WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:12.679 Be following is a presentation of play fly sports properties my guys and trying to 2 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:34.280 turn the goal line. What the hands you pass shaft up? Here comes 3 00:00:34.320 --> 00:00:57.439 the button? Now the sideline sha down? That is not it's it's been 4 00:00:57.479 --> 00:00:59.479 a little bit different. I mean as we go through, you know, 5 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:02.960 we saw totally different teams. You know, we week one where it's a 6 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:06.760 bunch of it's it was packed twelve. Kaalin's a good football mind and they 7 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:08.280 do a really good job with their offense. So it's very much hey, 8 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:11.879 this and then this and then this, you know, and then last week 9 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:15.120 was more traditional big ten stuff. So so the different things show up as 10 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:19.319 you go through and it and it's and it's you know, getting the guys 11 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:23.319 as force fed experience as you can get them so that we can be able 12 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:25.680 to tighten that stuff up and play and play. But I'm really getting off 13 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:29.200 the field on third down. Uh. We we really talk about and as 14 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:33.120 a family as a as a as a family in football and as a family, 15 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:36.159 my family, we've always talked about try to block out all the outside 16 00:01:36.200 --> 00:01:38.840 noise, you know what I mean, what's what's here is the truth, 17 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:42.280 right, What's what's here and inside is the truth and and and the people 18 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:45.040 in the room when we meet on defense and people in room, does we 19 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:48.079 meet as a team or on special teams? That's really what matters, and 20 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:51.239 it's about us. It's it's the warriors that actually go out there getting better. 21 00:01:51.280 --> 00:01:53.959 And what can we see what we need to improve on? Okay, 22 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:57.120 can we see who the who? The guys who are battling and fighting and 23 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:00.799 scrapping and working hard every day are doing to get better. And as long 24 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:02.799 as we can see that, you try to block out all the outside noise 25 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:09.639 as you go. Interesting comments by defensive coordinator Scottie Hazelton and the press conference 26 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:15.759 right there. We're going to break that in so many more things now when 27 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:21.360 it comes to the upcoming game against Maryland on the road. This is part 28 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:25.120 I'm your host, Jason Strayhorn, along with my co host Otis Wiley and 29 00:02:27.039 --> 00:02:31.439 Jay You choot, you call Krip. What's up, gentlemen. How you 30 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:37.520 guys doing today? Oh? Good? How you doing? I'm doing all 31 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:39.919 right, man. You know, just we we had some time to digest 32 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:45.639 the previous game, watch a little film, getting ready for the next week. 33 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:49.199 And you know, the sky did not fall. I don't know how 34 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:53.719 you guys feel. But you know, looking forward to the Maryland game after 35 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:59.840 a not so good performance against Minnesota, I'm a little bit more optimistic than 36 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:04.520 I was a few days ago. How about you, guys. Yeah, 37 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:07.800 I'm I'm I'm ready to go see last week's game. And you know all 38 00:03:07.800 --> 00:03:09.280 you gotta do is just take that up and throw it over. It's done 39 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:15.120 in Dustin and that was onto Maryland on the road in Maryland when it really 40 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:21.599 really counts in Big ten, Big ten play, Big ten league play. 41 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:24.800 So I think the Spartans are going to be ready. I think those boys 42 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:29.439 probably had a rough week of practice this week. I hope they did a 43 00:03:29.439 --> 00:03:31.319 good job of blocking out the noise and you know, get focused on the 44 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:37.599 Terrapins. Yeah. To Jay's point, man, I think Sunday, when 45 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:40.919 you're in the film room and after a loss, I mean we all can 46 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:46.479 attest that when you're watching film, it's it's it's worse watching it when you 47 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:51.120 get you get that big loss, right, It's worse because you're like, 48 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:54.199 well, you know what happened, and you probably replay this in your mind 49 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:59.360 as you're getting done Saturday night, going to Sunday, and then you're just 50 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:04.199 preparing for the criticism and the critique and you got to accept it, embrace 51 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:12.759 it. And my hope and my prayers are that these guys that truly have 52 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:15.839 accepted that, embraced it and knowing that we can play better and I think 53 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:19.839 we'll have a better product out there. And it's all about the energy. 