Saturday, October 16, 2021

DPJ and Sparty Too

Penix this, Penix that.  Michigan State and Indiana could be a decent game.  How could a coach be so dumb as to put his career in an injured quarterback's hands? Michigan State with a pick six.

I say, once they are gone they are gone.  Donovan Peoples-Jones is one of the very few I check.

Time explains everything.  In law it is a concept and there are rules around it.  I understand that at times it can be considered a science.

How is Nico Collins doing?  I was not optimistic about looking-up Tarik Black but I did it anyway.  How can you be a rookie for two years?  I still cannot figure it out.  DPJ popped-up.

Why was his departure from Michigan so acrimonious?  

One thing to remember is that if you are a running back and insist on doing it professionally, you go pro when you can.  Probably that is true for receivers and punt returners too.

The other is Michigan does not utilize receivers and all-purpose back types well.

Oh to be Sparty.  ESPN doesn't even have the game on the front page even though they are ranked #10.  

Walker--the whole name is too long to type--has 18 yards on 7 carries.  Indiana had a week off to fix their...  They are focusing on him and it is working.

Why did Rocky Lombardi leave and Payton Thorne take over?  Time may never answer that one.  

Thorne is 2/6 for 17 yards.  Indiana does have a defensive coach for when it is broken.

Thorne is a 2 3/8-star with some MAC offers.  It is hard to tell if he was recruited by by the previous coach or the current one.  Maybe it is having a legacy in the backfield, but he doesn't look very dual threat.

Take the money and run Dantonio was the coach and Mel Tucker is just as ambitious and angry.  His scowl is even worse.  Boy was he in the wrong place in Boulder.  Take it from someone who lives in Colorado:  the whole state isn't that upset.

Indiana is outgaining them 153 to 37.  How can they be in the top 10?  More unimportantly, when do they play Penn State?  Not until the last game of the season. 

Now Indiana is ahead 9-7 because Michigan State hasn't done a thing on offense or defense.  Interesting game, sure but only if...  A top 10 team losing is usually news and it is still not there.

Michigan State has great receivers!  Who is that star receiver?  Is he a transfer?  I'll look him up when he makes the team, I mean, makes a play.

Sometimes the receivers disappear.

My God, Sparty is just self-destructing.  Each play is a lesson on how to commit a penalty.  Right, Bloomington is just such a tough place to play.  It is not like Madison or that corn state.

In Columbus or at Penn State, those are hard places to play and both Michigan teams have them coming.

We'll check in later, but for now, Mel is going to be mad at halftime.

"Don't look ahead to Michigan!.  It is still two weeks away!!"

Tuttle is terrible.  Payton Thorne is not all that much better, and that is one reason the receivers can be contained.  Michigan State is a frequently-penalized team and against good teams there are consequences for that.  Walker III can be stopped and the players around him are not elite.

Mel Tucker is a fortunate man. Time will tell if you can win in the Big Ten East with transfers.  Some of the plugs look unstable.

Next week we can look forward to Northwestern getting creamed by Michigan at home.  After that, Michigan looks to be far better than Michigan State.  Looking even farther ahead to November 6, Indiana at home looks to be easier than expected too.

Against Penn State and Ohio State, Michigan may have a chance.  Michigan State will not (have a chance).


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