MSU Red Cedar Message Board

how do you think the bulletin board material that MSU is providing helps CMU's cause? I'd say it won't do anything to help them, but I'm wondering what you think.

"That’s a game you should dominate. You should dominate a team like that and they should not be on our level at all. No competition, we should dominate this game.”

CMU's defense does not have bad aggregate numbers, especially for a MAC defense. Looking a little closer, they've been beaten by the run (230 yards and over 6.0 YPC given up to Kentucky) and through the air (355 yards on 37 attempts, 3 TDs vs. 1 INT by WMU), but not by both in the same game. This presents a good opportunity for MSU's run offense to try and get back on track, as Kentucky's running backs accounted for 188 of their 230 rushing yards (over 8 YPC).

CMU runs a 4-3 very similar to MSU's, complete with a 1-tech Nose guard and a 3 tech DT. Their MIKE is the leading tackler, and is one of 2 senior starters in the line-backing unit, though he's a first year starter.

Basically CMU is a major step down defensively from Notre Dame, but a definite step up from FAU. Key is going to be watching for offensive line development heading into the Ohio State game.

I think there is a difference between "we should" and "we will"

If I am a CMU player, I am thinking, yeah, 'you should' because you are in the Big Ten. If they said, "we will" then that might get me fired up.

So I don't think it is is a big deal.

Emotion will be key.

Mistake on my part. The actual article says that he's not the starter and that Jackson is, but I forgot to change it on the line-up. Mea culpa on that one.

My stated goal at the beginning of the year was to get him between 40 and 60 total pass attempts this year. CMU presents the last good opportunity; as bad as IU and Minny are, it's hard to predict where MSU will be in Nov. and how bad they may need those games.

I think we'll see something similar to FAU; Maxwell has a series in the 2nd Q, or the 3rd series overall, depending on the situation, then KC takes the first series of the 3rd Q before turning it over to Maxwell. Each QB gets 1 total half of play.

In some ways these are the back-ups, so they need all the PT they can get. Even in a blow-out situation I doubt they're pulled until the final possession. If MSU is going to have any hope against tOSU in 2 weeks, the OL needs to get as much experience as possible. Now, for all I know they could gel immediately with Jackson and Fonoti, MSU could rush for 350 yards on 25 total carries, give up no sacks, pressures or hurries, and then proceed to run roughshod over the entire Big 10. Now, that's unlikely, but no one knows when the young guys will click

That's pretty much the one thing that gives me hope going forward; if we were playing like this with 3 RS SRs and a pair of RS JRs on the line, including 4 returning starters from the year before, I'd say that MSU was pretty much sunk this season. The fact that they're inexperienced means that we're likely looking at the floor, not the ceiling, of their play.

Looking a head a week and considering tOSU's QB play and MSU's OL problems, that could be a 16-13, or even a 10-7 game.

What kind of economic impact will this game have on local restaurants and hotels?

Sweet, does local include Holt and Grand Ledge?

I'm sure you could stay at a nice B&B in Grand Ledge.