A tale of two halves. In the first half, Michigan State repeatedly shot itself in the foot with penalties, and Michigan absolutely shut down the Spartan rushing attack. In the second half, Michigan couldn’t move the ball on offense and got run over by Javon Ringer, and Jehuu Caulcrick. Chad Henne rallied the troops and scored 14 unanswered points to take the lead for good.
With all of my wrong, or just plain bad predictions, I have to say that I was pretty damn close on my prediction for this game. But I won’t break my arm patting myself on the back.
The most remarkable play for me was Javon Ringer’s 72 yard run in the third quarter. Yeah, it was a nice run by Ringer, but the impressive part was the guy that mad first contact with ringer, Shawn Crable, ended up making the tackle, 75 yards later. Of course, Crable should have wrapped him up for the 3 yard loss, but the fact that he got off his ass, and busted it down the field to stop Ringer from scoring really gives a glimpse of this team. I was definitely on the Fire Lloyd bandwagon earlier in the season. But I have to say that Lloyd and his coaching staff have impressed me by coming back and making this season respectable. Hell, we’ve seen what’s happened to Notre Dame, and Nebraska when their seasons went into the tank. Nebraska got 76 point hung on them today. Michigan reeled it back in. A game too late for National title hopes. But they haven’t quit and there is a real chance that they will see Oregon again, in the Rose Bowl. Redemption??
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After today, Michigan better hope Dixon’s knee is more than bruised, because Oregon is on a roll. The level of offense and the scheme they run will be very difficult for Michigan to deal with…. again.
I’m still bitter over that loss for MSU. I wouldn’t exactly say that Michigan shut down MSU’s run game, they ended up with 191 rush yards compared to Michigan’s 100.
What really hurt MSU was that our secondary is awful at best. We can’t defend the deep ball for the life of us. If Llyod Carr wasn’t so conservative, they could have passed all day and destroyed MSU, because their run game wasn’t a huge factor.
And yes, penalties also didn’t help at all.
[...] On offense the Buckeyes feature Beanie Wells, Todd Boeckman and Brian Robiskie. Of the three, Beanie Wells is the best. He’s a powerful downhill runner with a burst. Boeckman and Robiskie have stepped into their roles this year and have been servicable. They haven’t set the world on fire, but the haven’t laid any eggs either. What worries me is the tackling of Michigan against Wells. If he breaks a couple long runs, Shawn Crable is gonna get tired. [...]