54 00:04:20.319 --> 00:04:25.319 Got to start fast, and so I feel like we didn't start fast, 55 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:29.040 So we got to start fast straight out the gate. Regardless of how we're 56 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.600 feeling. It's a zero zero. We got to get a one win on 57 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:36.120 that board for conference play, and like I said, turn the tide. 58 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:42.000 We have the control and let's go out there in College Park and bring Spartanation 59 00:04:42.199 --> 00:04:47.800 back to its feet. Well. Saturday will be the thirteenth meeting between Michigan 60 00:04:47.839 --> 00:04:51.600 State and Maryland. Right now, Michigan State holds a serious lead of ten 61 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:58.480 wins, two losses include a three and one record in College Park. We're 62 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:00.959 going to go in and break this thing down with a This is part of 63 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:06.480 Inside Look at Maryland, brought to you by I hop the two by two 64 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:12.959 by two breakfast combo equals one delicious meal. Enjoy two pancakes, two eggs 65 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:16.360 your way and two pieces of bacon for only five dollars only at I hop 66 00:05:16.839 --> 00:05:21.560 hurry in and enjoy this deal for a limited time dying in only. Price 67 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:30.399 and participation may vary. Restrictions do apply. Well, guys when you break 68 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:34.720 this thing down, I mean, Spartans do head on the road to Maryland, 69 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:42.079 Maryland right now, sitting at three and one overall in ten and Dick 70 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:45.519 ten play, there's zero in one. They had a tough loss on the 71 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:47.920 road a week ago in the big House for the school down the road. 72 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:51.720 Yeah, that loss that had last week was I don't know if you can 73 00:05:51.800 --> 00:05:55.360 say that, but it was a quality loss, you know, to a 74 00:05:55.480 --> 00:05:59.199 very good Michigan team. So the Terrapins are going to be really tough. 75 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:02.000 It's going to be tough are the Spartans this week? You know, they're 76 00:06:02.040 --> 00:06:06.600 They're a well balanced and dynamic team where I think, you know, Michigan 77 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:12.040 State is probably gonna have the advantage is you know, in the run game. 78 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:14.839 But we'll get into that more. But you know, it's it should 79 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:16.560 be an exciting game and Otis hit it early on. You know, the 80 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:20.920 Spartans got to have that energy. They got to start fast, and I 81 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:24.639 think, you know, stray. You and I talked about this before. 82 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:29.680 I'm big on if you win the coin toss deferring to the second half to 83 00:06:29.759 --> 00:06:31.439 get the ball. But you know I'm with you on this one. I 84 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:35.240 think the Spartans need to take the ball on offense and try to make a 85 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:42.480 statement right off the bat. Change your heart about you too, and a 86 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:51.199 half man dressed. I mean, you want, we want our offense to 87 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:56.879 come out and have a true I'm not to say a change of heart, 88 00:06:57.160 --> 00:07:00.639 but like this is the ownership. Like, listen, we win that toss, 89 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:02.680 let's get our offense out here and see if we can get a quality 90 00:07:02.800 --> 00:07:06.639 drive and put some points on the board. And it's not giving you some 91 00:07:06.759 --> 00:07:11.720 cushion, but allows the defense to truly hey, all right, get us 92 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:14.519 some breather. Once we get this, go down there and go down, 93 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:18.360 drive down, get a field goal or a touchdown, and then defense guys 94 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:24.800 has that cushion to play free. And so I think that's I kind of 95 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:29.079 like I'm indifferent sometimes I want I want to do the defensive stands. I 96 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:32.800 want to. I feel like it's disrespectful when you know they choose to defer, 97 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:36.199 and you know all that other jazz. But from last week to this 98 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:40.560 week, like, all right, let's let's switch the tide. Let that 99 00:07:40.639 --> 00:07:44.000 offense go out there, let payn Thorn do what he does best. Let's 100 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:46.240 get him, get him back up, get his get his courage back up, 101 00:07:46.360 --> 00:07:49.839 get his confidence back up. Right otis So, I was the type 102 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:54.120 of person where I wanted, you know, as an offensive player, I 103 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:58.240 wanted the defense to go out first, because I felt if they went and 104 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:01.319 got that three in out or got that turnover, it got me juice, 105 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:05.639 and I felt I had to match that energy that the defense had. It's 106 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.519 not the same way that the defense field. If the offense gets out there 107 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:13.079 and methodically goes that marches down the field, get to touchdown, get a 108 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.720 field goal, now the defense is juicing, ready to go. It's that 109 00:08:16.839 --> 00:08:20.000 the same mindset. Yeah, I mean, there's there's a lot of different 110 00:08:20.079 --> 00:08:24.360 mindsets and foul because if you go the opposite way, where you go out 111 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:31.560 there and like we already putting right and so and you know, you and 112 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:33.360 me both we were on special team. So when you hear punt ready, 113 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:37.240 you're like, man, we just got out there, like we just got 114 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:41.360 done warming up. But it does change the tone of like offense means business. 115 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:45.000 It's kind of like you said the same side, I'm like, our 116 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:48.559 offense means business, so I can't let them down. Like that's that point. 