The Blue Board

Who's ready to start discussing team 133?

I definitely believe the champion comes out of the B10 West this year. And, not to dis Sparty, I think it comes down to us and Nebraska. Big Red was handicapped this year by having to adjust to an entirely new conference. They have most of their talent coming back, just like we do. Our game against them in Lincoln this year might very well be for a Rose Bowl berth.

MSU's defense is going to be scary, though. It's a shame that the three best teams in the Big Ten that can win a title are all in the same conference.

I really like our team next year

Sparty's defense will be very good, but they lose Worthy. He was all B10 and will probably go in the first round of the draft. For all the hand-wringing over how we are going to replace Mike Martin, Jerel Worthy was better (I apologize for putting that in print, but it is the truth) and his loss is bigger. His play anchored Sparty's defense the past two years and they will not be the same without him. Add to that their wholesale losses on the offensive side of the ball and I think they are going to struggle this year. Oh, and we get them in Ann Arbor.

Did you watch the Northwestern/Nebraska game. Nebraska could not handle Persa/Coulter at QB in Lincoln. Before the game last year i was really worried we would lose that game but all the Nebraska guys kept assuring me how bad they were against running QBs. Putting our game and their game against Northwestern together i firmly believe the Nebraska guys knew exactly what they were talking about.

I can agree they are our primary competition. I just like the matchup we have against them. The Nebraska guys convinced me themselves last year that they will have a hard time stopping Denard.

This is just surprising to me since they have Taylor Martinez to practice against. Obviously, Taylor Martinez isn't on Denard's level, but he's still a decent running QB, and you'd think the defense would be more prepared to face that type of skillset.

Then again, Denard is the most electric player in college football, so there's really no surefire way to prepare for him...

Yo...

Not to much man, how's life?

Been loaded down by school and baseball, ready for summer vacation. I just posted "In your head" in a MSU thread about Michigan's Spring game, needless to say I don't think I'll be able to read stuff from there for another month.

Sorta, I start depending on who's pitching.

3B and 2B.

I love baseball, probably more than football. I love the stats part of it and you don't really appreciate what these guys do unless you play the sport.