Saturday Psycho: Brotherly love?
It's hate week but I'm having trouble hating.
MSU is too good a team to dismiss, but at the same time, our team is too good to deny.
First off, Cade is due for the bump:
Jake got one:
1st 7 games:120.0 rtg/ 5 td/ 6int
last 6: 161.0 rtg/15 td/ 3int
Wilton too:
Speight:
1st 6: 152.4 /11td /2 int
last 6: 148.0/7td/5int
Patterson in 18:
1st7: 159rtg/10td/3int
last 6: 148rtg/12td/4int
Patterson in 19:
1st 7: 135rtg/9td/4int
last 6: 153rtg/14td/4int
Consistently, UofM QBs under Harbaugh have improved, Cade will improve as well.
Where's the juice?
Normally approaching MSU/UM week MSU is full of Disrespkt Juice, but this year they are actually respeckted!
Many "pundits" are impressed with Mel Tucker's use of the transfer portal to build a top ten team but how are those new arrivals ready for the intensity of this rivalry?
Truthfully, it's those who stayed VS those who left.
Prediction:
36-14
October 30th, 2021 at 5:50 AM ^
Dantonio stoked the fire. Tucker is still collecting wood.
October 30th, 2021 at 11:20 AM ^
That may be true but the one ingredient they may be short on this year is the magic little brother pixie dust, I bet they sprinkled all they had on Rocky Lombardi's arm last year.
If MSU wants to win this game they'll have to do it straight up, if either team has the rivalry juice this year, I think it's UofM.
October 30th, 2021 at 10:25 AM ^
2 of your 4 examples don’t show bumps.
October 30th, 2021 at 10:28 AM ^
Yeah, from the data presented, it was kind of a weird conclusion.
October 30th, 2021 at 11:15 AM ^
These raw numbers are not opponent adjusted, considering the cupcakes are early in the year and always playing a top 5 team at the end, plus a top 10 opponent in the bowls, the numbers sometimes don't look like a bump.
But that's why I highlighted the four week span, it's often right in the sweet spot between the QB's "light turning on" but before there's enough tape for a DC to break down.
And since cade has barely thrown the ball there's already not much tape.
October 30th, 2021 at 10:27 AM ^
There's no such thing as "due," and Speight (the most comparable, but still better than Cade thus far) didn't get the "bump" you're talking about.
But Cade is his own man, and there's no reason to believe that he'll follow any of these others' particular patterns. Maybe he'll do great. Maybe he won't have to.
The big thing today is limiting big plays. For all the chunks MSU can get, they shoot themselves in the foot often enough. We need to contain or deny the chunks with enough regularity that their foot-shootings kill drives.
My one opportunity to look stupid: Erick All has been having an increasingly monster season blocking. This week he gets a bunch of underneath stuff that is more in Cade's wheelhouse and has a monster day receiving. This does nothing to quell the disagreements about how much he is the limiting factor of this offense.
October 30th, 2021 at 11:32 AM ^
Actually, if you look at the numbers it's consistent that most QBs do hit a pinnacle between game 7 - 10 of their starting careers, again I attribute it to the QBs "figuring things out" and having a few games before a defensive coordinator figures out what they figured out.
I think if Cade hits the shots downfield early it will make the day go much smoother and help the numbers.
GoBlue!
October 30th, 2021 at 11:33 AM ^
Completely agree regarding All. He's quietly having a very good year, and I expect him to have a monster game today.
October 30th, 2021 at 12:29 PM ^
Greetings from Philadelphia …. No
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