117 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:50.600 I don't want us to let it down. Let's keep the momentum because 118 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:54.759 when you when you score and we get a three and out right away, 119 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:58.639 and you still keep that momentum, that's when we have the momentum on our 120 00:08:58.799 --> 00:09:01.879 side and we continue usually drive because like, there's no better feeling. And 121 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:07.840 I guarantee the Minnesota Gophers was ecstatic when they came into East Lansing and popped 122 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:11.720 us for that l Right, Like you come into somebody else's home turf and 123 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:16.279 you just demand the respect and you take it. I think that's the tone 124 00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:18.679 we should be taken when we get there to College Park. We're coming in 125 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:22.039 and we're gonna we're gonna recavo it, just like we just got done this 126 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:28.759 past weekend, right Yeah. Breaking down University of Maryland's performance against Michigan a 127 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:31.799 week ago. They had about three hundred and ninety seven yards total offense. 128 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:35.240 Oh, it is two hundred and sixty nine of those through the air, 129 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:37.399 one hundred and twenty six or twenty eight excuse me, on the ground, 130 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:43.240 looks like they have a pretty balanced attack. But you know junior quarterback Tunga 131 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:48.240 Vailoa, whose brother is balling in the NFL for the Miami Dolphins. You 132 00:09:48.320 --> 00:09:50.519 know, it was twenty or thirty for two hundred and seven yards with a 133 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:54.960 touchdown in an interception. Two interceptions by it. Now if you can look 134 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:58.840 back on there, and two of those were interceptions. Should have went to 135 00:10:00.039 --> 00:10:01.559 review if you look at it right, even the one at that kind of 136 00:10:01.600 --> 00:10:05.960 sealed the deal. You know, I was talking to my guys there in 137 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:09.360 Maryland, so you know, Maryland is a playfly Sports property, you know, 138 00:10:09.440 --> 00:10:13.679 a little plug there. So we're kind of battling internally with Missisi State 139 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:18.320 and Mission and Maryland playfly properties. But you know, if you look back 140 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:24.759 at that, you are dual threat quarterbacks. When we historically face a dual 141 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:28.320 threat, it's it's kind of hit or miss man like, you have to 142 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:33.679 have a true game plan of just like Poenix junr in Washington, right, 143 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:37.799 Like, there's he can kill you with the legs, he can hurt you 144 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:41.840 with the past, and it's really every level has to be on their p's 145 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:46.080 and queues of keeping him in this tackle box and just kind of keeping that 146 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:48.799 swarm, that pressure of the entire time. And we already know he's going 147 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:54.240 to make plays, so don't you know, I guess your expectations of obviously 148 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:56.159 three and outs you want to turn that time, but keeping him in the 149 00:10:56.240 --> 00:11:01.240 box and also keeping him from where he's going to kill us with his legs. 150 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:03.399 You know, we got to make sure we're putting the punishment on him 151 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:07.679 every time you get a chance to hit him and slow him down, and 152 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:11.120 then causing those bad passes and that timing with the receivers is going to help 153 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:16.200 coming in that back in in the secondary. Yeah. When speaking of big 154 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:22.759 hits, Tongue of Mallowa did take a nice hit against Michigan and was ruled 155 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:26.080 out for the remainder of the game. Late in the ball game. There's 156 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:31.360 some mixed reports coming out of Maryland. One saying that you know, he's 157 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:33.600 fine, he's one hundred percent of fining, and others saying that head coach 158 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:39.799 Mike Loxley is using him as a game time decision. What do you think 159 00:11:39.919 --> 00:11:43.039 this is? You know, or Jayu, I'll ask you, do you 160 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:46.720 think it's a little gamemanship or do you think that we should be concerned that 161 00:11:46.879 --> 00:11:50.759 there may be another quarterback in the name of Billy Edward Jr. To be 162 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:54.720 prepared for. Uh, it's gamemanship. You know. If I'm the Spartan 163 00:11:54.799 --> 00:12:00.559 defense, if I'm coach has, I'm preparing as have to us not too 164 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:05.000 a tongue of my law. He's gonna be the starting quarterback for Maryland. 165 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:11.000 He's a competitor. We know that he has that competitive spirit. It's a 166 00:12:11.080 --> 00:12:15.399 Big ten game. They're opening their Big Ten season at home, you know, 167 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:18.519 in front of their crowd. They're three and one, they came off 168 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:22.559 of heartbreaking loss last week. Their crowd's going to be energetic, get them 169 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:26.000 going. There's no way this guy's gonna miss the game. If I'm Michigan 170 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:31.200 States defense, I'm preparing for him. I mean the guy tongue Lewis right 171 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:35.799 now is ranking third the Big Ten to six in the FBS and completion percentage, 172 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:41.000 Oh, there's a seventy four point six percent, as well as ranking 173 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:45.519 fifth in the league in passion efficiency at one hundred and sixty five point eight. 174 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:48.799 You talked about his legs a minute ago, but this guy definitely has 175 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:52.679 some accuracy and probably getting a little health from Big Bro down in Miami. 