WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:58.479 Be following is a presentation of play fly sports properties. Don't never, never 2 00:00:58.640 --> 00:01:02.039 let anybody tell you who you are. Don't Tha might tell you what you 3 00:01:02.159 --> 00:01:04.239 can what you can't do. If you believe it, that's what you can 4 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:07.760 do. You don't have to people tell you what's are, what you're not. 5 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:19.640 Your original focus walk mat of con suck to the plot that call everything 6 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:26.000 You got a man left men rusty pattern catch made by Jade Reid camps over 7 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:30.280 a man as he runs to his right. Bertie ought to be better night 8 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:34.120 and down he goes fires over the middle, caught on the run by Milie 9 00:01:34.239 --> 00:01:37.879 Carr's at midfield. He's just a forty five now the forty angling for the 10 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:42.560 far left sideline. Throws to the right. Pilot jump catch Keot Colvin in 11 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:48.159 motion Jade Reid left or right. Jade wants to throw it. He's got 12 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:53.079 a man at the gold ride jump catch made for a Spartan score and off 13 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:55.879 to handle him walk him out hitting down at the line of scrimmage. Is 14 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:59.799 the ball, Losia, Yes, it is the end zone. He came 15 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:07.360 touchdown. How to Spark win their homecoming game? That's what we're capable were 16 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:15.080 doing conferty football offense teams came responded to avarsy, stick us together. Co'm 17 00:02:15.080 --> 00:02:19.840 saying locking out the noise, and then we got what we wanted, inspirational 18 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:24.960 words from inside the Spartan locker room after the dramatic come from behind victory in 19 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:30.479 double overtime by Michigan State over Wisconsin in double overtime. As we know on 20 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:37.199 Homecoming this is Sparta. I'm your host, Jason Strayhorn along with my co 21 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:46.879 host Otus Wiley and Jay You to two pulker, big big game on Homecoming 22 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:53.520 weekend, Fellas, what do you think, big dubs? Uh? You 23 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:55.120 know it was great and you could tell, you know, from the beginning 24 00:02:55.360 --> 00:02:59.840 from when that cliff we just played of Coach Tucker in the locker room, 25 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:04.240 fired up inspired. If you listen to that, you know, without with 26 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:07.680 blinders on, you wouldn't know that was a team that was on for losing 27 00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:10.800 a four game losing streak. You would think that's a team coming out ready 28 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:15.039 to play another one. So it was very cool to get inside the locker 29 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:20.599 room footage and see the inspiration that was coming from there. Yeah, the 30 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:24.520 Jay's point, man, it was it was electric. Homecoming people coming back 31 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:30.000 from all over, from near and far. You just hope and wish that 32 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:38.280 every home game was that where everybody came back. But I felt a different 33 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:46.120 sense of I guess Pride Urgency playing free. You saw guys that I don't 34 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:51.360 know if you saw it with that Mobamba song playing, and you saw the 35 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:54.840 huddle and the sideline jumping and dancing around. To Jay's point in our last 36 00:03:54.960 --> 00:04:00.800 podcast was that they were having fun, right, so to win in this 37 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:05.919 fashion. We always played Wisconsin to the nail, biers Man to the end 38 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:10.479 of the game. You know. They did say earlier that, you know, 39 00:04:10.599 --> 00:04:15.520 the team that gets to seventeen will win the game, but clearly it 40 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:18.240 was more than that, and so it was electric. H I loved it, 41 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:21.920 every part of it. I can't wait to deep dive and talk about 42 00:04:21.959 --> 00:04:29.399 it. How about the chop towels. How cool? Especially when the lights 43 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:30.959 man Like, at first it was like it started a little slow. It 44 00:04:31.079 --> 00:04:34.800 was like hell, you know, and then when that when that overtime and 45 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:39.800 then that lights were hidding, You're like, okay, this this looked like 46 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:44.600 a little Heines, a little Acressure field. It looks like the acres Sure 47 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:50.360 field. Terrible Towe man. So kudos to Laurna Burley who is heading up 48 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:56.519 the fan engagement. She she she she brought that to life where we haven't 49 00:04:56.560 --> 00:05:00.560 had that in a long time, where a stadium full stadium giveaway. So 50 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:03.439 I'm looking forward to putting that onto one of them sponsors that we have listed 51 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:08.519 to put their logo on that town. So you heard it here. We're 52 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:12.600 gonna get that done next year. Yeah, definitely, that was that was 53 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:17.600 ver. I love that plugging, plugging the business were more so, you 54 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:24.040 know, you know absolutely, I gotta love it, man, And you 55 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:27.240 said, it's exciting brand of football, you know. Thirty four to twenty 56 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:30.680 eight. Last time Michigan State had an overtime game was against Nebraska a year 57 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:34.720 ago, winning twenty three to twenty in front of the Spartan fans. But 58 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:40.399 it was just a special electric moment to have so many people back in town 59 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:44.319 for homecoming and a lot of recruits were there as well, and there was 60 00:05:44.360 --> 00:05:48.439 a lot of favorable responses and reactions from the recruits. And we'll dive into 61 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:54.639 that in future shows when we talk about what an impact the Spartan fans made 62 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:59.160 on the future Spartans, because it makes a difference, and they came away 63 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:03.480 so encourage about the atmosphere. And that's what the young players think about the 64 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:08.399 atmosphere and Spartan Nation. You made a difference on that one, There's no 65 00:06:08.519 --> 00:06:11.480 doubt about it. And you know, guys, it was an exciting ball 66 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:15.920 game. We're gonna get down into the game day stat breakdown presented to you 67 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:21.839 by eye Hop. Right now, the two x two by two breakfast combo 68 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:27.240 equals one delicious meal. Enjoy two pancakes, two eggs your way, and 69 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:32.079 two pieces of bacon for only five dollars only at ihop. Hurry in and 70 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:38.879 enjoy this deal for a limited time, dying in only. Price and participation 71 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:44.160 may vary. Restrictions apply. All right, fellas well man, you know 72 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:49.800 it was an exciting game down to the wire. We talked about Wisconsin was 73 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:55.199 it was held to two hundred and eighty three yards a total offense, a 74 00:06:55.279 --> 00:06:59.399 team that came in averaging well over three hundred and twenty plus yards a three 75 00:06:59.439 --> 00:07:02.199 hundred eighty yard of offense in Michigan State. On the other side, three 76 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:08.519 and eighty nine yards of offense really kicked off by two hundred and ninety yard 77 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:15.680 or two hundred's a five yard performance by Peyton Thorn throwing the ball. Yeah, 78 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:18.360 Thorn had a you know, he had a good day. The communication 79 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:23.959 with him and his receivers, you could see that he felt he wasn't impressing 80 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:27.079 us much. And I say a lot of that credit goes to the fact 81 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:30.920 that Michigan State was able to establish the run game. And establish the run 82 