost. After that bumbling, MSU's offense couldn't keep up with Wisconsin, regardless of the free 2 TDs at the end of the game, when the game was out of reach. And, the defense had no answer. My dead grandma could cover a corner better than either Jeremy Ware, Chris Rucker, or Kendall Davis-Clark. At least grandma had some balls and confidence.
Bottom line? MSU is the second-worst team in the Big Ten right now, behind Purdue. This season, the worsening performance on the field (particluarly the lack of competitiveness in the secondary) is eerily reminiscent of BW's 2002 team, the last time Michigan State was picked to finish 3rd in the conference. MSU beat crappy EMU and Rice teams, then lost to a supposedly crappy Cal team, lost a heartbreaker to ND, then beat NW before getting destroyed at Iowa, home to Minny, and Wisky... it was a team that failed to execute. We have the same team this year. Yes, this is the Same Old Spartans.
Dantonio, coaching staff, alumni, students, players, others. You want to prove me wrong? Then go ahead, DO IT ON THE FIELD. Bottom line, like BW and JLS, this team IS getting worse as the season goes on, and MSU is 1-3 right now. Let's get real: Michigan State sucks. This team is lost, has no confidence, and can't even compete. This season is unfortunate and pathetic.
Dantonio should apologize and own up for this pathetic performance - if he is a defensive genius, his IQ is about 55 right now. What a nice thank you for extending his contract this year: "you're welcome." Makes Mark Hollis look like a moron.
Are these the Same Old Spartans? They certainly are playing like it. They're a bunch of bumbling idiots.
YES. S.O.S.
At the beginning of the year, MD said "we'll see how this team can handle success." Well, we have our answer: They can't handle it. After a 9-4 season a year ago, MSU now is taking steps backward every week, with MSU looking its worst this year in the loss to the Badgers.
Not taking anything away from Wisky, which pounded MSU with authority and took advantage of the MSU secondary. MSU pass defense now has a target on its back as an incompetent, clueless, and unemotional secondary without confidence. It is the worst in the Big Ten, and it is costing MSU. Trenton Robinson? He must be benched, he has played AWFUL. But, the rest of the secondary isn't much better; and it doesn't help without any pass rush. Bottom line, Narduzzi (D-coord) is being paid too handsomely for this group to SUCK THIS BAD. MSU defense stinks. It's a shock.
The play of the game? Dantonio taking out Kirk Cousins in the first half and replacing him with Keith Nichol the drive after Cousins took MSU 64 yards in 9 plays for a TD. Moronic; imbicile; and reminiscent of John L Smith - idiotic. Why take out someone that was just getting into rhythm? It cost MSU dearly, with Nichol's subsequent interception leading to another WIS TD. It reminded the ES of MSU botching the FG unit in its upset-bid-but-loss at Ohio State under John L Smith 4 years ago. That spelled doom for the JLS era, and you wonder if the same will occur with Dantonio. What really was upsetting about it was that Dantonio obviously was playing to his script ("we must get him into the game sometime, don't we?") instead of paying attention to what was going on the field. Very JLS and BW-like. And, very, very stupid. He knows better, and the ES holds him accountable.
OK - the rest of the game? It was already lost. After that bumbling, MSU's offense couldn't keep up with Wisconsin, regardless of the free 2 TDs at the end of the game, when the game was out of reach. And, the defense had no answer. My dead grandma could cover a corner better than either Jeremy Ware, Chris Rucker, or Kendall Davis-Clark. At least grandma had some balls and confidence.
Bottom line? MSU is the second-worst team in the Big Ten right now, behind Purdue. This season, the worsening performance on the field (particluarly the lack of competitiveness in the secondary) is eerily reminiscent of BW's 2002 team, the last time Michigan State was picked to finish 3rd in the conference. MSU beat crappy EMU and Rice teams, then lost to a supposedly crappy Cal team, lost a heartbreaker to ND, then beat NW before getting destroyed at Iowa, home to Minny, and Wisky... it was a team that failed to execute. We have the same team this year. Yes, this is the Same Old Spartans.
Dantonio, coaching staff, alumni, students, players, others. You want to prove me wrong? Then go ahead, DO IT ON THE FIELD. Bottom line, like BW and JLS, this team IS getting worse as the season goes on, and MSU is 1-3 right now. Let's get real: Michigan State sucks. This team is lost, has no confidence, and can't even compete. This season is unfortunate and pathetic.
Dantonio should apologize and own up for this pathetic performance - if he is a defensive genius, his IQ is about 55 right now. What a nice thank you for extending his contract this year: "you're welcome." Makes Mark Hollis look like a moron.
Are these the Same Old Spartans? They certainly are playing like it. They're a bunch of bumbling idiots.
YES. S.O.S.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Chippewas deserved to beat Spartans, 29-27
Dantonio wants adversity, he just got it. Michigan State was outplayed and, more specifically, outcoached by Central Michigan today, in CMU's surprising 29-27 upset over MSU in East Lansing. CMU deserved to win - today, they were the better team. Period.
