2024 Michigan State Season Thread

[ELA]

Got to hand it to him tosses off then tells the USA Today while on the company dime. They got the confession he prolly took care of the evidence.Gotta belief his counsel is asking for payment up front

I figured they would settle

[CatsbyAZ]

What’s to make of Michigan State at 2-0?

Jonathan Smith already has Michigan State playing like a team – a very good sign. The Spartans defensive front seven played well, especially in week 1 Vs Florida Atlantic. Both wins have looked different – which is a good sign? In last Saturday’s 27-24 win on the road Vs Maryland, QB Aiden Chiles threw for an unexpectedly good stat-line: 24/39 363yds, 3TDs/3INTs.

After this Saturday’s cupcake home game Vs Prairie View A&M, Michigan State faces a rough stretch of @Boston College, Ohio State, @Oregon, Iowa, and @Michigan – all five already ranked at some point this season.

Still, for a Spartans team picked to finish near the bottom of the conference, to begin the season 2-0 (3-0?) and jumpstart contending for a bowl, this has to be as good of an opening act for the Jonathan Smith era as fans could’ve hoped for. And watching my share of Oregon State before Jonathan Smith left for MSU, I can say his teams tend to play better as the season moves along.

[ELA]

I figured they had to win 3 of the first 4 and 3 of the last 4 to have a shot at a bowl, because I figured the 4 in the middle was a guaranteed 0-4.

Assuming they take care of Prairie View, they've done the first part.  And it's good they beat Maryland, because BC looks better than expected.  Granted Iowa doesn't look as good as expected, so maybe at home, that's not the guaranteed loss it was supposed to be.

Curious to see how Indiana looks in Pasadena, because most people had MSU and IU as their bottom two in the conference, but so far, I think both look better than expected.

I did say I think MSU's starting groups were better at every spot other than DL than they were last year, but the depth was scary thin.  They just had their 5th player suffer a 6+ week injury, so things could fall off a cliff quickly.

[ELA]

Both starting guards out for the year, from an already shitty OL

[MrNubbz]

Taken out in the last two games

[ELA]

https://twitter.com/edsbs/status/1835000478268060031?t=WAlAdE1AaaesI-85BvHlXQ&s=19

[ELA]

MSUs former OC now at Wyoming


https://twitter.com/alex_m_taylor22/status/1835352902329901097?t=O26kRN5C6-YtBoWo9H0sBw&s=19

[FearlessF]

right in there with Brian Ferentz

[Temp430]

Looks like the Ohio State @MSU game on Sept. 28th will be on Peacock streaming exclusively.

[FearlessF]

is this the first time for tOSU?

[ELA]

Looks like the Ohio State @MSU game on Sept. 28th will be on Peacock streaming exclusively.

The harder it is to see, the better.  We actually have a wedding that night, the rare time I'm good with a fall wedding

[CatsbyAZ]

Close at halftime until BC takes over: 31-13

A shorthanded Michigan State squad played much better than I expected, surprisingly controlling lengthy stretches of the game Vs what I thought would be a more physical, forceful Boston College playing at home. MSU's front seven, which (IMO) has been their best unit thus far this season, kept BC QB Castellanos on his heels much of the game, giving BC's offense a degree of trouble they hadn't yet faced this season. Coach Jonathan Smith and staff have the roster playing hard and playing complete games, which I didn't see with the previous regime. Despite the depleted OL and WR corps, both held up well, with TE Velling stepping up as a pressure relief for Chiles, catching 6 passes. Unfortunately for Michigan State, their close loss came down to losing the TO battle, w/ Chiles tossing 3 picks.

Even with all the good signs to start 3-1, I still see the Spartans ceiling at 6-6. As conference play picks up there are no freebies left on the schedule.

[ELA]

Yeah, 6-6 would be fine by me.  I said they had to go 3-1 in the first four and last four to have a shot.

Indiana, Illinois and Rutgers all look far better than expected.  So getting 2 of those looks a lot tougher than it did in August, even assuming they handle business at home against Purdue.