Not really. They've been in the MSU goal line twice and are moving the ball with ease against MSU's pathetic secondary. They just keep shooting themselves in the foot with unforced errors. They are poorly coached and MSU has been very lucky. And I say this as a MSU supporter.
They are extremely weak defensively outside the box and down the middle of the field. The corners and safeties have been awful and lack physicality. Has been Sparty's primary problem all year.
I watch both teams every week and I can honestly say that we actually have a better secondary than they do, at least in terms of tackling, fundamentals and playing with some leverage on the perimeter. Whitehead alone makes our secondary better than theirs, and Pitts is better than either of their corners.
The top 3-4 of the B10 is as good as the top of anyone's league-except for the SEC. You think OSU can't beat Clemson, Stanford or Oklahoma? Please.
They have not looked nearly as impressive as Clemson. Yeah I think they'd beat Stanford. Oklahoma would be interesting I think. No way all year would I have thought Oklahoma could've beat OSU, but all of a sudden they have been a really hot team.
Oregon is not really that good this year, but yes that is a good win. I was more talking in conference. Michigan is a decent team, they're not that great, they were just so down before Harbaugh that people are excited that he has their program moving upwards. But when you get to play Maryland, Rutgers, Indiana, and Penn State in conference you're going to win a lot of games if you're a decent team.
OSU is the best team in the B10, despite laying an egg last week in a monsoon at the Shoe. MSU was fortunate to catch them in bad weather; that really changed the way OSU ran its offense. Sometimes the better team loses.
Very good point, but Michigan State was also without their star quarterback. Perfect weather and Cook playing, I don't think you can clearly say Ohio State wins. They might have, but today was the only time all season Ohio State looked good against a good team. I just don't think they are all that great this season. They have talent, they have the best coach, I just don't think they played like the best team this season.
My wife and I were away on thanksgiving day at a beach place.
How did you like the first part of that play, where he bit on an underneath route that the LBs already had covered in the middle quarter, left his zone and created the gaping hole that the receiver caught the ball in?