176 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:58.759 Huh oh, I feel like the bloodline is obviously true. We talked about 177 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:03.759 it like this man's not playing unless he is dead, right like this, 178 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:07.519 this is that mentality like and you know, you know, don't quote me 179 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:11.559 on that, don't even put that on social social media because it's probably a 180 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:18.000 bad sound. But you're right. But it's just like we got to match 181 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:22.840 energy for energy, and when we go out there, it's we know there's 182 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:24.960 gonna be some third downs. Well, we probably give him some long situations. 183 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:28.039 You know, if you look at the last time we played last year, 184 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:31.279 you know we put pressure on him. Man, We made them uncomfortable, 185 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:35.440 right, you made them uncomfortable to where he has to sometimes second guest 186 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:39.320 things. And you know, once you beat that first step off the D 187 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:43.480 line, like it starts with the D line, like the D line getting 188 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:46.440 off blocks, getting pressure. Even if you don't get to him, it's 189 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:50.559 just the QB pressure, Like we gotta get some tallies. Like back when 190 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:54.440 we played, you know we have the tally marks. How many times do 191 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:56.759 you get you get to hit him. It may not involve a sack, 192 00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:01.720 but how many times do you put the per on him? How many times 193 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:05.039 you make a running back who's trying to step up and pass us? You 194 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:07.799 know, have to pick and choose which is what? Which? You know 195 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:11.919 to Jayu, I'm gonna flip that to you, like you bring multiple pass 196 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:15.759 russ and you make that running back. Guess you know it's a it's a 197 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:20.120 whole world reap of trouble when you gotta select a few. So, I 198 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:24.360 mean, jay you talk about this past us, I mean you being able 199 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:28.600 to block someone. Yeah, the pass rush is absolutely key, and especially 200 00:14:28.120 --> 00:14:31.039 you know if you have to, like you said, you're one hundred percent 201 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:35.080 right, we have to hit him, make him think about it. And 202 00:14:35.159 --> 00:14:39.679 then what's gonna happen is the offense they're gonna get back out there and now 203 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:43.200 they're gonna start to switch things around. They're gonna have extra help. They're 204 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:46.159 gonna say, hey, running backs on your way out, chip the d 205 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:52.519 end or what they could do was well is move the running back up about 206 00:14:52.600 --> 00:14:56.759 a yard behind the lineman just for that extra blocker for the you know, 207 00:14:56.960 --> 00:15:01.559 to see where the defenders are coming about. What that does it eliminates one 208 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:07.159 extra person going out for a pass route. And that's also that's gonna help 209 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:11.399 the defensive backs. You don't have their keys as easier to block four guys 210 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:16.600 or three guys as opposed to five guys out in a pass route. Yeah, 211 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:20.039 and you talked about running backs being able to step up and do that 212 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:22.720 and do the chipping. The running back that Michigan State is gonna be facing 213 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:28.240 on the road against Maryland is rumming hinby right now. Forty eight carres, 214 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:33.120 three hundred and forty two yards, seven point one yard per carry average. 215 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:37.919 Jayu as running back, you know that bar is roughly five yards per carry. 216 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:43.080 He's doing awful great And if you if you're a running back and you 217 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:46.000 average five yards per carry, you're a damn good running back. If you're 218 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:52.519 averaging seven point one, you're a great running back. I'm not saying this 219 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:56.120 guy is a great running back overall, but the season that he's having is 220 00:15:56.879 --> 00:16:03.200 allowing the Maryland's offense, allowing offensive coordinator Dan Enos, who's the Spartan dog 221 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:07.120 himself, you know, to be able to do a lot of different things 222 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:12.360 with that offense. If you have a running game that that that's that potent. 223 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:17.039 So it's gonna be interesting to see if the Spartans can contain the run 224 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:21.480 game. Uh from this guy who's having a hell of a year to that 225 00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:26.960 point, otis not only do they have one in Roman, I was looking 226 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:36.279 out of forty seven, he's a seven point four point. So they got 227 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:41.000 two great running backs. Yeah, it's I feel like we it's we talk 228 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:45.480 about running back by committee. You know, we have the killer Bees who 229 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:49.159 is supposed to be the one two punch as well, and they're over there, 230 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:52.559 you know Maryland, they're they're they're having success and so you know, 231 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:57.120 usually you have, you know, a backup running back that maybe drops off 232 00:16:57.159 --> 00:17:00.759 a little bit and he'n like, all right, it's at the big you 233 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.879 