Michigan State 2018 Season Thread

[ELA]

Apparently Reschke is back on the roster but will not be on scholarship.  He also suffered an off the field injury (rumored to be an ACL tear) during the offseason, so who knows if he'll even play.

[ELA]

Also RS Freshman WR Julian Major left school in the middle of the spring semester because he was homesick.  He's trying to rejoin now, but he may not academically qualify due to going home.

[ELA]

All of the 2018 signees are cleared and admitted.

Also learned they added a transfer, TE Jonathan Brys from New Mexico, who is from Michigan, went to New Mexico, was all-academic team, but they were attempting to convert him into an OL, but seems like he's walking on to play TE at MSU.

[Anonymous Coward]

Apparently Reschke is back on the roster but will not be on scholarship.  He also suffered an off the field injury (rumored to be an ACL tear) during the offseason, so who knows if he'll even play.

What's the upside? 
I don't even recall Reschke denying the story that got him booted during that one year when the team in-fighting ran deep.
Why risk a second helping of that recipe for a guy who may not be in playing shape or medically cleared?

[msufan23]

What's the upside?
I don't even recall Reschke denying the story that got him booted during that one year when the team in-fighting ran deep.
Why risk a second helping of that recipe for a guy who may not be in playing shape or medically cleared?

The players themselves wanted him back. It went to a team vote and it was 100% unanimous. I agree there is not much upside but I also dont think there is much downside either. Id bet its gonna be more of a story then have any effect on the football field either way.

[Anonymous Coward]

Teams aren't democracies. They tend to vote the way they think their coach wants.

I do agree it's unlikely to matter. My larger point  was that if your casino installs a high downside/low upside game, you probably shouldn't waste your dollar.

[ELA]

Teams aren't democracies. They tend to vote the way they think their coach wants.

I do agree it's unlikely to matter. My larger point  was that if your casino installs a high downside/low upside game, you probably shouldn't waste your dollar.

I'm the exact opposite on this comparison.  If I felt like he was going to help, I'd be more nervous about it, a coach making an excuse for an elite player.  As is, he likely won't, so why risk it?  Unless you don't believe there is a risk.  I'll take the players at their word.  The black players who said they continued to hang out with him after he left the team and that it was out of character, and he was caught in the heat of the moment.
But alas, such was the state of 2016 MSU football where the "good guys" were simply the guys who slept with their teammates' girlfriends.  On the whole, it makes me nervous, but I'm not going to pretend to know more than the players who hang out with him, and the fact that he's likely a non-factor on the field aids me in that belief.

[ELA]

And also lete re-emphasize the difference between what I would do vs. whether I have an issue with the decision they made.

[Anonymous Coward]

FWIW, I don't have a problem with the decision, either. I wasn't trying to be moralistic. I'm just surprised, figured it wasn't worth it.

[ELA]

CB Tyson Smith (who came back from a stroke during the 2016 season to play last season) had a medical setback, and is not going to play this year.  If you are 20 and have had a stroke, with lasting impacts two years later, I think it might be time to move onto the non-football chapter of your life.  Just my 2 cents.

He was certainly in the two deep, and figured to see the field plenty, so while not a starter, it's a depth ding for sure.

[Mdot21]

CB Tyson Smith (who came back from a stroke during the 2016 season to play last season) had a medical setback, and is not going to play this year.  If you are 20 and have had a stroke, with lasting impacts two years later, I think it might be time to move onto the non-football chapter of your life.  Just my 2 cents.

He was certainly in the two deep, and figured to see the field plenty, so while not a starter, it's a depth ding for sure.

yeah he should probably retire. You see more and more guys retiring young bc of injury and that's a good thing imo. The LB'er from Seattle just retired at 24 because he had his 6th concussion in the last few years. Smart kid. That game takes a huge toll on the body. Football lasts for a few years if you're lucky, then they have the rest of their lives to live. Who wants to be in a wheelchair at 55 because they can barely walk and/or have severe CTE?

[ELA]

CB Tyson Smith (who came back from a stroke during the 2016 season to play last season) had a medical setback, and is not going to play this year.  If you are 20 and have had a stroke, with lasting impacts two years later, I think it might be time to move onto the non-football chapter of your life.  Just my 2 cents.

He was certainly in the two deep, and figured to see the field plenty, so while not a starter, it's a depth ding for sure.

Released a Twitter statement that he is done playing football, and will remain with the team as a student assistant while finishing his degree.

[ELA]

Sophomore CB Josiah Scott, MSU's best CB, and 2nd team preseason All-Big Ten in a few mags, with an injury in practice, out at least two months.

I said all offseason that a major part of MSU's surprise 2017 was how healthy they stayed, and how poorly equipped they were to deal with injuries than most teams ranked like they are.  Secondary taking major blows now without the #1 and #4 CBs already for an extended period of time (one career ending)

[ELA]

Dillon Alexander, in the two deep at defensive end, also down with a serious injury.

Please just end fall camp now?