Green and White Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Sorry that Sparty didn't show up to play the game last nite in EL (and win an important one for the B1G)... Was at the game with my family, weather was great, seemed to be a sellout at Spartan Stadium, crowd was in a great mood in the beginning, the new sound system and 13K sq.ft scoreboard was excellent... only thing MSU didn't do was show up and play any football... I haven't seen any replay or postgame comments but everything, I mean everything went wrong quickly, O-line, D-line, pass protection, blocking, tackling, missed assignments, dropped balls, etc. The list is too long and painful to go over. I didn't see this train wreck commin' !!! KUDOS to the Irish for retaining the megaphone trophy for another year. Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Everyone here was rooting for Sparty. Well, everyone except ND Joe. Quote Link to comment
Green and White Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Everyone here was rooting for Sparty. Well, everyone except ND Joe. Thanks NUance... You have to give the ND QB (Golson sp.?) credit for executing their gameplan so well. Seeing him in realtime gives you an appreciation on just how good, how quick, how mobile, how accurate, how intelligent he is calling the game. Very good QB for the Irish... ND Joe... You've got a fine young team there! Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 NCAA Yards Per Game (out of 120): 13 - Indiana - 538.3 16 - Nebraska - 532.7 33 - Purdue - 470.3 42 - Ohio St. - 453.7 49 - Minnesota - 429 52 - Michigan - 425.3 64 - Northwestern - 407 70 - Michigan St. - 397.7 94 - Illinois - 353 101 - Penn St. - 341 105 - Iowa - 333.7 119 - Wisconsin - 276 Points Per Game: 21 - Ohio St. - 40.7 22 - Nebraska - 40.3 24 - Purdue - 39.7 33 - Indiana - 36.0 33 - Michigan - 36.0 44 - Minnesota - 34.0 63 - Northwestern - 29.0 73 - Illinois - 27.3 98 - Penn St. - 21.3 101 - Michigan St. - 20.3 110 - Iowa - 17.0 113 - Wisconsin - 16.3 Ohio St. and Nebraska along with ... Indiana and Purdue (???) leading the conference. Quote Link to comment
strigori Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 NCAA Yards Per Game (out of 120): 13 - Indiana - 538.3 16 - Nebraska - 532.7 33 - Purdue - 470.3 42 - Ohio St. - 453.7 49 - Minnesota - 429 52 - Michigan - 425.3 64 - Northwestern - 407 70 - Michigan St. - 397.7 94 - Illinois - 353 101 - Penn St. - 341 105 - Iowa - 333.7 119 - Wisconsin - 276 Points Per Game: 21 - Ohio St. - 40.7 22 - Nebraska - 40.3 24 - Purdue - 39.7 33 - Indiana - 36.0 33 - Michigan - 36.0 44 - Minnesota - 34.0 63 - Northwestern - 29.0 73 - Illinois - 27.3 98 - Penn St. - 21.3 101 - Michigan St. - 20.3 110 - Iowa - 17.0 113 - Wisconsin - 16.3 Ohio St. and Nebraska along with ... Indiana and Purdue (???) leading the conference. Purdue actually looks decent this year. They do seem to have a solid squad about once every 5 years. Indiana has not played anyone who even bothers to try to play defense. So far its been a 1-AA team, a team that was 1-AA a year ago and Ball St, who beat them. Navy is probably the only other win they get. Quote Link to comment
Notre Dame Joe Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Everyone here was rooting for Sparty. Well, everyone except ND Joe. Thanks NUance... You have to give the ND QB (Golson sp.?) credit for executing their gameplan so well. Seeing him in realtime gives you an appreciation on just how good, how quick, how mobile, how accurate, how intelligent he is calling the game. Very good QB for the Irish... ND Joe... You've got a fine young team there! Thank you G&W, you're the most gracious Spartan I've ever traded barbs with. I think MSU was pretty stout up front but not down the field. They could run with Bell but needed faster longer passes. Particularly Maxwell as a first year QB has to learn when he is going to get hit. That may have been the cliche 'blueprint' on how teams like NU should play Sparty. Rush, play contain on Bell, and try to make Maxwell beat you with his arm. Quote Link to comment