know, this ain't the one that's gonna carry it, but this one at 234 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:07.079 least could be like a little scat back. But these two guys, man, 235 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:11.000 they compliment each other and there's no drop off. If he comes in 236 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:15.400 typically you know who he is. You just they're they're balanced, well balanced, 237 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:18.680 And that's a dangerous offense to deal with, man, when you got 238 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:23.960 balance at quarterback and two running backs who technically your quarterback is also a running 239 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:29.920 back when it comes to running and boots and and you know, running outside 240 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:33.720 the pocket and throwing on the run. I'm interested to see what coach Hazelton 241 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:37.680 has has drawn up to see what we can do based off what we learned 242 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:44.119 against what Washington as well as what we just you know, transpired and experienced 243 00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:48.759 with with Minnesota. So I'm gonna jump in here because it's gonna be very, 244 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:56.039 very interesting this matchup with coach Hazelton versus coach Dan Enos. Coach Enos 245 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:57.799 has a lot of ties. You know, he's a scrappy guy. He's 246 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:02.720 he's a kid from He's a down river kid from Dearborn. All Right. 247 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:07.880 They're saying in Dearborn is keep scrapping, keep scrapping. That's there saying in 248 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:12.000 Dearborn. There the blue collar mentality. And I'm telling you, coach Enos 249 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:19.000 has a big chip on his shoulder playing against his alma made in Michigan State, 250 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:23.000 all right, he feels he should be a coach on this staff, 251 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:26.680 you know, when it's all said, he has a big acts to grind 252 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:33.799 and he's gonna put out everything that he can against Michigan State this week so 253 00:18:33.960 --> 00:18:36.640 he can be successful. He's had a lot of success, you know, 254 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:40.039 he was after he left Michigan State. He was the head coach at Central 255 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:45.119 and who worked under him was Jay Johnson was on his staff at Central, 256 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:49.400 and he left Central he went to Alabama with Nick Saban. You know that 257 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:53.440 Michigan State tied there. So he's learned from the best. So that the 258 00:18:53.640 --> 00:19:00.400 matchup between coach Hazleton and coach Enos is gonna be really really interesting to see. 259 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:04.000 And right now, Coach Enos has a lot of weapons at his disposal. 260 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:11.319 He's Coach Enos is used to coaching a two back system with two guys 261 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:18.240 that can go m and you know, Coachinos only not only went to Alabama, 262 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:21.160 I think it was Arkansas, he had to stop there another small cent 263 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:23.720 at Miami. He was at the school down the road for about two weeks. 264 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:36.079 But then I like that talk about conflicting, right, all right, 265 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:38.680 listen, we don't we don't knock guys trying to feed their families. You 266 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:44.039 know, he's done a phenomenal job now as offensive coordinator at the University of 267 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:48.279 Maryland. It's gonna be very tough to see what he's gonna do and it's 268 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:52.720 gonna be a chess battle. As you just talked about Jayu between him and 269 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:57.160 Scottie Hazelton. When we go out to Maryland in a few days from now, 270 00:19:57.279 --> 00:20:02.559 and you know we're looking at the receip corps from Maryland. Junior wide 271 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:07.119 receiver Jacob Copeland. You know, he's a guy who had four receptions were 272 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:11.039 about fifty two yards against Michigan a week ago. But the team's leading receiver 273 00:20:11.720 --> 00:20:15.240 ro King jaredt the guy who had four catches for just twelve yards a week 274 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:21.680 aldgo, but also leads the team in catches right now with fifteen for two 275 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:27.480 hundred and eight yards thirteen point nine yard average per catch, three touchdowns every 276 00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:33.359 time that guy touches the balls the first down. So I'm learning. I'm 277 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:38.279 learning is that when you're dealing with veterans right like we have, those guys 278 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:42.359 are vets. You know, they're they're older, they're more experienced, more 279 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:48.319 seasoned. It's really where we're young. I mean, we do have you 280 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:52.160 know, a senior redshair senior or six year senior and mere speed. You 281 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:56.200 know, we need to see a mere speed that we saw in that National 282 00:20:56.279 --> 00:21:03.759 Championship game. Like we need to see someone take ownership and truly get after 283 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:07.000 each other man, like it should be a hung you should see the hunger 284 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:11.720 just you should see drel just coming out of the mouth of like I have 285 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:15.640 to lock this guy down. Like there's no if Andrew but's about it. 286 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:21.920 Someone actually absolutely has to go out there and be the dog and the dogs 287 00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:26.000 that were supposed to claim that we are go out there in College Park and 288 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:29.559 play that high level football that we know a mere Ski can do, we 289 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:33.480 know that Bradley can do, and we know that our secondary are safeties. 