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:35.120 game early in the first quarter, Michigan State already had fifty yards rushing the 83 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:40.720 ball. Now let's you know, rewind to last week's game when they had 84 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:44.879 seven total yards of Russian So that's night and day different. So that's what 85 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:47.279 we keep saying on here. Run the football. That's going to allow you 86 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:51.560 to open up your pass game. And that's what we saw with Berger, 87 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:58.360 you know, having the revenge game on his former team and our boy Elijah 88 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:01.279 Collins coming in and getting those tough it's getting that tough touchdown that was that 89 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:05.920 was the thing that kept the Wisconsin defense on their heels and we were able 90 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:11.600 to open up the pass game a little bit. Yeah, he doesn't, 91 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:16.160 he doesn't, he doesn't disappoint. He's definitely gonna bring up the running backsn't 92 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:20.759 no matter if we start off, quarterback goes back to the running game. 93 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:24.000 I mean, it's the bread and butter man. We know, we know 94 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:26.000 if you can't run, you can't run a rock. You can't just be 95 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:30.199 one dimensional. So you know, Dave loves to toe that rock man. 96 00:08:30.720 --> 00:08:33.879 You know. So we were talking about this earlier with uh, you know 97 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:39.000 Jason and I. You know, we talked about where Elijah collins energy and 98 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:45.360 his his impact goes well beyond obviously told the rock. So when he gets 99 00:08:45.399 --> 00:08:48.360 in there, it's electric. He hits the hole and grabs the ball and 100 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:52.799 goes straight north south and just you know, one hit. He's not going 101 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:56.879 down, He's he's seeing the hole quickly and getting getting north and south. 102 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:01.960 And so it almost lifts up j Burger where you saw him run in for 103 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:07.039 that end zone on that rushing touchdown where it was aggressive. He went through 104 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:09.840 and it looked like Jay, you bought there. It was like no, 105 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:13.120 knock him off one shoulder into the end zone. And so that's what the 106 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:20.240 pound green pound. That's that feeling where you feel like you almost just ran 107 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:24.600 that football in because it was aggressive with an angst and urgency of just I 108 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:28.159 need to get in an end zone and once you get an end zone, 109 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:31.159 you start feeling good man, And I think that's where we start to let 110 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:35.480 allow Wisconsin's defense have to respond to that, which opened up the passing game, 111 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:39.519 which we've been talking about it since day one. So if you have 112 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:43.080 a balance attack, you know, Peyton's able to do what he does best. 113 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:46.399 And you know, I don't want to knock him wood, but it 114 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:50.679 felt like Peyton Thorne was Backman and his mojo, playing free launching the ball. 115 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:54.679 Even if there were some overthrown passes, at least he was taking chances 116 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:58.519 down the field, which is a total difference than what you know he was 117 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:05.200 doing the past couple of games. Without a question. You look at the 118 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:11.600 production for Jalen Berger sixteen carries for fifty nine yards and a touchdown. Elijah 119 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:18.519 Collins fourteen carries for forty three yards, So just between the two of them, 120 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:22.240 that's thirty thirty carries. You know, Sure was talking about, you 121 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:28.200 know, thirty called run plays. You know that's last week we had thirteen 122 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:31.679 total run plays between three running backs. So that's what I'm saying. You 123 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:35.639 know, you have to try to establish the run game. That's gonna help, 124 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:41.360 that's gonna help you build your confidence and Otie, like you were talking 125 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:43.399 about, you saw Elijah Collins running and getting those tough yards, then what 126 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:48.480 you see Burger running getting those tough yards. Because when you have that running 127 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:52.960 back by committee, all of a sudden, that internal competition is that anything 128 00:10:52.039 --> 00:11:00.600 you can do, I can do better. So that starts coming in and 129 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:05.320 those guys start feeding off each other. And what happens is the defense now 130 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:07.919 they're like, oh wait, wait, what's happening. Now they start getting 131 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.240 off the bench and standing on the sidelights watching the game. You know, 132 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:16.240 when the defense or the offense is watching their other counterparts play, that's when 133 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:20.360 you get that juice is blowing, and that's when the mojo's going and that 134 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:24.960 excitement is building. Now, Jason, we can't we can't go without saying 135 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:31.519 that the offensive line and the trenches looked a whole lot better. I mean, 136 00:11:31.919 --> 00:11:35.679 we look at it where they were giving paying some time. They also 137 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:39.559 allowed him to do some some passing, getting out, getting outside the pocket, 138 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:43.480 but also kind of peeling back and helping them out. And so you 139 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:46.559 know that changes the game where then we can stretch it. Man, we 140 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:54.080 finally get our tight end big time. Catch, which was crucial, you 141 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.919 know, coming down running almost into the end zone. I mean, I 142 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:00.679 don't think no one wanted to try to tackle him and had to get these 143 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:07.279 legs basically. So yeah, offense was a different offense which also helps the 144 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:11.960 defensive side. They got a lot of breathers, so yeah, yeah it 145 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:18.320 was good. Yeah defensively, Well, before you we go to the defense, 146 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.600 Jason and Oates, like, do we have between Baker and our Titans? 147 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:26.360 Do we have the biggest Titans in the Big ten? Both our boys 148 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:31.080 are big and athletic. Yes, we're looking for Daniel Barker to be Daniel 149 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:35.039 Barker. You know, we haven't seen a glimpse of him since he had 150 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:37.759 that one handed touchdown in the corner in Spartan Stadium. You know, he 151 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:43.320 had that one big catch with the drag in Maryland. But kudos to Milie 152 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:48.000 Carr with that big seventy two yard reception where you know, Peyton Thorn you 153 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:52.879 know, put a zip on that ball and was for seventy seventy two yards 154 00:12:52.360 --> 00:12:58.240 where set up Elijah Collins for that touchdown, which was crucial drive for us 155 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:01.279 in that moment. So you know, Jay, you I mean we talked 156 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:05.399 about having the biggest tight ends and the big ten. I mean, I 157 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:11.039 haven't seen big tight ends and athletic from any other offense you know, in 158 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:13.879 the country. Yeah, you're one hundred percent right, And you know you 159 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:18.639 talk about Barker not being there right now since that big catch. But it's 160 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:22.799 the next man up mentality. All