Do NOT overlook or forgive this loss

[No BS Dawg]

I don't care if we go 11-1 (my having a sevensome with hot blonde swedish bikini sextuplets is more likely), I will not forgive or overlook this loss. We have too many fans willing to forgive and forget if we beat somebody else (OM, LSU, Bama, etc...) Good teams moving in the right direction do not lose games like this. Damn, everything good that has happened since the Liberty Bowl has been washed away in one night, one game. Nobody should be able to find solice in anything about this loss, including the ever popular "well if we beat...." scenario. We looked like **** in every aspect of the game from COACHING to our not so special teams. Our offense is a joke, plain and simple. Our defense is going to be in trouble without Ellis Johnson (a much greater loss than any player kicked off the team or suspended).

This game answered a lingering question in the minds of many MSU fans.... Was last year real or a series of fortunate events that propelled us somewhere we may not have deserved to be..... Hmmm.... What many have said about "lucky" bounces and the d winning games must now be honestly considered. Our offense is abysmal...aGAIN... and we aren't going to be able to rely on our defense to bail us out repeatedly.

Bottom line.... If you are not very concerned about what happened on the field last night its due to one of a few things:
1. You really don't care about W's and L's when it comes to MSU football
2. You really don't care about W's and L's period
3. You have no clue about football, its dos and don'ts, its simplicity, and its complexity
4. You believe Croom and staff is as good as we can get at MSU

To close out my rant (sorry folks), I place this loss on the shoulders of our coaches, particulary Croom, and our coordinators. We were not prepared, were were sloppy, undisciplined, unmotivated and even confused... It was embarrasing and there is no silver lining. What started so promising with lots of hype and excitement has been turned on its head. I can handle losses, its part of competition. I just can't accept and understand losses like this.... We have talent, its just being wasted.

 

[Phil Wenneck.sixpack]

because we actually expected something. In 2004, we'd have been happy just to not see our players pull out their johnsons after a good play when losing by 40. This is completely unforgivable. As for coaches, make no mistake, Croom is on a selfish mission that has nothing to do with MSU nor we the fans. It's been brought up but the sheepness of summer shot it down before. McCorvey nor Harbison are coordinator material, you can slice it anyway you want. Now we've got the worst case situation with Woody having surgery. Croom will never get rid of his *** now so we'd best start planning to get rid of Croom himself. Only at MSU do you get a 4 year extention and huge raise for winning the (17) ing Liberty Bowl and only sporting 1 winning season out of every 4. I wish constuction on the video board would shut down. These losers don't deserve to play on it.

 

[MaxwellSmart]

Maybe they can use the new video board to watch other games while our team is supposed to be playing on the field.

 

[8dog]

we knew we weren't bowl material in 04 and you could laugh it off and blame it on Jackie. This is year 5 and we had built momentum. We had 6 games on the schedule we absolutely should win if Croom is moving the program in the right direction. And he lost the first of them. Embarrassing is the overused word to describe this...but the only appropriate one.

 

[Dawgs91]

i have seen the last two State-La Tech games and, frankly, this one was much closer than the last one.
and would have been much worse had Tech been able to do anything offensively on our side of the field.
perhaps we should find something positive out of that.

All this talk about comparing them to Maine is as silly as it gets.
We played L Tech in 96 and had to score 2X in the last two minutes to turn a 38-9 loss into a 38-23 loss.

On to the next game........</p>

 

[Phil Wenneck.sixpack]

their head coach make 1.7 mil annually? no. Does their entire athletic dept have a 1.7 mil budget? doubtful. Did their head coach make numerous statements about BCS bowl games and winning the conference this year? no. Is La Tech coming off an 8 win season and bowl victory? no. There is absolutely no justifying what happened last night.

 

[thatsbaseball]

I have Croom`s fat *** so mad he couldn`t talk and I`d do it with 100% facts.</p>