290 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:37.000 You know, we got a young dog that had eighteen tackles last last week. 291 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:40.119 Right, it was everywhere. But we got to put everything together, 292 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:44.160 man, and have a committee of the defensive backs that are going to win 293 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:47.240 this game for us. We got to set the air down. Yeah, 294 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:51.160 the big, the big sombrero this week is on that secondary, you know, 295 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:52.960 hands down, because Marylyn likes to throw the football. They like to 296 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:56.680 throw the football around the yard, you know, a tongue of a lowest 297 00:21:56.680 --> 00:22:02.039 story at one hundred and eighteen times already this season four games, so Michigan 298 00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:07.559 State's secondary Michigan States defense as a whole has not had an interception all season 299 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:12.240 long. You know, so maybe this is the week, you know, 300 00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:17.720 because Mayl is going to throw the ball over thirty times. Yes, that's 301 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:22.000 guaranteed the minimum, right right, So, and like you said, otis 302 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:26.920 those dbs should be salivating to be the one that steps up to be that 303 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:30.200 guy. I'm going to get the first pick of the season. You know, 304 00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:33.519 I'm gonna be that And you know we talk about coach Tucker, you 305 00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:37.240 know, talked about blocking out the noise, you know, locking all that 306 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:41.599 stuff out. They need to hear a little bit of that noise and have 307 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:44.839 that chip on their shoulder this week and I think this is the week that 308 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:48.319 it's going to happen. Man. Yeah, it's that mentality they counting us 309 00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:52.480 out, man, and we don't need that. But let's let's quickly and 310 00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:59.160 this is this is pivoting from back with coach Emos, right, Like this 311 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:02.640 is for you and straight straight hard to talk about. Like what do you 312 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:08.799 think coach Eos is saying right now internally to that squad or his team about 313 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:14.000 us? Like being a lum is one thing, but what is he saying 314 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:17.759 about us to Maryland? Like I kind of walked me, talked me through 315 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:21.400 because we all know coach Enos. You know, he's a fiery he's a 316 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:26.759 high intense energy guy. But what is he telling Maryland right now offensively and 317 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:33.400 even the team wise about Michigan State sparks. You know, I think that 318 00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:37.160 this is a guy who, as you said Jay earlier, that he's a 319 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:42.000 dearborn guy, vine child guy played for Michigan State US quarterback coach here under 320 00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:48.119 Mark D'Antonio as a running backs coach, quarterbacks coach. I mean, he's 321 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:52.119 done it at every level at Michigan State except being a head coach, and 322 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:59.400 right now, after his experience around the country, it's going to be something 323 00:23:59.440 --> 00:24:03.599 that he's gonna personal. So when you have a coach that's taking things personal, 324 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:08.559 he's going to rile his troops up to do everything from an emotional standpoint 325 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:14.240 that they can to win the ball game. And Michigan State clearly has chinks 326 00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:18.720 in the armor right now, mainly in the defensive secondary. You saw. 327 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:22.279 We could go a Minnesota team that comes in leading the nation and running the 328 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:29.160 ball, they come in and open up with passing game. I expect Maryland, 329 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:33.640 even though they have the seven point plus yard per carry with two backs 330 00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:37.599 two backs over seven point yard seven yards per carry, I think that they're 331 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:42.440 gonna go frequent over the top and underneath and do everything they can again Michigan 332 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:47.480 States and test their secondary to get them off balance, and then come right 333 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:52.279 back with the big playability of those two running backs hen be in Littleton that 334 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:56.000 are going to be able to make splash plays. This is not a methodical 335 00:24:56.119 --> 00:25:00.920 type of offense. This is a big play to of offense. And he 336 00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:03.720 wants the crowd to get in it. He wants his team energized. He 337 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:08.599 wants that defense riled up because of what plays East Collin. So I think 338 00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:14.240 there's there's a lot of exoletives getting thrown around in pregame in that locker room 339 00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:18.319 when it comes down to what what coach is going to be saying. You 340 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:21.799 know, as Dan he knows is a former player slash coach for Michigan State, 341 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:26.279 playing against his all the minor h you hit it on the head. 342 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:30.720 I know exactly what coach is gonna say because I have been in the running 343 00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:34.839 backs room with Coachinos playing against a team that he played against. You know, 344 00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:38.160 even going back that far and I've been coached against, played against. 