New opinions on schedule
September 5th, 2015 at 6:50 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 7:07 PM ^
Still baffling to me that everyone was considering them so highly and were projecting upwards of 10 wins. They were pretty awful last year and don't appear to be much better. I'm now wondering whether or not Franklin is a good coach.
September 5th, 2015 at 7:38 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 8:16 PM ^
He looked like he could be one as a freshman. Now he just looks like a guy who will be flinching a lot (like Gardner.)
September 6th, 2015 at 7:17 PM ^
Hackenberg is a top ten talent, but PSU is going to destroy him. He should have transferred somewhere else as soon as O'Brien left.
September 6th, 2015 at 12:37 PM ^
I don't think it was as much about them being good as it was about their pathetically easy schedule. Well, they just gave up 10 sacks and got blown out by Temple. So much for that easy schedule.
September 5th, 2015 at 9:34 PM ^
September 6th, 2015 at 6:42 PM ^
My son just reminded me they gave up as many sacks as they had points. Life as a Michigan fan living in Pennsyltucky is getting exponentially better.
September 5th, 2015 at 6:50 PM ^
September 6th, 2015 at 7:24 PM ^
Out for the season with a broken foot. Didn't they lose their star RB during the off-season?
September 5th, 2015 at 6:52 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 7:00 PM ^
You win.
September 6th, 2015 at 1:20 AM ^
September 6th, 2015 at 12:46 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 6:56 PM ^
pls stop with MSU disappointed crap. It was 27-7 to start with Westerns only pts on a KO return.
BYU is what we thought - great offense, bad defense but Hill might be hurt.
PSU disappointed for sure. OL is awful again.
Minn surprised to upside as did Northwestern.
UM is going to be evenly matched with a lot of teams this year and I expected a lot of 1 possession games before today and a lot after today. Teams will get better. So will UM.
September 5th, 2015 at 6:59 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 9:30 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 7:29 PM ^
When we almost to Akron everybody said that we sucked. Western was a bad pass away from coming within 6 of MSU. I agree that it's too early to tell if MSU's secondary is really that bad or not and next week will tell a lot more but let's at least be consistent and not tear down our team while building MSU up after a bad game.
September 5th, 2015 at 7:36 PM ^
That's the point. Western is a good MAC team but still lost 4 games last year. It's disrespectful to Western to just say MSU wasn't trying. If they were really # 5, they would have won like 48 to 10 or something.
September 6th, 2015 at 7:20 PM ^
MSU's secondary is actually that terrible. Western has a veteran QB who knew what he had to do to beat them. If Adams can pass well for Oregon, Oregon will roll over them.
September 5th, 2015 at 8:05 PM ^
Please stop with the MSU cheerleading. It is tired. They did not look like a top 5 team against WMU. Cook completed under 50% of his passes against a MAC defense. There is no way any rational person can say that was a good performance.
September 6th, 2015 at 2:50 PM ^
Not to mentio how horrendous their kickoff team is/was.
September 6th, 2015 at 6:56 PM ^
MSU looks like butt every year during their nonconference schedule. By October they'll be outstanding again. It is the way of their people.
September 5th, 2015 at 8:35 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 10:35 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 11:55 PM ^
September 6th, 2015 at 2:52 PM ^
This is why I haven't passed judgement on an MSU football team until October the past several years. They always seem to improve throughout the year. We have not, that has to change now.
September 5th, 2015 at 6:55 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 7:23 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 7:25 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 7:55 PM ^
Does he get a lot of love? The PSU fans I met at the game last year weren't too enthused with him - and that was in his first year.
September 6th, 2015 at 6:53 PM ^
They still haven't grasped the damage done by an open door and sanctions. I'm not making excuses for Franklin but they thought they would pick up right where BOb left off. BOB left when the kids who were soph/rs Jr when he came were seniors. Those roster spots were filled with walkons and MAC players.
There's still local kids on the PSU roster who have no business being there other than they walked on a thin team. I do believe Franklin's OL coach is going to be his Gerg. After a tirefire like that you have to let him go now just on general principal. How much worse can they be with a new guy? They gave up a sack on a 2 MAN RUSH!
September 6th, 2015 at 11:28 AM ^
Maybe because he had back-to-back nine win seasons at the dumpster fire that is Vanderbilt? Perhaps that's why?
September 5th, 2015 at 7:56 PM ^
Franklin recruited zero members of this offensive line.
September 5th, 2015 at 6:57 PM ^
Hill is out of Neb game with sprained foot by the way. His loss would be huge if its lingering.
September 5th, 2015 at 6:58 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 7:09 PM ^
Shaw is on the hot seat and after this game he may be out of there after the season (if not sooner)
September 5th, 2015 at 7:40 PM ^
The most conservative coach in the country, bar none.
September 5th, 2015 at 8:17 PM ^
Ferentz?
September 6th, 2015 at 12:14 AM ^
More conservative than Ferentz. Kirk was doing some weird stuff today. Fake FG runs with his kicker on like 4th and 8. It didn't work (obviously) but he was trying!
Also I don't think he ever punted from the opponent's 32 like Shaw has.
September 5th, 2015 at 7:12 PM ^
Split with the rivals...Split with BYU/Minnesota, and 1 hiccup somewhere. Or lose to both rivals. 8-4, but 9-3 is very possible in my eyes.
September 5th, 2015 at 7:27 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 7:33 PM ^
September 5th, 2015 at 7:36 PM ^
There isn't a chance we split with our rivals. Hoke ensured that. We just don't have the talent or athletes. We lose to both OSU and MSU as well as both BYU and Minnesota. We're just not good unfortunately.
September 5th, 2015 at 7:44 PM ^
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September 5th, 2015 at 7:59 PM ^
Hmmm, you registered today and all of your posts are extremely negative.
Most concern trolls try a little harder than this.
September 5th, 2015 at 9:35 PM ^
If you read my posts, you'd see that I was banned over a year ago because I was outspoken against Hoke and didn't think he deserved to be our coach. I was subsequently negged to oblivion and sent to Bolivia because I had dared to say Hoke wasn't going lead us to the promise land. I came back today to say that yes, Harbaugh will make us competitive, but that dosen't mean that we will field a decent team next week, next year, or even 3 years from now. This program needs a massive massive overhaul and it's a 5-6 yeaer rebuild at least. It's not optimal and now what we want, but it's what we require
September 5th, 2015 at 9:53 PM ^
Nah, we'll be fine, more than fine, in two years (or fewer).