these guys have the talent, and Malik 161 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:26.200 car displayed it. He has the size and he has the speed, you 162 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:30.159 know on that big run that he had outrunning some of his some of the 163 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:33.799 defenders from Wisconsin. So it's that next man up mentality. You practice like 164 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:37.639 a starter, you practice like you're gonna get those meaningful game reps. And 165 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:45.799 that's what happened. You know. I thought that when Malik got in the 166 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:50.480 ball game and was able to run that nice little seam route, it was 167 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:54.480 the fact that Michigan State had stayed so committed to the run. If you 168 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:58.039 look at that play, the two linebackers were looking in the backfield the whole 169 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:03.000 time. They didn't pay attention to the six five, two hundred and sixty 170 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:07.000 five pound behemos running right by him. I mean, it wasn't like they 171 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:09.799 couldn't find him in a crowd, but they were so focused on man, 172 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:13.679 who's gonna get the ball next, who's gonna be the bruising back between Elijah 173 00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:18.519 Collins's gonna be Burger, a guy that we know that's still gonna lower his 174 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:24.000 shoulder pads and run through us, run through our faith. As we had 175 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:26.759 Darrel Worthy on here and he said that I like that term run through they 176 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:31.159 face. So in what happened, Malik Carr runs right by that face and 177 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:35.559 he goes seventy to y'alls should have scored. You know, he got tackled 178 00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:39.360 at the very end. I think he ran out a little gas as he 179 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:50.720 got towards the sideline. But that is an athletic down the field. I'm 180 00:14:50.720 --> 00:14:54.080 gonna take you. I'm gonna take you a little inside the huddle here, 181 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:56.600 and so I'm back in mind that you see a big run like that, 182 00:14:56.720 --> 00:15:00.480 you obviously want a guy to score. But this a little bit of you 183 00:15:00.519 --> 00:15:01.679 if you're a big back, if you're a logic college like, come on, 184 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:05.360 man, fall down at the one, fall down at the one so 185 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:09.919 I can punch it. Yeah, I mean Pete, shout out to Pete, 186 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:15.200 who's helping us run this thing? I remember was in our last podcast. 187 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:18.720 He was like, I didn't realize Jay, you had that many touchdowns. 188 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:22.279 I was like, yeah, it was because Jay reed or somebody got 189 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:28.559 up to the five. He got all that he got off of. In 190 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:33.240 my defense, in my defense, all right, I didn't have twenty one 191 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:35.759 touchdowns in twenty one yards. I had to wear eight hundred yards that year, 192 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:39.240 Thank you very much. Yeah, you was told that rock thing, 193 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:41.600 which I said, you had some glimches, but you also used to come 194 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:56.000 here ready crash packet package to the ball. Oh that's awesome. They don't 195 00:15:56.039 --> 00:16:00.039 call it for nothing. For nothing, I mean, let's turn our attention 196 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:04.360 to, you know, the defensive side where you know we've been struggling these 197 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:12.840 past four weeks, right, and you clearly saw a whole complete change. 198 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:19.879 When x Xavier Henderson number three is back in the ball game playing dressed, 199 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:25.320 you know he did all that he could with the knee brace. We call 200 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:30.000 that the office of line don Joy knee brace. I've had the privilege of 201 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:34.159 wearing at my senior year, and it is not an easy task or feet 202 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:38.840 to sit there and backpedal and try to cover with that knee brace. But 203 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:44.919 when you see him in the secondary. You saw a complete change in the 204 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:51.799 communication where you saw signals, you saw him checking, correcting, even right 205 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:55.159 before the priest snap, and it was very active, and you saw a 206 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:59.159 difference in how we were playing, how we were attacking, and I think 207 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:03.000 the morale was up because you had your leader back and it almost sounds it 208 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:08.440 almost looked like he was communicating to every position on the field. And so 209 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:12.680 him being back in the limited reps that he was in, he made a 210 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:18.799 huge benefital factor, benefiting factor for our defense. I mean, ju you 211 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:23.319 saw it on the sideline, I mean the electric piece of it. Whereas 212 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:27.400 our front, our front seven was getting to the backfield. It was a 213 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:32.920 complete difference. Yeah, definitely. You know, having a guy like x 214 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:37.119 back there if won if a morale boost for the defense. And then also 215 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:42.079 too, let's not lose focus on the fact that Jacob Slade returned to the 216 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:48.720 middle there and creating that pressure. And something that I really really liked that 217 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:55.880 Scotty Hazel then did was he dropped Winman into that linebacker. So the Ran 218 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:59.839 kind of looked a hybrid four to three defense there, and I think that 219 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:03.359 that's what some of the success came from. I got a glimpse of that 220 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:07.799 when we were at Maryland there ran a stunt and winmen must have at the 221 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:11.640 end and dropped back to the linebacker stage, and that confused tongue an looa. 222 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:17.359 So I think that confuses a lot of quarterbacks, you know, having 223 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:21.240 him drop back like that. So I think that nice wrinkle, an adjustment 224 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:30.039 that Coach Hazleton did really paid dividends. Without question. You saw him playing 225 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:34.240 in his natural position at linebacker. He's got great feet, you know. 226 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:38.279 Obviously he's got a lot of pass rush ability, but against some of the 227 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:45.400 top level offensive tackles in the Big Ten, you know, he's just not 228 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:49.039 the large human being that you see sometimes playing on that end that that has 229 00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:52.599 that short burst that gets out. He does have the moves, don't get 230 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:56.559 me wrong, but much more of a linebacker guy. Just what you hear 231 00:18:56.559 --> 00:19:00.319 at Coach Tucker talking about it is one of the most self less since stefless 232 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:04.839 guys on the teams, willing to give up his glory in his most comfortable 233 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:08.839 position for the greater good of the team, in which that's what he's been 234 00:19:08.880 --> 00:19:12.720 doing for the first six weeks of play here. Not only was he good 235 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:17.759 at being able to make those plays in the in the backfield and intercept the 236 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:22.480 ball again, he comes up with a another forest fumble. I think it 237 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:30.000 sits now on the season for Jacoby women being the first Michigan State defender ever 238 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:34.640 to be named Big Ten Player of the Week three concepts three times during one 239 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:38.559 season. That's a great feat. Guys. I was waiting on you, 240 