345 00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:41.480 I've been the team you know when we play Michigan. I've been there to 346 00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:47.039 see what he says what's gonna happen is this. He's gonna talk to his 347 00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:51.720 offense. He's gonna tell him, hey, we got to take care of 348 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:53.640 business. We got to do what we do, we got to stay the 349 00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:59.960 course and all that stuff all through the week. Friday night at the whole 350 00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:03.640 tell, he's gonna get in front of the entire team and he's gonna be 351 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:07.880 the speaker. You know how the coaches, one person speaks. Dan Enos 352 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:11.880 is gonna be the speaker, and he's gonna look those guys in the eyes 353 00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:15.960 and he will, I guarantee you, he will be wearing his Michigan State 354 00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:21.240 class room during this speech. He's gonna hold it up and said, I 355 00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:27.640 played there, I coached there. I know what the Spartans are built up. 356 00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:33.799 Last year they squeaked out. We had soft inflicted wounds last year and 357 00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:37.880 that's why they won. You guys are the better team. You hit him 358 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:42.200 in the mouth from the start, and it's gonna be s os same old 359 00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:47.400 Spartans. They're gonna hang their heads. That's what dan Enols is gonna tell 360 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:51.240 that team on Friday night at the hotel. And you know what, one 361 00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:56.000 hundred and ten of those guys are gonna believe every single word he says because 362 00:26:56.039 --> 00:27:00.119 he's gonna be passionate about it. He's gonna be fiery about it. He's 363 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:03.960 gonna punch himself, slap his hands there. He's gonna get those guys ready 364 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:08.119 to run through a brick wall for him, because that's Dan Enols. He's 365 00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:15.480 a down River kid. He's scrappy. Yeah. See, look you that 366 00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:25.000 you just went in and this part I remember. I remember when they got 367 00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:29.519 the news that they were getting fired. Remember the j u that that Penn 368 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:36.039 State game, it was coach ENO's time to speed. Yeah, you would 369 00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:40.079 have like this was where like Coach Smith was like, well, fellas, 370 00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:42.200 they told us, we're not gonna come back, so we're gonna win this 371 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:45.680 game and we're gonna go to the bowl game. We're gonna spend all their 372 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:52.839 money. Oh coach I remember stepping up and I mean he was in tears, 373 00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:57.400 I mean so wild welled up where you would thought we were undefeated, 374 00:27:57.880 --> 00:28:02.599 uh and we're playing for a national champions or a Big Ten championship. But 375 00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:07.799 he just kind of reinvigorated our spartan internal like we are spartans man, Like 376 00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:12.000 we got to go out there and own the game, own the tempo, 377 00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:17.000 playball so that we can go bowling and having a good time. Right. 378 00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:19.160 And so you know, Jay, you just went straight back to like the 379 00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:26.799 feelings that gave him because you can tell it straight like limergy to too. 380 00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:33.039 Man, I ever heard sos same old spartan in a while. Man, 381 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.640 don't give us that juju. Now, come on, I'm not giving you 382 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:38.200 that juju. But I'm telling you that's what he's gonna say. Oh believe 383 00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:42.559 me that that is being said around the country outside of the walls of the 384 00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:45.839 locker room. That's what Scotty Hinston was talking about in this press conference. 385 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:48.599 He's talking about there's gonna be noise and they've got to block it out. 386 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:53.400 That's what mel Tucker said immediately following last week's game. There's gonna be a 387 00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:56.200 lot of noise. There's gonna be a lot of people saying a lot of 388 00:28:56.279 --> 00:29:00.799 negative things. And you talked about it there. You know, when they 389 00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:04.880 have leadership on that side of the ball, Maryland, Michigan State searching for 390 00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:08.119 leaders. They have a lot of injuries. That's the elephant in the room. 391 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:14.079 Okay, you lose two of your most important leaders in the secondary guys 392 00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:17.880 they know how to communicate back there in Darius Snow and Xavier or Anderson. 