Halloween tricks on the Spartans...

Spartans are now 4-5,3-3   …….. Didn't see this one comming...

                      1   2   3   4   Score 
Michigan State        3   7  21   3   34 
Minnesota             14  7  7   14   42 

Wow.. I got tricked last night.. I was Clearly hoping for a Win.. Seems that the Gophers stomped on my pumpkin while I was out Trick or Treating…  Even the beers didn’t ease my frustration from watching this game…  The game just made me a little sick.....



What I saw in the Game: The Officials were just as bad as last week.. but the Spartans played below expectations.. They were their own worst enemy..  The were just BAD… Minny isn't that good. Sure its great to give your opponent credit, but the Spartans beat the Spartans...

MSU Spotting the home team 14 points to start is never a good idea.....

Minnesota’s Webber played much better than expected.  Every time the Spartans get close or ahead.. the Gophers had a response..

MSU was able to stop the Rush.. but couldn’t stop the pass… The ball was sailing over the Spartans heads and they didn’t do too much to stop it.

Larry Caper received a concussion.. and was out after the first half.. Hope he is ready for next week...

Team Totals             MSU   MINN 
FIRST DOWNS             17   17 
   Rushing              2    3 
   Passing              13   13 
   Penalty              2    1 
NET YARDS RUSHING       124  89 
   Rushing Attempts     6.2  2.3 
   Rushing Touchdowns    1   1 
   Yards Gained Rushing  134   111 
   Yards Lost Rushing    10   22 
NET YARDS PASSING        236   416 
   Completions-Attempts-Int   21-36-1  19-33-1 
   Average Per Attempt   6.6   12.6 
   Average Per Completion  11.2   21.9 
   Passing Touchdowns      2   5 
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS        360   505 
   Total offense plays     56    72 
   Average Gain Per Play   6.4   7.0 
Fumbles: Number-Lost       2-2   1-1 
Penalties: Number-Yards    9-73  7-157 
PUNTS-YARDS                4-174 4-144 
   Average Yards Per Punt  43.5   36.0 
   Net Yards Per Punt      38.5   35.5 
   Inside 20               0    3 
   50+ Yards               1    1 
   Touchbacks              1    0 
   Fair catch              1    3 
KICKOFFS-YARDS             7-420  7-428 
   Average Yards Per Kickoff  60.0   61.1 
   Net Yards Per Kickoff   32.6   30.4 
   Touchbacks              0    1 
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD   1-2-0   0-0-0 
   Average Per Return      2.0  0.0 
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD  5-195-1  6-192-0 
   Average Per Return      39.0 32.0 
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD   1-20-0  1-22-0 
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD  0-0-0   0-0-0 
Miscellaneous Yards        0    0 
Possession Time           23:52   36:08 
   1st Quarter             8:02    6:58 
   2nd Quarter             3:48   11:12 
   3rd Quarter             4:46   10:14 
   4th Quarter             7:16   7:44 
Third-Down Conversions    5 of 12  10 of 18 
Fourth-Down Conversions   0 of 1  0 of 0 
Red-Zone Scores-Chances   3-3   3-4 
Sacks By: Number-Yards    2-7   0-0 
PAT Kicks                 4-4   6-6 
Field Goals               2-2   0-1 

Things that have to change:
1) Hire real referees.. these guys this season are pure crap...
2) Go back to the drawing board and prepare for winning the last 3 games of the season.

Some real positives from the Game..
Keshawn Martin had a 84 yrd. Rush, he also had 284 total all purpose yards, including a 93 yrd. Kick off return.

Notice: Spartans take heart.. This still isn’t the team of years past.. these guys have lost some games, but they aren’t folding.. They aren’t laying down and dying.... sure many mistakes have been made, but, I still strongly think they are going forward  as a program.

Still endorse the Dantonio program … They we headed in the right fundamental direction..

Next week we will kick WMU's Ass..  Take the bet..

Sparty ON !!