Phrint said:
Wolverine076 said:
After that debacle today I am officially worried about the program as I was when Rich was in charge. That was some of the worst play calling I've ever seen in my entire life. It was almost as if Greg Robinson was running the offense today.
Wow! After moving to Michigan, I now know why people think Michigan fans are nuts. Statements like this give Michigan Nation a bad name. I had to turn off 97.1 after all the lunatic Michigan fans were calling in saying that Michigan was the better program even after getting demolished four straight years. I am beginning to think that Michigan fans are worse that OSU fans and that says a lot given that I lived in Columbus for 12 years. Michigan is a shell of what it once was and it's time for us to move on as a fan base and realize it may never be the way it was every again. It's tradition is just that....history. The game of college football has changed and Michigan is now the underdog instead of the favorite. I've never seen an offensive and defensive line dominate like Michigan State did today. It was embarrassing but I am confident Coach Hoke will get the same kind of players and have physical lines that will win in the trenches. He can't do that with the guys he has now.
Denard is a one-trick pony. An exciting one but still a one-trick show. He can't throw, nor does he make good decisions with throwing the ball. Devin isn't the answer now but he will be great once he gets reps. Gardner will work in this system. It's just pieced together for Denard.
Great post. It seems like a lot of Go Blue Nation has forgotten the
type of players Hoke and Mattison inherited. Talented, yes, but far too small to win in the Big Ten. What we saw today was what we saw under RR-our lines getting manhandled by the bigger, more physical line(s).
However, Hoke has been able to hid the team's weaknesses for the most part and still, somehow, stands at 6-1. It's been a remarkable job by him and his staff. Once he starts getting the bigger, and stronger players back to Ann Arbor look out.
Hoke has already started to weaken MSU. He is doing this on the recruiting trail. Under Bo, Mo, and Carr we took the top talent in the state of Michigan every single year. MSU had to get the second rate talent and sometimes land a big recruit every few years. Then RR came and took only one or two players from Michigan. Suddenly MSU was getting kids they never ever could get before because they would go to Michigan in the past. Now, Hoke is once again sending that talent to Ann Arbor and MSU is going to go back to only getting the kids Michigan doesn't want. It has already started with the 2012 recruiting class. Hoke has cleaned up in the state of Michigan. The talent splurge MSU has gotten the past three years is over and the talent is going to dry up quickly.