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:48.039 Straighthormed to impersonate his voice when you talked about to Yeah, what is he 241 00:19:48.160 --> 00:19:51.519 looking to do when he sees the ball? I was waiting on that impersonation 242 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:55.039 that you just need. So we got to play that interview. You know, 243 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:56.640 we can't. We gotta get the interview from the post game show me 244 00:19:56.680 --> 00:20:00.920 and Jay you did, and obviously Will team was in the locker room with 245 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:03.519 the Goldie. But man, all I heard him say was, Man, 246 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:07.079 look him, Man, I just got to get that ball. That's what 247 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:11.240 That's what we're here, folks. The ball, he said. He goes 248 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:15.799 after the ball in full paths and walk through it don't matter. He's going 249 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:18.319 in the line to get food. He's looking for that ball. That's what 250 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:21.960 he wants. And that's what it was in New Orleans, man, and 251 00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:25.720 that's what they think it was cool. Me and Jayu. We saw Brandon 252 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:32.519 Jordan after the game. Was one of the coaches you know that he helps 253 00:20:32.599 --> 00:20:34.839 develop along the way I think out from Oklahoma. I believe he was, 254 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:41.200 and you know he was, you know, obviously very very happy. Jay, 255 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:44.759 you're getting elaborate on that. Yeah, you know, we did see 256 00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:48.319 Coach Jordan. Had had an opportunity to hang out with him a little bit 257 00:20:48.359 --> 00:20:49.519 after the game, and you know, he was thrilled with the way the 258 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:53.640 defensive line played coming together. Now all the pieces are starting to come there 259 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:57.960 and like I said, Jacob Slade coming in there being that forced rushing up 260 00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:02.119 the middle because a lot of the times what people don't rather always you know 261 00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:04.319 this better than anybody. If you if you get a lot of people rushing 262 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:08.599 upfield on the ends, what happens is the quarterback just slides up in the 263 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:12.000 pocket and he has the ability to run or you know, throw the ball, 264 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:17.839 but with slay and they're bringing that pressure from him in the in the 265 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:22.240 face, you know, he can't slide up in the pocket. So Coach 266 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:25.920 Jordan's doing a lot of good things with those guys. Winman, you know, 267 00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:30.200 he said in the postgame show in practice he'said always, you know, 268 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:33.119 trying to knock the ball out of the running backs hands. And for running 269 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:34.759 backs, you hate that, you hate that. You know it's a Dane 270 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:37.759 practice. You just want to chaill a little bit. And you know you're 271 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:41.559 running through a walkthrough and you got a guy coming and knocking the ball out 272 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:44.799 of your hands. You know you're not expecting it, but you know it 273 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:47.480 pays dividends. He does it all the time in practice. And he said 274 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:52.480 he practices like he plays the game, and that showed on Saturday night. 275 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:59.319 Yeah, I mean the guy had eleven tackles and was just production points, 276 00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:03.039 like kind of mind you of Greg Jones and all the production points he would 277 00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:07.319 get in the game. You know, let's not forget you know, Angelo 278 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:11.480 Gross eight tackles. And then you got defensive back freshman Dylan Tatum, you 279 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:15.920 know, adding to six stops. It was a committee. It was a 280 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:19.799 defensive stopping the offense by committee. It's not just relying on one guy. 281 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.119 You know, you kind of want to see that. You don't want to 282 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:26.519 see your safeties. Eighteen plus tackles. Clearly something's not happening on the front 283 00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:32.559 seven. But it looked like everyone was having fun man, And I think 284 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:36.400 that was a difference maker of whoever was out in the field. It was 285 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:41.319 basically, I'm gonna make the play. I'm not gonna wait on my counterpart 286 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:44.200 here to make the play. If we all have that mentality, I'm gonna 287 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:47.039 make the play, then all eleven was going to be at the ball. 288 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:48.920 You saw a different sense of urgency out there on the back end. We 289 00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:52.400 did give up some stuff that we've seen that we've had some troubles with, 290 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:56.400 you know, the hook curls or the deep drives or deep outs, but 291 00:22:57.279 --> 00:23:00.720 you know we could live with that. We didn't give up long ball, 292 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:03.799 you know. Besides, you know we talked about this with a mere speed 293 00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:07.519 and you know the smash, the smash, you know, smash route, 294 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:11.400 the smash corner route, that's a universal route. And we talk about the 295 00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:15.839 best corners being able to bake the flat route and get to the corner route. 296 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:22.279 And on that one touchdown where just loses eye control versus not knowing and 297 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:26.039 sensing that that corner is right there running his corner corner route and all he 298 00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:30.839 had to do was peel back versus open up and his hips and it probably 299 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:34.359 would have been a turnover. Knowing that he has a long range tall you 300 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:38.319 know, tall body building, so you know, we'll get those buttoned up. 301 00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:41.880 Man. I think that's what they looked at. We have an off 302 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:45.720 week, clearly, so we have some time to get people back up to 303 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:48.279 speed and healthy. Uh in your mind right too, where you get a 304 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:52.519 little relaxation. We're still doing practicing, but yeah, go ahead, go 305 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:57.920 aheads right. No, I mean you're you're you're, you're right on target. 306 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:02.799 And you know what I was thinking is this. You had that play 307 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:08.279 that a mere Speed missed in the corner. You had the dropped interception by 308 00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:14.599 Dylan Tatum at the end of regulation. You also had another drop interception. 309 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:18.160 Brantley was sitting out in the end zone. This is in overtime, and 310 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:23.319 then Gross comes out of from the side Periffery and tips it and confuses him 311 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:29.240 and they drop it again. Those are plays that teams go into the tank 312 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:32.720 over if you look at what this team has been able to do, if 313 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:34.799 there's anything obviously, the win loss record isn't where you want it to be 314 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:38.559 as a fan or as a player, as anybody that's associated with the program. 315 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:45.480 But the ability for this team to be mentally tough enough to focus on 316 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:49.720 the next play and forget about what just happened and block out the noise is 317 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:56.400 incredible. It's absolutely incredible. I've seen teams which would that are that are 318 00:24:56.440 --> 00:25:03.160 way have better records, that have had way better luck than this team completely 319 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:07.640 fractured by now on the sideline and in that locker room because you know, 320 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:11.519 offense ain't doing this, defense ain't doing that specialty like that, you know, 321 00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:15.039 the complimentary football rhetoric that people I'm sure sick of on the outside. 