Rexrode previews the future

It's exhausting just listening to MSU players talk about this week's bowl practices – sounds like Damion Terry and Tyler O'Connor are basically throwing bombs every other play or so as they alternate between taking second-team offense reps and scout-team reps. Those two are combining to emulate Baylor's Bryce Petty. It's the most they can do for this team until one of them succeeds Connor Cook in 2016.

MSU is going as high-tempo as possible to emulate the Bears, and it's obvious the coaching staff is going to rotate defensive players liberally in the Cotton Bowl, after watching the regulars get gassed late in the Sept. 6 loss at Oregon. The game, less than two weeks away now, is the focus. But bowl practices also provide a little "showtime."

That's what Mark Dantonio calls the scrimmages that allow MSU's younger players to make impressions. Some of them are redshirting freshmen, some are active players with secondary roles. Here are 10 guys, at various stages and in alphabetical order, who could become primary in 2015:

DWags wrote:Damn, I can't wait for this game to happen.  Then, I'll go through withdrawl and depression till March Madness.  Oh, I'll try to watch the last half of our bball games, but Im just not a huge fan of regular season basketball.  If Michigan loses to teams like NJIT and Eastern, they should be excluded from consideration from the tournament no matter how many games they win.  If you lost those games in football it would be more than devastating.  

DWags wrote:Damn, I can't wait for this game to happen. Then, I'll go through withdrawl and depression till March Madness. Oh, I'll try to watch the last half of our bball games, but Im just not a huge fan of regular season basketball. If Michigan loses to teams like NJIT and Eastern they should be excluded from consideration from the tournament no matter how many games they win. If you lost those games in football it would be more than devastating.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:+1 for the SCum reference. You're a great Spartan.

Go Green!

NigelUno wrote:

Thank God (or whatever dictator that runs Costa Rica) there is no wifi in Costa Rica. When do you leave?

Robert J Sakimano wrote:Costa Rica was last year.. Nicaragua this year.

Leaving tomorrow.. so you guys will be on your own for a while.

NigelUno wrote:

Oh.

Are you going to one of the Playas?

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Interesting. I think we should all tweet @ Joe and ask him for updates on Arnett.

I want to see Demetrius Cooper in the bowl game a lot. I know both of those guys are awfully good but it looked a lot to me like Rush and Calhoun were playing too many downs and getting gassed. Did they not trust Cooper? I saw him a bit at the end of the season more and he played well.

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:Interesting. I think we should all tweet @ Joe and ask him for updates on Arnett.

Rocinante wrote:Matt Sokol as a big punishing tight end is something I want to see again. Price is great, but I want to see a guy that will run over people again.

Herbie Green wrote:Who is going to be the 2nd corner for this bowl game?
Is Lippett even an option with this fast pace?
I would have said Cox but that article says he is staying at safety so I guess that means back to Hicks.
I think corner will be the most critical position next year. Tough to replace two lock down corners in two years. We already had trouble replacing the first one and now we will have zero. Unfortunately no way to really go but down when you are talking about replacing the top two corners in MSU history.

Vlad wrote:

Price is not "great". The TE spot can use an upgrade.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:Costa Rica was last year.. Nicaragua this year.

Leaving tomorrow.. so you guys will be on your own for a while.

Turtleneck wrote:

I expect overall posting to decrease by 12% in your absence.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:why... are you gonna stalk me?

I think we'll be just north of Playa Maderas - on the Pacific side.

steveschneider wrote:

God bless you, you are a great American.

Turtleneck wrote:

I expect overall posting to decrease by 12% in your absence.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:why... are you gonna stalk me?

I think we'll be just north of Playa Maderas - on the Pacific side.

LooseGoose wrote:

So sexual tourism makes for a great American?

LooseGoose wrote:

How long will you be gone?

WhiteBoyHatcher wrote:

It's going to be Lippett.

Turtleneck wrote:No, but we need to hire a full-time temp poster while you're gone.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:why... are you gonna stalk me?

Robert J Sakimano wrote:you could check with tRCMB since they're our developmental league.. if there is a poster there who doesn't adhere to their rigid limits to free speech, he/she might just qualify.

Turtleneck wrote:No, but we need to hire a full-time temp poster while you're gone.

LooseGoose wrote:Just so SpartanNH will see that we do care about Spartan Sports:




http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2014/12/19/hey-joe-msu-football-terry-london/20627397/