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I don't think his first season was disappointing at all. It was his first season, and a complete rebuild job. He was never going to come in there year 1 and go 11-1 or 12-0. That thing was a mess that was going to take time to clean up.
He went 7-6 in his first year and his team took 3 top 10 teams- USC, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State down to the wire. He lost those 3 games by a combined 11 points, and 2 of them were lost in OT.
The only real dud was the loss to Maryland. But it was the first game of the season and his first game ever as head coach. I guess I'll give him a slight pass, just because of the fact it was Game 1.
The guy has the #3 recruiting class in the country, and will finish with at worst a top 5 class after all the LOI's are in and he might even challenge for #1 if he pulls off some flips or gets some unexpected signings.
Future looks pretty bright in Austin to me. Herman just needs to grow up and stop acting like a douche.

agree with most of that to an extent.
he was never going to go 12-0/11-1, but lets not act like it was a good season either. showed progress and laid ground work to build on? sure i can buy that. ended on a high note? agreed. not so different from saban's first year at bama. but lets pump the brakes when saying you're sending the sr's out with a championship.
i still think he'll do well, but he needs to step back and realize he is the head man now, not a grad assistant that can get away with those things.

Dantonio still hasn't figured out how to scheme against this type of offense.  As long as you stay content with 5-6 yard completions, you'll dice them up.

Also enjoying UM slappy Joel Klatt calling Kenny Willekes the lone bright spot on MSUs defense this year.

MSUs passing game is an absolute mess.

Stanford feels the same way about their two headed excuse.

Aside from the one pick Costello for Stanford has actually been great. That TD he threw earlier was beautiful.
Kenny Hill for TCU on the other hand... yikes.

Refs are letting a TON of contact go in coverage both ways.  That tends to be advantage MSU

MSU outgained WSU 200-30 in the 2nd quarter.  Outscored them 21-0.  It's like the first quarter of the Northwestern game, but with the score to match.

TCU going back to the trick well, this time it pays off.