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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: ELA on November 08, 2023, 12:25:21 PM
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Can't believe nobody is talking this one up.
MSU hasn't been competitive in this one since 2018. That one ended 26-6, but it was 9-6 in the 4th quarter until OSU forced fumbles on back to back plays, one recovered in the end zone for a TD.
Since then, OSU has basically been able to pick their score.
191-49 (average of 48-12) in the 4 games since.
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They'll be singing, "don't give a damn about..." in the bars in Columbus this week.
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Sparty's coming in hot.
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The things that are more promising are the defense looking better. Yes, lesser opponents, but fewer blown assignments. The pass blocking looks better since they went to the young OTs. The IOL still is a mess.
The bad is that we still don't have a passing game I trust. You see a flash from a guy, then you see a dropped ball. The DL, which I thought was going to be the strongest unit on the team, has gone from disappointing (based on that assumption) to downright bad. The LB support in the run game has actually been a little better than expected, which has masked some of it. But it's been Simeon Barrow, and a pile of trash.
I know more transfers are coming. They'd probably be coming if MSU went 7-5 and had no coaching transition, based on how the game is now, but even more in MSU's scenario. But we need to hang onto Jordan Hall and Jalen Thompson. Two true freshman LBs have been possibly the two best players on defense. Throw in Chace Rucker, and maybe the three best players are true freshmen. The last time I said that was Greg Jones, who became a 3 time First Team All-Big Ten LB. Granted he was a freshman on MDs first team, after 4 years of bad football, that completely ignored that side of the ball. Here, it's Year 4 of a defensive coach, your 3 best players are true freshmen. Big yikes
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Can't believe nobody is talking this one up.
It's always much better when you were beating Big Sister Ann Arbor like a rented a mule.Not so much when Sparty upended the buckeye cart,though.Hire Elko or Leipold and jump back in the Fray always better when UW/PSU/MSU are in the mix.
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Ohio State 41, Michigan State 3
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I don’t think the margin will be that big. Buckeyes are in that play to you opponents level “thing” this season
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Ohio State 31
MSU 13
A palindromic score.
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Ohio State - a lot
Michigan State - a little
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Dillon Tatum tried to go, and couldn't, so only 1 of MSUs top 4 corners is active. Does OSU have any WRs?
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Ohio State 41, Michigan State 3
Trust your kicker Ryan