*** Official Michigan State Game Thread ***

[TheSker]

3 minutes ago, lo country said:

I'll admit it.  Not me.  I realize their O is struggling, but we are making plays.  Anxious to see how we look after the half.  Hope we figure out the QB draw....

The qb draw wasn't going to really hurt us in their last drive.  A completed deep pass could have.

[lo country]

1 minute ago, TheSker said:

We have done that quite a bit.

 

Sparty has defended them well.

It truly seems we have run like 12 plays all half.  

[BoNeyard]

To win this game Martinez is going to have to run.

 

Ozigbo has to go Ozigbo.

 

Defense is going to need to come up with a big play, as in create a score or get a turnover that gives our offense great field position.

[MichiganDad3]

3 minutes ago, InOmaha said:

We hold on to the ball and hit a wide open Morgan and this game is still bad but we might be up 4.

 

Time to get the Offense adjusted.

The missed TD to Morgan killed us. We won't get many chances today.

[huskerfan74]

It seems like they have prepared very well for Martinez. At what point do you think Frost goes with Vedral? We need to do something different to score. We have not reached beyond their 27 yard line and we know we can’t trust our kicker to win us the game so what happens next? It would be nice to send off our seniors with a win at home. We are missing spielman really bad in this game. It shows how good and important he is for our team.

[lo country]

Just now, TheSker said:

The qb draw wasn't going to really hurt us in their last drive.  A completed deep pass could have.

Watch the 2nd half and see if it hurts us....

[84HuskerLaw]

All we need to do is hit a couple throws down field and we'll break things open some.  But we need to run run run and get them thinking run and lose track of a receiver.  We are MISSING JD bunches.   Just need a couple plays to get something going.   But our defense has to play even harder and quite allowing those third down conversions,   We haven't stopped many third downs all season but this is one of the weakest offenses we've faced and the weather is helping.  

[TheSker]

5 minutes ago, Packerhuskerfan said:

They will beat us if they keep doing the QB draw like Bush last week.

No they won't.

[lo country]

Just now, BoNeyard said:

To win this game Martinez is going to have to run.

 

Ozigbo has to go Ozigbo.

 

Defense is going to need to come up with a big play, as in create a score or get a turnover that gives our offense great field position.

I'm all for this. Lean on what got us here.  Passing isn't really working.  Lean on the run.  See what happens.

[MichiganDad3]

Just now, BoNeyard said:

To win this game Martinez is going to have to run.

 

Ozigbo has to go Ozigbo.

 

Defense is going to need to come up with a big play, as in create a score or get a turnover that gives our offense great field position.

Yep, we need to run AM. Even if he doesn't get many yards, it makes it easier to throw if they are concerned with AM. AM can go all the way. We don't have to worry with Lombardi because he can't do big damage.

[olddominionhusker]

1 minute ago, lo country said:

Said it all half.  I know their run D is best in the country, BUT why stop trying to run.  Why make them only account for the pass pinning their ears back and rushing in.  Get that run game going and them quick hitting passes.  Their getting pressure with 4 and sitting 11 guys back in coverage.  Flip that.

Designed QB runs would accomplish what we want it think. It will slow down their rush and make them commit to stopping it. Then you can burn them. That’s assuming AM can start hitting open guys because if he isn’t more accurate it won’t matter

[3rd and long]

1 minute ago, TheSker said:

The qb draw wasn't going to really hurt us in their last drive.  A completed deep pass could have.

Of course it hurt us. If they have to punt into that wind we’re getting the ball in scoring position. 

 

They werent going  to score with it, but they took away our opportunity at a short field. 

[TheSker]

2 minutes ago, BoNeyard said:

To win this game Martinez is going to have to run.

 

Ozigbo has to go Ozigbo.

 

Defense is going to need to come up with a big play, as in create a score or get a turnover that gives our offense great field position.

Sparty run defense is really really really good.

 

We're trying.

[84HuskerLaw]

1 minute ago, lo country said:

I'm all for this. Lean on what got us here.  Passing isn't really working.  Lean on the run.  See what happens.

Yup.  It is high time the O line actually steps up and plays like real men and powers the team into a couple TDs.

[Decked]

3 minutes ago, huskerfan74 said:

It seems like they have prepared very well for Martinez. At what point do you think Frost goes with Vedral? We need to do something different to score. We have not reached beyond their 27 yard line and we know we can’t trust our kicker to win us the game so what happens next? It would be nice to send off our seniors with a win at home. We are missing spielman really bad in this game. It shows how good and important he is for our team.

Vedral is out today