322 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:22.039 It works, it's working because now that team is what we call a team. 323 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:26.200 They aren't watching film and individual groups. They're watching the film together so 324 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:30.599 they know, okay, we are close. All we have to do is 325 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:33.759 focus on the next play. And you are seeing the progression of this come 326 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:38.359 to light not only in you know, week over week, but play by 327 00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:41.480 play. And there's a lot of people who talk to us, Jayu. 328 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:45.680 You heard them after the game that said, man, you know that that 329 00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:48.720 missed interception. I was worried that they was going to come back to bite 330 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:52.599 them. Right, you guys have heard this before. You know, the 331 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:55.400 miss field go whatever, they could come back to bite you. It only 332 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:59.319 comes back to bite you if you focused on it all right, if you 333 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:03.880 focus on what I messed up on saying last quarter or last way, it 334 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:10.240 will bite you because you're not focused on let's ask at him. Yeah, 335 00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:12.039 And something I wanted to, you know, talk about the defense that we 336 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:15.759 haven't seen in the past few weeks, is you guys saw this. You 337 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:19.799 feel as old as you know the feeling of this. The defense this week 338 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:25.559 got off the field on third downs. You know when it's third down, 339 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:30.000 the crowd got into it and they fed off the crowd and they were able 340 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:33.599 to get off the field and get their offense back on to the field on 341 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:37.200 third downs. That is something that's key, and that's something that's not a 342 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:40.799 you know, you don't have a third and eight and they complete it and 343 00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:44.119 that's a punch and a gut keep that drive going and going and going. 344 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:48.640 So that's that's a big improvement. And I think that's due to changing a 345 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:52.960 little bit of the scheme and having guys back from injury. Well, we 346 00:26:52.079 --> 00:27:00.240 also we forget that we have a weapon as a returner, so mentally we 347 00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:02.920 need to get on the field so we get the ball number one, like 348 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:07.759 that's where he's best at in space, catching the pump return and taking into 349 00:27:07.799 --> 00:27:11.519 the house, which he did take onto the house, which is very very 350 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:15.680 skeped out. Another one on that block where it was like a side block, 351 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:18.559 not behind, but it was very very game of benches. Right. 352 00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:23.319 This is another one that happened where it was called back, but the way 353 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:27.880 he ran that pump return still the momentum shift. Even though it was called 354 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:33.319 back. We took that momentum back where at first I thought we were like 355 00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:38.279 going downhill a little bit, and finally you know that drive. I feel 356 00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:41.519 like that drive kind of electrified, you know, the offense again. But 357 00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:45.400 we got to think about that when we're covering on third down. Dude, 358 00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:48.039 we gotta get out the field so we can get the ball number one and 359 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:52.880 let him do what he does best. Yeah, and I'll say it. 360 00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:56.680 I'll say it if everyone's thinking that everyone. For some people, the guys 361 00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.799 in the locker room can't say. But this year, the Big Ten of 362 00:27:57.839 --> 00:28:04.200 fishing has stunk. Big Ten officials stink this year. I mean you got 363 00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:08.880 to give more contexted, I mean, like why why have they stunk? 364 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:15.559 I mean, there's okay for you get the targeting call. You know on 365 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:25.440 Fletcher, that's not a targeting call, but because from the booth, you 366 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:32.759 guys are on the field level. Okay, Now that call happened simultaneous to 367 00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:37.880 another targeting call that happened down in Knoxville, Okay, the Alabama Tennessee game. 368 00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:41.720 So we're watching and it was they were going to the booth, you 369 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:47.559 know the the film, and on one of the monitors in our booth, 370 00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:55.000 they're showing another time the defensive lineman literally put his helmet right under the chin 371 00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:59.839 of Bryce young heyas the trophy winner a year ago from Alabama. You know, 372 00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:04.920 everybody's talking about how fragile the call against quarterbacks are being made in the 373 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:11.160 NFL level. You got a quarterback, Heisman Trophy quarterback that just got hit 374 00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:15.160 in the chin with the crown of a defender's helmet. We have a defender 375 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:22.039 that graves the chest area with the forearm, not the elbow, the forearm 376 00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:26.559 of a defender. He gets tossed. The guy from Tennessee stays in the 377 00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:34.039 ball game. Simultaneous happened from SEC referees and Big ten referees. So yeah, 378 00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:37.000 I mean, and also it hurts because, like shout out to Big 379 00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:42.359 Mike one of my karmenanes Worth Flint Karmen as Worth a lums. You know, 380 00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:45.200 you hate it because he was getting he was getting his motor going too, 381 00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:48.200 you know, on the on the field, and so for him to 382 00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:55.400 know come out now. I did see that the running back was clearly game 383 00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:59.960 table and being like already down to where then it was like you can see 384 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:03.720 like was he pushed, but like the way he lunch, Yeah, it 385 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:07.000 should have been a person team, not targeting car. You're taught. You're 386 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:11.720 taught play through the whistle, your top play for I'm a running back. 387 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:15.079 I get it. I'm expecting a hit to come over. I'm expecting that 388 00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:23.039 fire after the whistle, Like I said, one less, one less weapon. 