Some high lights? Kirk Cousins, no picks, two touchdowns. He did have some ill advised throws but nothing that hurt the team too bad. And did you see how fired up he was on the sideline? Love that.
William Gholston had 14 tackles a sack and 1.5 tackles for loss. He is good.
Trenton Robinson had two interceptions, a pass break up and in general was good everywhere on the field.
Keyshawn Martin had a heck of a game with a career high in receptions.
Some low lights? The running game. We barely eeked over 100 yards. Baker fumbled early and finished with only 8 carries total. While Bell was the more effective back he finished with 96 yards rushing and two touchdowns. He showed some shiftyness he hasn't this year.
Minneosta put up way too many points on us. This is mostly a low light because there's no reason for Minny to put up that much. However, Gray is a good QB and learning the role more and more. Jerry Kill will have them as a solid team.
Final low light. The student section. MSU students. YOU SUCK. I would expect that kind of crowd turnout if we were a 5 win team. But we are not and we very well could win the B1G and go to the Rose Bowl. The entire upper half of the student section was empty. Yes, it was cold, yes it wasn't a marquee game, but you cannot do that and then rub our recent football success in others faces. Because you yourself, student body are a giant failure. The crowd in general seemed loud at times. It is hard to tell on tv. Maybe someone who was there can comment on that in the comments. I sold my tickets to my cousin. Again, student section, you SUCK.
MSU plays at Iowa next week at noon. HOW THE HELL IS UM THE 2:30 GAME???? NO WONDER THEIR EGOS ARE SO LARGE, THEY KEEP GETTING FED. Regardless, this Iowa game now looms large after Northwestern's upset of Nebraska.
Look for a post tomorrow on MSU's most recent commitment on the football side, he was not on my top ten.
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The student section was pretty lame. Even loud broad behind us was quiet for the entire game. That being said, when it was important to be loud, we got there.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I give credit to the intensity of the Minnesota players. They were SO fired up, and likely due to confidence fueled by last week's win over Iowa. With every good pass, or quality play from their team they stormed the field like they were winning the Super Bowl. Sparty never showed the intensity, and that mood certainly spread to the crowd.
Also, we went to the Riv before the game was over and it was dead there, too. However, it might have been because Jeff Smoker sitting at a booth by himself watching the game. It was so depressing, we left and went to Beggars.
ReplyDeleteinteresting point. about minnesota being all geeked up. MSU certainly looked flat the entire game. I can see why that was out on the crowd too, but its a two way street. they need those students to stay rowdy and keeo the players fired up. I wish I had video of Cousins bowling people over on the sideline after a td pass. he was pumped.
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