Quote:I very much dislike you for mentioning this alternate reality and demand you damage my brain until I can no longer think of this.....idea....you've posited!
Very much true. Some folks behind the scenes out here would know better than I, but I would Guess that if Him and Dave Doeren gelled/rolled really well early on, your coach may be PJ Fleck right now. And you'd have oars all over the place, and us WMU fans would be rolling our eyes non-stop, flipping our hair scoffing, etc.
WMU put up a good fight. No quit in the team. That IS what PJ's Energy (fueled by Red Bull I'm sure; he Has to be a sponsor for that lol) brings.
But WMU did drop an gimme pass for what would have been a TD in the 1st half. Missed a 39 yarder in opening drive in a no-pressure situation on own turf. 8 penalties for 77 yards, compared to MSU's only 25 yards of penalties the whole game. Some drive extenders/killers. MSU should have made our QB have negative running yards, but aside from a 4 yard run by the QB, 8 situations/sacks for -31 yards. Ouch. Too much. Plus, 2 KEY INTs on our part (one a bopped ball in the air deep in our own territory), so we lost the turnover battle, too.
With all that said, our will & strength of a thousand field mice kept us fighting. Lost by 13 to #5. Kept some pride going in the MAC (West). CMU aimed to be 2nd-worst in the MAC West only lost to OK-State by 11.
Hopefully tomorrow the MAC East can hold their own and do decently. Akron vs Oklahoma and BGSU vs Tennessee. Maybe PJ can give them a fire-up speech! :)