Green and White Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Everyone here was rooting for Sparty. Well, everyone except ND Joe. Thanks NUance... You have to give the ND QB (Golson sp.?) credit for executing their gameplan so well. Seeing him in realtime gives you an appreciation on just how good, how quick, how mobile, how accurate, how intelligent he is calling the game. Very good QB for the Irish... ND Joe... You've got a fine young team there! Thank you G&W, you're the most gracious Spartan I've ever traded barbs with. I think MSU was pretty stout up front but not down the field. They could run with Bell but needed faster longer passes. Particularly Maxwell as a first year QB has to learn when he is going to get hit. That may have been the cliche 'blueprint' on how teams like NU should play Sparty. Rush, play contain on Bell, and try to make Maxwell beat you with his arm. ND Joe - from what I saw that nite in Spartan Stadium, MSU has a couple of glaring issues on the O-line and WR's... We simply couldn't get space from your DB's. Major issue - we have no real threats this year as wideouts (as we had in the past with Cunningham, K. Martin, Dell, etc.). As you said, Max is going to get killed unless he quickly learns how to read pressure, but if MSU's WR's can't distance themselves from their coverage, it won't matter much. That being said, the game was still fun to watch and the chants from the ND fans in the 3rd and 4th qtrs. was fun to listen to (well kinda....). Good luck this year. If your team can remain healthy, you should be sittin' pretty by years end. I'm going to be glued to the tele this Sat. when UMich plays you in SB. If the Irish can contain a mobile QB like DRob then it proves the Irish are certainly back on track with Kelly at the helm. Quote Link to comment
Notre Dame Joe Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Everyone here was rooting for Sparty. Well, everyone except ND Joe. Thanks NUance... You have to give the ND QB (Golson sp.?) credit for executing their gameplan so well. Seeing him in realtime gives you an appreciation on just how good, how quick, how mobile, how accurate, how intelligent he is calling the game. Very good QB for the Irish... ND Joe... You've got a fine young team there! Thank you G&W, you're the most gracious Spartan I've ever traded barbs with. I think MSU was pretty stout up front but not down the field. They could run with Bell but needed faster longer passes. Particularly Maxwell as a first year QB has to learn when he is going to get hit. That may have been the cliche 'blueprint' on how teams like NU should play Sparty. Rush, play contain on Bell, and try to make Maxwell beat you with his arm. ND Joe - from what I saw that nite in Spartan Stadium, MSU has a couple of glaring issues on the O-line and WR's... We simply couldn't get space from your DB's. Major issue - we have no real threats this year as wideouts (as we had in the past with Cunningham, K. Martin, Dell, etc.). As you said, Max is going to get killed unless he quickly learns how to read pressure, but if MSU's WR's can't distance themselves from their coverage, it won't matter much. That being said, the game was still fun to watch and the chants from the ND fans in the 3rd and 4th qtrs. was fun to listen to (well kinda....). Good luck this year. If your team can remain healthy, you should be sittin' pretty by years end. I'm going to be glued to the tele this Sat. when UMich plays you in SB. If the Irish can contain a mobile QB like DRob then it proves the Irish are certainly back on track with Kelly at the helm. Good luck in Ann Arbor, I always pull for Sparty in that game and the prospect of 5 in a row will be bigger than any BCS bowl game in Blue's eyes. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Keeps getting better: UAB 12, @ tOSU 7 near half C Mich 20, @ Iowa 14 near half I'd say "Wow" but it shouldn't be that surprising at this point. Quote Link to comment
HuskerShark Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 The OSU game is a little surprising, but the Iowa game isn't. Iowa is freakin' terrible. Quote Link to comment
strigori Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Unless this ends up as a one year aberration, we may end up regretting the move to the B1G..... Quote Link to comment
SandhillshuskerW Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Unless this ends up as a one year aberration, we may end up regretting the move to the B1G..... This will be a one year aberration. I don't think that we will regret getting away from the Texas Conference aka the Big 12. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Good work by Ferentz. Spends 30 seconds trying to decide what to do of 4th down then tries to run the FG unit on with 8 seconds on the play clock before burning a TO. Working like a well-oiled machine. Quote Link to comment
strigori Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Good work by Ferentz. Spends 30 seconds trying to decide what to do of 4th down then tries to run the FG unit on with 8 seconds on the play clock before burning a TO. Working like a well-oiled machine. I guess that's what $4mill a year buys you.... Quote Link to comment
T_O_Bull Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Wisc in another dog fight and Iowa squeeking. Next thing you know South Dakota U beats N'western, Go Yotes. T_O_B G>B>R Quote Link to comment
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