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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Suppose the punter had just fallen on the ball. How likely would Michigan State have been to make a long FG?
No way, no how. No college team could stay on the field with even the worst NFL team.
Jalen Watts-Jackson, the Michigan State player who scooped up the fumble and scored with time at 0:00, is in hospital. According to his sister's Twitter account, he'll be having surgery this morning for a broken hip. Michigan State Football: Jalen Watts-Jackson out for season with broken hip after game-winning play | isportsweb
Get well, Jalen! Ten seconds turned you into a hero from obscurity who'll never need to worry about a meal in East Lansing again. Don't tell the NCAA I said that.
BTW the Michigan scoreboard went dark almost immediately after the game. Michigan State athletics like to take a picture of it to us as a holiday greeting card.
And Baylor is 4-2 and Stanford is 5-1 and Notre Dame is 6-1. We could talk stats all day.Unfortunately, it isn't quite as easy as you're making it sound in terms of the "bullies" covering the spread vs. unranked talent. What was Ohio State's record vs the spread this year prior to pulling away tonight? They were 1-5.
Alabama vs the spread going into yesterday's game? 2-4.
LSU vs the spread going into yesterday's game? 2-3.
How about Michigan State's failure to cover this year?
And we haven't even gotten out of the top 10 yet.
I have to call BS here. This is not the first time a team has had to punt with extremely little time left, and nobody has ever lined up a guy *behind* the punter. I think you're thinking of kneel-down formation.As far as blaming Harbaugh, Scott Zolak claimed that they always practiced the 7 step drop/run around and heave it play, since it was much safer than taking risk of bobbling the snap on a punt. I do agree that hindsight is 20/20. There's risk no matter what, but yes--Im pretty sure that teams have put someone back deep in situations where it's the only way you'd get beat.
Either way, we'll be hearing plenty about the decision in the coming days.
The "forward progress" rule is obscenely subjective, but it's also one that can't be overturned on replay.And the epic goal line stand by Michigan State in the third quarter is very controversial. Twice a TD had been awarded to the Maize and Blue, except on further review it was overturned. The third time was the same thing--or should have been--the head ref seemed to say, "Screw it, this is embarrassing. Let's just give it to Michigan." The ball carrier's forward momentum had clearly been stopped for several seconds.
There's about 60 FBS college games per weekend, with the vast majority of players being future accountants, lawyers, doctors, etc.
Yes, you will see some amateur mistakes (which you also see in the NFL). But you will also see some damn entertaining football too.
I know people enjoy college football and it is high energy and all, but I cannot watch that kind of crap after being spoiled all these years by Belichick football.
It's like going to a bad restaurant with super excited wait staff.
And Baylor is 4-2 and Stanford is 5-1 and Notre Dame is 6-1. We could talk stats all day.
I have to call BS here. This is not the first time a team has had to punt with extremely little time left, and nobody has ever lined up a guy *behind* the punter. I think you're thinking of kneel-down formation.
If he did what you suggested and the punt was blocked, you'd be saying "why did he line someone up behind the punter when they needed to protect against a blocked punt?!?!?"
Really? Could you give some specific examples please? Because I have read and heard an awful lot about what Michigan could've/should've done, but I haven't heard a single person (outside here) suggest that they should have lined someone up behind the punter.As far as whether or not Michigan played poor situational football in that scenario, that's certainly up for debate, and there are plenty of people pointing out the fact that consideration should have been given to keeping someone back deep in case of a bad snap.