The Blue Board

Minny's O is bad. This could very well be the first game of the year where MSU's D actually scores (and doesn't have the called back by the refs).

Wow. That is one of the worst halfs of offensive playcalling I have ever seen.

Done, then we fire Borges and get a good OC, and you're stuck with Roushar. Fair?

The O play calling was mind boggling. Denard in on runs, Gardner in on passes. Absolutely no element of surprise. If I'm at home knowing what the play is going to be, then I'm sure every OSU player on the field had to know as well. Unbelievable.

Gardner had a few chances, had to agree with Spielman on the one play tuck the ball and run. Instead he lobbed up a pass deep down field that was incomplete.

That game was very even in terms of talent on the field. Borges' had the big boys coaching circles around him.

Well Denard running out of the shotgun wasn't going to work. Should have had a package with Denard at RB and Devin QB and we didn't. Fail by the staff.

Man, our preseason predictions were a riot. Maxwell wouldn't be much of a drop-off, the Toussaint/Bell debate, etc.

My score predictions weren't half bad today at least.

Sooooo, 8-4 UM vs. UF/LSU/A&M?

MSU vs. . . . OK Lite?

I predicted 10-2 for UM which wasn't too far off and we sure had some tough breaks or else my prediction would be spot on.

Yeah, I rewound it several times wondering if I heard it wrong and thinking maybe he said "fighters". But that's not what he said. Oops.

Do you Michigan guys still think you'd beat ND in a rematch or have you seen enough yet?

I think he particularly struggles in bad weather. What were his worst games? Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota? Those were also the coldest games IIRC. In those games, the dropsies popped back up it seemed. What I noticed today was that Maxwell threw several particularly wobbly balls. He also overthrew way too much. I hope the weather doesn't mess with him too much, because it's a reality of B1G football.

Today, I was disappointed with Maxwell and the inconsistencies of the OL. Wow, wouldn't it be nice if we'd had a solid OL and in-sync QB/WRs.

Side note: it was great to see Sims Jr. get a good return.

This was not a good team overall. Good defense, but the other parts weren't there. However, as bad as this team was there wasn't one team on our schedule that you'd say "wow, we couldn't beat them". The two best teams in our league OSU and Nebraska we played snap for snap. The third best, Penn State, we didn't play but there is nothing that tells me we couldn't hang with them.

That said, remember what league we're in. Remember what an average PAC 12 team did to one of our best, what Bama did to Michigan and that we lost to three Mac teams. Being average to good in our league means you have zero shot against the truly elite. We all need to get better. Much better and with the exception of OSU i don't see many other teams taking that big jump.