389 00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:30.440 Yeah, so if the players are expecting it, and you know, 390 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:33.599 the thing is, I think it looked worse than it because the running back 391 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:37.240 was he was wrapped up. He couldn't really put his arms up to defend 392 00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:40.920 himself or anything like that. But at the end of the day, that's 393 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:44.680 not why a referees out there to make a play what looks worse than what 394 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:47.759 really is. They're there to call what they see, what happens. All 395 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:51.799 right, And I though I think that was a terrible call by them ejecting 396 00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:56.119 that young man and uh the block in the back uh for the punt return 397 00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:59.160 another one, and all through the season. The Big Ten officiating has been 398 00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:02.039 terrible throughout this season. Even when we were at Washington, that was a 399 00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:06.519 Big Ten crew and they made some very questionable calls there as well. So 400 00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:12.160 overall, the Big Ten officiating has been terrible this year. They can't find 401 00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:19.960 me nine penalties one hundred and three yards on the day. One hundred and 402 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:26.559 three yards. Every hundred yards equals rough with seven points, so when you 403 00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:29.400 give them one hundred yards, you just spot them seven, so that it 404 00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:32.640 should have been thirty four to twenty one when you look at it that way. 405 00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:37.720 I mean, let's I got let's rewind rewind back to that fourth and 406 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:42.279 two where we didn't get in like I mean we thought. I mean, 407 00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:45.480 I was like, Elijah Collins is going to get in. Clearly, I 408 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:48.519 don't know what happened, but I kind of blinked and it was already turned 409 00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:52.480 over on downs. Like we also had a time out, So what else 410 00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:56.839 could we have drawn up to get that that ball and the ball and the 411 00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:59.960 end zone because that would have been a different change of shift in the game 412 00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:05.480 too. Well, you know, from a from an offensive lineman's perspective, 413 00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:07.880 you know, like jay U is probably gonna say, give me the give 414 00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:13.680 me the lead the iol right over the guard. Anything that's just point blanking 415 00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:16.440 over the top or right through right that's that's probably what jay U is gonna 416 00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:21.279 like. Or the draw something like that, and that's what jay U's love. 417 00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:28.480 But as an offensive lineman, we want change a direction misdirection on the 418 00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:31.680 goal line because there's no time to react if you have athletes back there. 419 00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:36.960 So what I'm talking about there is I mean a hard fake to the outside 420 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:40.160 with a nice boot leg. You guys understand the bootleg action. So make 421 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:44.160 all the action go. Let's say to the right, for instance, and 422 00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:46.799 it looks like you're getting ready to hand the ball off to a speed sit 423 00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:51.160 that's gonna run to the corner of the pielone over there, and then you 424 00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:54.880 stop that action boot around, and you have a two receivers, so you 425 00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:58.680 can either throw it to the short receiver in the flat somebody in the back 426 00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:01.359 of the end zone, or run at your So that play is pretty much 427 00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:06.240 I mean it's like a ninety five percent success rate if you run it somewhere 428 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:09.119 around the third, fourth down and go inside the three yard line. My 429 00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:14.079 man, man, if you don't, if you don't stop right now, 430 00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:19.039 stray. If you don't stop right now, you get you inside. All 431 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:21.720 you want to do is get the rocks. I don't have nothing to do 432 00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:24.000 with to to. That's taking away from his stat that's all he cares about. 433 00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:29.079 Don't be cut wine. You're talking about your stat. You're trying to 434 00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:31.559 be cute. Let's do this, let's do this. Let's go back out 435 00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:36.920 and then they look and toss the ball to what tim Tebow jump ask run 436 00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:42.279 ball? No, no, no, put your head down the ball, 437 00:33:42.480 --> 00:33:45.960 put your head down. Run you don't have too in the backfield. Look 438 00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:51.319 we did that. It got stopped. That's the only time Colins have been 439 00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:55.160 stopped with that. So you live and die that. I live and die 440 00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:59.920 by that. Run the damn ball. You better you better had a right 441 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:02.359 guys up front opening that hole. That's all I'm saying. You better, 442 00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:07.839 you damn well better have the right guys in there and then the gap opening 443 00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:13.559 up the hole, because if not, you're gonna get stuffed full back gap 444 00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:20.679 if you did you take that rock? Where's the fullback? Wow? What 445 00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:25.119 happened to the full back? What happened? What happened to the dying breathe? 446 00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:29.039 Like, where is the full bad? Put it? Put it? 447 00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:31.719 Couple. He got a couple of years, he got a couple of years 448 00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:37.239 of eligibility. Left you getting there and lead block a fullback dive? Baby? 449 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:43.039 Come on man, okay, okay, See if you threw a full 450 00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:45.159 back in there. Now, this is where I say you can get a 451 00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:49.079 little cute there. You fake that dive and then pitch it. Yes, 452 00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:54.079 the tail back take See that that's a Jay Ring special right there. Right, 453 00:34:54.239 --> 00:35:00.079 that's that's Jack Right? Is that is that misdirection? That's that's that 454 00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:06.599 right? Fenty dive thirty nine toss g Get that guard kick kicking out there. 455 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:10.519 Put that guard out there on that corner. One on one child him 456 00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:15.480 nice, talk to him. Nice. You see that big ham hock from 457 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:24.440 that guard running in front of you. That's a tailbag you salivating now? 458 00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:30.039 Yeah? The ham honk just rocking. Ever reminds me of the game last 459 00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:37.760 night between Philadelphia Eagles in Dallas and they were trying to control what's the player 460 00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:42.920 at number eleven for for for Dallas' michaeh person ye Micah. Then they were 461 00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:45.599 trying to control him because he was taking over the game, you know, 462 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:50.840 right, tackle had gone out from Philly and uh so so Dallas, I 463 00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:55.199 mean Philly, sorry, running counters and just like kickout, like you said, 464 00:35:55.239 --> 00:35:59.880 the g play the powers right at Parson with the guard. And if 465 00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:04.599 you haven't heard it, go listen to what Chris Collinsworth said when he when 466 00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:08.480 Dickerson knocked out Michael Parks. I won't say it on the air here because 467 00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:14.199 it was questionable, but but Chris collins Worth, uh had a nice little 468 00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:19.519 taste of what you're talking about with the ham hoops coming after you start salivating 469 00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:22.679 as a running back. But that's the other side of it, you damn 470 00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:27.400 call. You're taught as a running back. Run to butts, Run to 471 00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:31.519 butts, that's what you're taught as a running back. But they don't save 472 00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:43.760 butts. Well they don't say, but at least you're not aiming at ankles. 