Goes to show you what scheduling a DI-AA/FCS team does: nothing. We learned absolutely nothing from playing Montana State last week; if anything, MSU took two huge steps back in its loss today. What we did learn is that the Spartans exposed all their weaknesses vs the Chippewas: an awful offensive line, running backs that would rather dance than run hard, wideouts that have butterfingers, a defensive backfield that has more talk than walk, and a defensive coach that refused to turn his players loose on blitzes late in the game. And, what happened to Greg Jones today? Did someone put a sleeping pill in his gatorade; he made plays early and late, but in the middle of the game, he just kind of disappeared...
There really was only one positive: Kirk Cousins will be the starting QB, as he clearly outplayed a misfiring Keith Nichol for most of the game. Cousins led MSU on its best drive of the game, early in the 4th Quarter - when MSU last had the ball.
Give CMU credit. Now, MSU must play a pissed-off Notre Dame squad.
The ES wishes he was more pissed off - but he's not, because MSU didn't piss this game away; rather, the Spartans were just clearly outplayed all game long. The game ended the way it should have: an onside kick that CMU recovered; the Chips missing a FG, but getting another chance because MSU was offsides. Now THAT is the Same Old Spartans we know and love.
It is extremely disappointing, but this was basically our first game of the year. So, now let's see what improvement we can have now to next week.
Dantonio did NOT have his players nor his coaches ready. Period. They were looking ahead and should be ashamed of themselves. It's too bad.
Goes to show you what scheduling a DI-AA/FCS team does: nothing. We learned absolutely nothing from playing Montana State last week; if anything, MSU took two huge steps back in its loss today. What we did learn is that the Spartans exposed all their weaknesses vs the Chippewas: an awful offensive line, running backs that would rather dance than run hard, wideouts that have butterfingers, a defensive backfield that has more talk than walk, and a defensive coach that refused to turn his players loose on blitzes late in the game. And, what happened to Greg Jones today? Did someone put a sleeping pill in his gatorade; he made plays early and late, but in the middle of the game, he just kind of disappeared...
There really was only one positive: Kirk Cousins will be the starting QB, as he clearly outplayed a misfiring Keith Nichol for most of the game. Cousins led MSU on its best drive of the game, early in the 4th Quarter - when MSU last had the ball.
Give CMU credit. Now, MSU must play a pissed-off Notre Dame squad.
The ES wishes he was more pissed off - but he's not, because MSU didn't piss this game away; rather, the Spartans were just clearly outplayed all game long. The game ended the way it should have: an onside kick that CMU recovered; the Chips missing a FG, but getting another chance because MSU was offsides. Now THAT is the Same Old Spartans we know and love.
It is extremely disappointing, but this was basically our first game of the year. So, now let's see what improvement we can have now to next week.
Dantonio did NOT have his players nor his coaches ready. Period. They were looking ahead and should be ashamed of themselves. It's too bad.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
ES crawl on the Big Green and Big Ten
Around the horn....
ESPN Blogger Adam Rittenberg posts some welcome thoughts on how Dantonio has more quickly than expected, but according to plan, eliminated the SOS - Same Old Spartans - moniker...
Well, the Alamo Bowl will not renew its contract to host the Big Ten's #4 team in favor of hosting the Pac-10's #2 team beginning with next season. That may be a coup for the Pac 10 (up from the Holiday Bowl), but not that great of a loss for the Big Ten. Looks as if the Gator Bowl may be interested to replace the Alamo Bowl, pending discussions with the SEC.
How low can things go for Indiana football? Low enough that they're dissing a 2010 home football game vs Penn State in Bloomington for a $3 million pay day at Fed Ex Field in Washington DC. Home, shmome. It confirms that IU football is screwed for the foreseeable future.
The Bleacher Report chimes in with its Big Ten + ND preview, and predicts a 4th place finish and 10-2/6-2 record for the Big Green, as well as a 10-2 record for Notre Dame. But, with B/R predicting MSU to lose its 2 games in conference, in effect they're predicting the Big Green to upend the Irish in South Bend, as expected.
ESPN Blogger Adam Rittenberg posts some welcome thoughts on how Dantonio has more quickly than expected, but according to plan, eliminated the SOS - Same Old Spartans - moniker...
Well, the Alamo Bowl will not renew its contract to host the Big Ten's #4 team in favor of hosting the Pac-10's #2 team beginning with next season. That may be a coup for the Pac 10 (up from the Holiday Bowl), but not that great of a loss for the Big Ten. Looks as if the Gator Bowl may be interested to replace the Alamo Bowl, pending discussions with the SEC.
How low can things go for Indiana football? Low enough that they're dissing a 2010 home football game vs Penn State in Bloomington for a $3 million pay day at Fed Ex Field in Washington DC. Home, shmome. It confirms that IU football is screwed for the foreseeable future.
The Bleacher Report chimes in with its Big Ten + ND preview, and predicts a 4th place finish and 10-2/6-2 record for the Big Green, as well as a 10-2 record for Notre Dame. But, with B/R predicting MSU to lose its 2 games in conference, in effect they're predicting the Big Green to upend the Irish in South Bend, as expected.
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