College Football Playoff sleeper team? Herbie* says...

gHost Spartan wrote: anything can happen....

gHost Spartan wrote:I said in the beginning of the season that we'd win at least 1 of the 3 big games: UM, PSU, OSU - we've won our first big test. At this point, anything can happen....

Floyd Robertson wrote:Wut

Turtleneck wrote:Herbie says a lot of stuff, Nigel. Blanch probably got him to say it, Nigel. Herbie has a backchannel to Blanch out of Bob's basement, Nigel.

LooseGoose wrote:Irrational exuberance spreads..............

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As we look ahead to the rest of @MSU_Football's season, @shawnwindsor wonders if they can really win the Big Ten.


Can Michigan State football win the Big Ten championship?

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:I’m with ghost, anything can happen.

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:I’m with ghost, anything can happen.

LooseGoose wrote:

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:I’m with ghost, anything can happen.

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WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:If you guys recall, I calmly and rationally reminded all of you that all of our goals were still on the table after the ND game. Herbstreit is a smart guy. I'm not surprised that he agrees with my take.

LooseGoose wrote:

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:I’m with ghost, anything can happen.

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NigelUno wrote:

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:If you guys recall, I calmly and rationally reminded all of you that all of our goals were still on the table after the ND game. Herbstreit is a smart guy. I'm not surprised that he agrees with my take.

15-0 is off the table.

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Turtleneck wrote:

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Paul Pierce is the truth, OTPT.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:I would put the odds of us beating OSU at roughly 70%. We always play them tough and they never take us very seriously. PSU is much tougher. They are more balanced offensively and even though the game is at home, I'd peg that one at more like 55/45.

DWags wrote:

Frank Ricard wrote:

Actually, imo, we have a better chance vs PSU than with OSU. PSU has a 3 game stretch playing umaa at home, followed by OSU on the road, THEN playing us at home. I'd agree with you if we played them first, but I don't care what college team you're talking about, it's hard to get up to max effort 3 regular season games in a row.

Having said that, I don't think we're quite ready for prime time yet. We can't look ahead, so tswill better not speculate what's going to happen. It's all on us.

Quietly hoping we do well against PSU. OSU will be ready for us, but none of that matters if we lay an egg this weekend.

DWags wrote:

Frank Ricard wrote:

Actually, imo, we have a better chance vs PSU than with OSU. PSU has a 3 game stretch playing umaa at home, followed by OSU on the road, THEN playing us at home. I'd agree with you if we played them first, but I don't care what college team you're talking about, it's hard to get up to max effort 3 regular season games in a row.

Having said that, I don't think we're quite ready for prime time yet. We can't look ahead, so tswill better not speculate what's going to happen. It's all on us.

Quietly hoping we do well against PSU. OSU will be ready for us, but none of that matters if we lay an egg this weekend.

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:I think we will know a lot more at the end of the season.

Floyd Robertson wrote:

gHost Spartan wrote:I said in the beginning of the season that we'd win at least 1 of the 3 big games: UM, PSU, OSU - we've won our first big test. At this point, anything can happen....

The fact that we won the first of those is huge, but with a young team the margin for error to basically run the table is thinner than razor thin,

Flipping the 3-9 to 9-3 would have me doing cartwheels. No easy feat for a dude my age.

For the first time in 2017, the Spartans are dealing with some legitimate expectations. Saturday night's 14-10 win at Michigan vaulted Michigan State into the Top 25, and the No. 21 Spartans have taken a big step toward putting last year's 3-9 showing behind them. The question now is what they can accomplish this season. A bowl bid certainly seems likely, but perhaps this team is capable of more.