473 00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:51.360 All right, guys, like, well, let's let's talk about the 474 00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:57.199 time. Let's talk about the overtime. We're talking about coach now over over 475 00:36:58.519 --> 00:37:04.880 calling that first play to the Jets, to the Jets, the Jet reverse 476 00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:10.440 to your boy read and through that dime I mean it was a dime ball 477 00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:15.760 like zip on it where if honestly, I thought I was about to get 478 00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:20.480 accepted. But then you got King Kong koleman, that's what his new king 479 00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:28.519 coman. Did you see that? I would that Picture prize shot of him 480 00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:34.239 like basically had a Jordan jump and live and just I mean, Moss is 481 00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:39.519 my man, and uh that that's a call that I'm glad to see versus 482 00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:45.039 the conservative call like all right, let's let's go three down and get to 483 00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.599 what we can get to and then kick the field goal. No, let's 484 00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:52.559 go for the go and that first player like that is what I like to 485 00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:55.079 see and I think everybody wants to see is let's take chances and live, 486 00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:59.360 live and die by it. And that was a huge piece right there, 487 00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:04.239 man where we needed that one. Now go ahead. So with that, 488 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:09.079 you know what that tells me as an offensive offensive coordinator. We don't trust 489 00:38:09.159 --> 00:38:19.960 kickers. I think it's not the kickers, the law snapper now them, 490 00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:24.079 it's all of them. It's all. It's all, it's all. When 491 00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:29.000 you got to you got two long slappers and two or three kickers kicking in 492 00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:32.039 the course of the five six games. We got nobody. And we need 493 00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:37.920 to rewind and go find my man's who kicked that big field goal the first 494 00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:43.480 time? Yes, yes, game, Yes, I asked him, did 495 00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:50.119 you have some abilities like I am, I'm graduated. Let's get a j 496 00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:53.800 R. Smith to come back. You complain, right, but ohis going 497 00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:58.000 back to going back to your uh you know your point there. I think 498 00:38:58.079 --> 00:39:02.280 that's just you know, coach Johnson going and saying, Hey, our guys 499 00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:06.480 are better than your guys, and what we're gonna do is we're gonna go 500 00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:09.360 and we're gonna take that shot. And it was a well designed play. 501 00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:15.079 And once again that's what happens when you run the football, because when you 502 00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:19.119 do that and put the ball in your best player's hand, in Reed's hand, 503 00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:22.599 those linebackers are shooting up, you know, and so he, you 504 00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:27.920 know, great poise by Reid. He threw the ball up there, threw 505 00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:31.159 it where he knew his guy, you know, can get hops, he 506 00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:34.880 can go up and he can get that ball and bring it down. And 507 00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:37.480 that was a great job. And the really cool thing is I was standing 508 00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:43.440 right behind you know, his family and you know they were going crazy. 509 00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:45.599 So it was really cool to see and good for them, and it's a 510 00:39:45.639 --> 00:39:52.719 great statement for MSU's offense. Here. You got to play right there. 511 00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:58.119 Did you see that ball? Though? You threw that ball like it was 512 00:39:58.199 --> 00:40:05.199 like in the backyard. She was like a doubt, no, no follow 513 00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:14.480 through. Yeah, but it was spinning though, it was ziffing like I 514 00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:16.800 think it was so quick people couldn't follow it. They were like, what 515 00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:22.559 is going on? But oh he scored touchdown boom. But then I mean 516 00:40:22.800 --> 00:40:30.880 then we fast forward to when Wisconsin the last one. Yeah. Yeah, 517 00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:34.719 So so Wisconsin has the ball and as we talked about it earlier, Jacoby 518 00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:37.199 comes up with the big play. You know, there's two. So they 519 00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:40.320 tie it up obviously with the play with a mere speed that you broke down 520 00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:46.199 already otis and then the following possession. Wisconsin has the ball and Jacoby takes 521 00:40:46.199 --> 00:40:52.480 it away. But the play that is ensuing go ahead, well that one 522 00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:58.280 will obviously we score. Then Wisconsin has possession. You know, it's third 523 00:40:58.320 --> 00:41:01.000 and long, and we were manned up, man free. We got to 524 00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:07.760 talking. We got the safety in the middle and a mere speed kind of 525 00:41:07.880 --> 00:41:09.960 you know, off the line, kind of trailing, but he catches up 526 00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:14.559 to his man, so like his man is covered. It's that crosser on 527 00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:19.679 the opposite side of what was trips right where the safety is trying to figure 528 00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:22.000 out, okay, which level, which receiver do I need to go after 529 00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:25.599 as I'm reading the eyes of the quarterback. But you think about it, 530 00:41:25.719 --> 00:41:30.119 we didn't get pressure, Like, we didn't get pressure. So he's sitting 531 00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:32.119 back there and just picking us apart, like well, I'm just gonna hit 532 00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:37.800 this crosser and this deep dragon no touchdown and so right then and there, 533 00:41:37.239 --> 00:41:42.239 But was it beyond that? We almost had the interception though, right and 534 00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:46.159 we dropped it. Yeah, that's that same drive. Like that's when I 535 00:41:46.239 --> 00:41:51.199 was like if we a lot of people in Spartan Stadium said that was our 536 00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:54.199 chance to seal it and we missed that opportunity, and everyone was like, 537 00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:59.119 I don't even know we can last the next overtime After they scored that, 538 00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:01.840 then all of a sudden, first drive to your point, go ahead straight 539 00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:10.199 and talk about women's capabilities of punching the ball out. Yeah, yeah, 540 00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:14.679 so Jay, you know I was with Jacoby when women was able to knock 541 00:42:14.760 --> 00:42:20.079 that ball out while the Badgers had the possession first in that second overtime, 542 00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:22.639 and you know, they're backed against the wall at that point. You know 543 00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:25.239 all they're gonna do, They're gonna be desperate that all you have to do 544 00:42:25.400 --> 00:42:30.280 is kick a field goal to win it. After the big turnover in overtime, 545 00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:36.199 Michigan State gets the ball Peyton Thorn. It's a called run play. 546 00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:40.800 At the line of scrimmage. The linebacker is walking up into the a gap, 547 00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:46.079 Sean Blin, and he looks outside and he sees his boy, you 548 00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:51.519 know from from Little League, Jayden Reid. One on one. There was 549 00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:55.039 no safety help. So Peyton change is a call. Like you know, 550 00:42:55.079 --> 00:43:00.159 we've been talking about Peyton making the wrong call and not having a confident then 551 00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:06.519 like that was not the Peyton that we saw on Saturday. Peyton changes a 552 00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:10.119 call with a gutsy call because now, hey, you can go the ball 553 00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:13.800 in arms way, they can pick it off, you can be going into 554 00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:15.599 a third overtime, right, There's a lot of things that could happen. 