Parseghians theorem Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 michigan st is No. 1 in total defense but has only played the 119 and 99th ranked total offenses (and one FCS team). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTennant Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Kinda the same story line every year eh? They're relatively untested and we don't have any convincing victories at this point, so we'll just have to see who is the better team after the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangeruss Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 don't care who msu has played so far, this defense is good and will give ND fans fits all day Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankus Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 They had a good defense last year and return 7 starters, Their biggest loss is Ghoulston. Should be a good game. Glad we're at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parseghians theorem Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 see ND at 7 point favorite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketsan Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 see ND at 7 point favorite I give little credence to this especially since they were, what, 30 point faves last weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corysold Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 I give little credence to this especially since they were, what, 30 point faves last weekend? Well, 20.5, and won by 7. But 30 vs. Temple and won by 22. 3 point dog to Mich and lost by 11. So basically, ND is averaging about 10 points worse than the spread. So we can expect a 3 point loss this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corysold Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 michigan st is No. 1 in total defense but has only played the 119 and 99th ranked total offenses (and one FCS team). Which sounds great until you see that ND has played the 96th and 118th ranked offenses as well, in addition to Michigan at 52nd. And ND's defense sits in 56th. I fear Tommy and the boys could be in a for a long day if they can't get the run going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parseghians theorem Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 think taking sparty to cover the 7 is smart I would imagine. seems high. but mich does have freshman QB playing in ND stadium. although who knows how that will go. but if we struggle on offense this season, i think we know the defense might not be able to keep us ingames lipomg enough like last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NDhoosier Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Dont be fooled, their defense is still probably the best we will face all year, but I doubt they are truly the best in the nation. The problem Mich St. has is that they have no offense. If anyone mentions that no name team giving up 55 points, then you might as well mention that they gave up 17 points to a terrible no name team as well, so we should score about 40 points... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsnack34 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 michigan st is No. 1 in total defense but has only played the 119 and 99th ranked total offenses (and one FCS team). Yeah, and what is our offense ranked at? ND is ranked 50 in offense so we are not blowing the doors off anyone either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piratey Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Dont be fooled, their defense is still probably the best we will face all year, but I doubt they are truly the best in the nation. The problem Mich St. has is that they have no offense. If anyone mentions that no name team giving up 55 points, then you might as well mention that they gave up 17 points to a terrible no name team as well, so we should score about 40 points... Their front 7 is solid, it's not "SEC fast" and have a lot of undersized kids. It'll be the best front 7 we see till Stanford for sure. That said, their secondary might not have an equal in the nation. Isiah Lewis and Darqueze Dennard will both be playing on Sunday next year and Kurtis Drummond looks awfully sharp playing FS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corysold Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Their front 7 is solid, it's not "SEC fast" and have a lot of undersized kids. It'll be the best front 7 we see till Stanford for sure. That said, their secondary might not have an equal in the nation. Isiah Lewis and Darqueze Dennard will both be playing on Sunday next year and Kurtis Drummond looks awfully sharp playing FS... So you are saying the Tommy Rees arm strength question will be answered this week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo88 Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Who the hell said they might be the best in the nation? That is ridiculous. They might be top 15, but they need to play a decent team first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGuy Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 So you are saying the Tommy Rees arm strength question will be answered this week? The thought of that made me puke a little.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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