555 00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:21.880 But he trusted himself. He trusted most importantly his receiver in his offensive line 556 00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:25.400 to pick up the block. He calls the audible one on one back shoulder 557 00:43:25.480 --> 00:43:30.440 throat that we've seen feels like a hundred times to Jay Reid in the corner 558 00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:32.800 of the end zone, the front corner, and he comes down with it 559 00:43:34.679 --> 00:43:38.519 like in this ball game right there, walk off touchdown from Michigan State in 560 00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:45.679 that northeast corner which has had so many wonderful well come back in final plays 561 00:43:45.840 --> 00:44:12.639 for the Spartans favor right there. Guys with that Wisconsin must have nightmares up 562 00:44:12.679 --> 00:44:16.760 that northeast corner because that's where you talked about the hill area. That's crazy, 563 00:44:19.239 --> 00:44:21.719 crazy, you know, that's where that play was. But you know, 564 00:44:21.920 --> 00:44:27.079 back to that, we talked about Thorn and his receivers getting back on 565 00:44:27.159 --> 00:44:30.960 the same page and communicating well, and you broke that down perfectly. It 566 00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:32.599 was a called run play. He looked over that, he didn't see any 567 00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:37.639 safety help. He saw man to man and that's when he said, my 568 00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:40.800 guy is better than your guy. And I'm gonna show you right now. 569 00:44:42.119 --> 00:44:45.639 And this dates all the way back to last season. You saw it for 570 00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:51.280 the two point play against Michigan, you know, to go up against them 571 00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:53.440 last year was one on one. My guy's better than your guy. We 572 00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:58.920 saw it in the Chick fil A Peach Bowl against Pitt that same play, 573 00:44:59.159 --> 00:45:02.719 and we saw it a again on Saturday night. That is just simply having 574 00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:07.719 confidence in your players. That's having confidence in your you know, in your 575 00:45:07.800 --> 00:45:13.519 teammates and knowing that when the boss up there, the only person that's coming 576 00:45:13.559 --> 00:45:16.960 down with it is number one wearing the green and white. I mean, 577 00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:21.880 but man, this was the corner was seventy ten yards off the ball. 578 00:45:23.079 --> 00:45:27.000 That's like, that's like, just invite the man, like, hey, 579 00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:29.159 here you go, man, at least you're gonna get a first down. 580 00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:34.840 I mean, I'm so glad that they had that that that that relationship because 581 00:45:35.960 --> 00:45:38.199 it's crazy because we didn't even say hey, tap my head like bro, 582 00:45:38.480 --> 00:45:42.440 Like you didn't even have to say anything. It was just like, look 583 00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:46.360 to the right, I got you. Boom. I feel bad man, 584 00:45:46.360 --> 00:45:50.239 because that dude was he was in a position too, and I those of 585 00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:54.840 the nightmares as a dB because you handled it the right way. But best 586 00:45:54.960 --> 00:45:59.440 ball, man, What did Kean Komen say? He was like, he 587 00:45:59.559 --> 00:46:05.239 said, it's one hundred percent jump ball. I know I'm getting it fifty 588 00:46:05.320 --> 00:46:08.480 fifty balls, not fifty fifty ball. Yeah. Look, I like this 589 00:46:08.880 --> 00:46:13.960 let's talk about this one. Let's talk about this requip So March of this 590 00:46:14.159 --> 00:46:19.119 year, Kean Coleman tweets out, hey, I can't even see it fully, 591 00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:23.599 oh said dear me. In seven months, I'm gonna make you proud, 592 00:46:24.239 --> 00:46:28.719 And then he did that, Look at that. That is a post. 593 00:46:28.840 --> 00:46:34.239 That is a prize photo shot? Man, right? Photographer? Was 594 00:46:34.480 --> 00:46:39.519 is that that got that? But man, that's being post poster. That 595 00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:43.119 will be one of these boys like the one behind you. Otis hanging in 596 00:46:43.480 --> 00:46:52.159 in his man cave for sure, Man, for Sure's funny. Man. 597 00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:54.039 Well, guys, look, I mean it's been fun man. We got 598 00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:57.440 a lot of a lot of memories from this ball game. We can always 599 00:46:57.480 --> 00:46:59.960 talk about this one. To break it down, it was a great perform 600 00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:04.280 on all sides of the ball. Offense, defense, and special teams were 601 00:47:04.360 --> 00:47:09.079 included in this ball game. And the will to win coming back in overtime 602 00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:13.760 of double over time was special. So, you know, before we break 603 00:47:13.840 --> 00:47:15.440 it up and put a bow on this show, otis, what are your 604 00:47:15.480 --> 00:47:23.639 final thoughts? Final thoughts? I think that whatever preparation we did last week, 605 00:47:24.719 --> 00:47:30.159 please continue to do that. I think it was the point of like 606 00:47:30.280 --> 00:47:32.480 I said, we had a US against the world mentality. We know who 607 00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:37.480 we are, we know who are capable of, capable of, and now 608 00:47:37.559 --> 00:47:40.800 it's time to rock that team down rows on the clock and we got rest 609 00:47:40.880 --> 00:47:46.239 time this week. Kudos to Darien Harris and the football squad who they're doing 610 00:47:46.280 --> 00:47:52.519 some community service week in the community, so kudos to that. But I 611 00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:54.920 think it's time to truly get a little relaxation, get your body right, 612 00:47:55.199 --> 00:47:59.199 get your mind right, and we're back to it. Man, getting ready 613 00:47:59.199 --> 00:48:02.000 for that team down a rowlded seven thirty kick under the lights. Doesn't get 614 00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:14.400 any better than that. Two wait her big balls to give me to go? 615 00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:19.039 Yeah, yeah, otis you know hit it. You know, I 616 00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:23.239 think it was Michigan State played complimentary football offense, you know, complemented the 617 00:48:23.320 --> 00:48:28.079 defense. The defense complemented at offense very well. We had some blurbs and 618 00:48:28.159 --> 00:48:30.440 special teams. So we had that big play with that punt return that was 619 00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:34.840 called back. That's still some momentum that you can build off of. But 620 00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:37.159 you know, it's time, you know, I think the offense is starting 621 00:48:37.239 --> 00:48:42.440 to click at the right time. We're getting we're starting to get guys back 622 00:48:42.559 --> 00:48:45.920 healthy access. He's gonna you know, have an extra week to rest. 623 00:48:46.239 --> 00:48:50.159 State's gonna have an extra week to work. Rest of the guys that are 624 00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:52.079 nicked up and banged up is gonna, you know, have that time to 625 00:48:52.199 --> 00:48:55.320 rest. And I think, I don't know, Michigan football, Michigan State 626 00:48:55.360 --> 00:49:07.000 football could be getting our swagger back, sure I could. Man. Hey, 627 00:49:07.079 --> 00:49:10.039 I know everybody's excited about it, you know, except the Spartans, 628 00:49:10.599 --> 00:49:14.840 a little older Spartans, you know my agent above that they're like, oh, 629 00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:16.800 the age seven thirty kickoffs is going to be terrible. Hey, I 630 00:49:16.920 --> 00:49:21.400 know how it is to be in that locker room that we love them night 631 00:49:21.519 --> 00:49:24.760 game, So I mean thank you to whoever made that decision for Michigan Michigan 632 00:49:24.840 --> 00:49:30.559 State to be a night on the road. Usually it's good f rom the 633 00:49:30.719 --> 00:49:32.239 end of night. A lot of them ended with the lights on. This 634 00:49:32.440 --> 00:49:36.960 was going to start with the lights on. So a lot of a lot 635 00:49:37.000 --> 00:49:40.840 of festivities, I'm sure, and a lot of people getting very well oiled 636 00:49:42.159 --> 00:49:45.119 before the game, if you know what I mean. So, you know, 637 00:49:45.280 --> 00:49:46.960 keep it safe out there, keep it class these Spartans, you know, 638 00:49:47.079 --> 00:49:52.239 but I'm sure that the team will give you something to cheer for. 639 00:49:52.840 --> 00:49:54.320 So hey, let's pack the house. Why not? Like what, Well, 640 00:49:54.400 --> 00:49:59.599 let's have a nice contingency going over there to ann Arbor and cheering on 641 00:49:59.639 --> 00:50:01.840 the book boys down the road, uh, to see them bring home a 642 00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:06.440 victory and keep Paul bunnying at home where he belongs. You know, And 643 00:50:07.079 --> 00:50:08.760 guys, you know, I think this is a great show, a great 644 00:50:08.800 --> 00:50:14.760 turnaround game after a four game skid, and perfect timing for as you said, 645 00:50:14.800 --> 00:50:16.239 the guys can get healthy that have been a little bit banged up. 646 00:50:16.920 --> 00:50:21.880 You want on all hands on deck going into this game. It's all important 647 00:50:21.880 --> 00:50:25.159 game. We're gonna break this down several times before the next kickoffs. I 648 00:50:25.239 --> 00:50:29.920 think our next show may be live, guys, from what I understand, 649 00:50:32.880 --> 00:50:44.599 maybe maybe maybe go someplace. We'll see what happens. That's what I call 650 00:50:44.639 --> 00:50:49.760 it. And the viz yes, a little soft, a little soft bab 651 00:50:52.400 --> 00:50:53.760 all right, guys. Well, hey we'll put the ball on this one. 652 00:50:53.800 --> 00:50:58.800 A good after you, guys, and for otis wild Jay, your 653 00:50:58.840 --> 00:51:01.119 coach gone, Jason straight on, this is Sparta. Have a good night, 654 00:51:01.320 --> 00:51:02.960 God bless and go green.