393 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:21.200 They go down in week one. The next thing you know, you lose 394 00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:25.440 a Jacob Slade, who's your interior pass rush guy or guy who's going to 395 00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:30.359 be a run stuffer by Pro Football Focus, one of the number one draftable 396 00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:33.279 defensive tackles in the country. Then you look and you see Chris Bobbo, 397 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:37.519 the transfer from Florida defensive end. He goes down with an injury. The 398 00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:41.559 injuries has continue to pile up on the defensive side of the ball on a 399 00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:47.759 team that was already a little sketchy when it comes to pass coverage. Now 400 00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:52.400 falling down that list as far as pass rush are past defense, Michigan State 401 00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:56.799 searching for answers right now. Otis what's the answer for Michigan State against the 402 00:29:56.960 --> 00:30:00.519 Maryland team. That's a tough quest. You set that up pretty right, 403 00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:07.519 man, I honestly, man like, I won't say I don't know, 404 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:15.160 but I like. But it's one of those. To coach Hazington's press conference, 405 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:18.599 next man up, man, we gotta find we gotta throw everything at 406 00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:21.680 him, man Like, I don't care if my man is a preferred walk 407 00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:23.720 on or we just got him off the street. We're gonna have to find 408 00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:30.039 a dog and it's got to come under the lights. Man. We got 409 00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:33.839 people, I know, we got dogs and we got players. But I 410 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:37.599 think this is that moment of like, all right, come to Jesus meeting. 411 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:41.000 They saw that kind of I don't know if you saw the pressings they 412 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:45.960 have held internally, a meeting, which that's where you know someone stepped up, 413 00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:49.680 A few guys stepped up, and like coach I don't know if Jay 414 00:30:49.720 --> 00:30:52.079 you was there, but Coach d brought into us. I think you may 415 00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:56.920 graduated. But that the following year he had us read an entire book. 416 00:30:57.519 --> 00:31:03.680 It was called It's Your Ship. And we all know coaches coach players play, 417 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:07.880 so I don't care what happens, what game plan. The players got 418 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:11.960 to go out there and win the game. So internally, when you hear 419 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:17.279 there are meetings being held, that's internal, closed door and it's just a 420 00:31:17.359 --> 00:31:22.640 player led which coach Coach Tucker said it best teams are player led, right, 421 00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:26.039 and so we're seeing the all right, we got to take ownership, 422 00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:30.440 man, like we can't put that product out there because it's really just saying, 423 00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:33.720 to heck with what the preparation went through and all the stuff we did 424 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:37.079 in the summertime, let's go back to that where we were brinding to prepare 425 00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:41.039 for this moment. And and at that time you got leaders that are stepping 426 00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:45.440 up and calling out each other. It's like we all got to be together. 427 00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:48.599 The chain's got to be strengthened. The link in the chain has to 428 00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:52.759 be strong. There could be no weak links. If so, you know, 429 00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:56.000 almost the bus is going, you can step off now that. I 430 00:31:56.039 --> 00:32:00.480 think that's the mentality of internally on that meeting that it's going to take more 431 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:04.079 so not the skills, the x's and o's, it's about the pride and 432 00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:07.279 the mentality when we're going in there. I think it's mental. It's all 433 00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:09.440 mental. It's not even the physical part of it. It's the mental part 434 00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:15.359 that's gonna leave the physical. It's a good point, jay U. You 435 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:28.039 know the answer. You ain't got the answer slaying The big thing is you 436 00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:30.480 know otis hit it on the head. You know it's gonna take that dog 437 00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:35.400 mentality. It's gonna take eleven hats swarm into the football, playing that flying 438 00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:40.160 around, intense football that we saw some of that. In uh, the 439 00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:45.000 Western Michigan game, you had eleven hats, swarm into the football and you 440 00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:51.119 know, guys doing whatever it took to be in the film. You know, 441 00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:53.039 you always tell defensive guys you always want to be on film, you 442 00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:55.519 know. So that's what it's gonna take. It's gonna take having that dog 443 00:32:55.640 --> 00:33:00.720 mentality, and it's also gonna take swarm into the football guys for him to 444 00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:04.400 the football and never say die attitude. It's the game is going to be 445 00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:07.079 a roller coaster, all right. It's gonna be ups and downs to have 446 00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:14.279 to stay the course and and play spartan football. Oh well, playing spartan 447 00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:16.920 football is right. And just to break down, choo choose favorite people. 448 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:23.279 Choot choo kickers are people too? Oh god, you're gonna talk about running 449 00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:30.039 back. You're gonna kick the upcoming specialist Ryland. He's a guy who's five 450 00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:31.960 or five on field goals, tied for the big tim Lean and field goals. 451 00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:37.000 Look, Coach Tucker talks about complementary football all the time. They do 452 00:33:37.319 --> 00:33:42.519 have very good specialist guys. You know, seventeen or seventeen on p eights, 453 00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:46.559 you know, twenty two touchbacks, the punter your favorite. Yeah, 454 00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:51.480 that's a guy, senior, Colton Sprangler. He's averaging forty eight point eight. 455 00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:55.359 That's right up there with our guy Bearringers. I'll take our guy all 456 00:33:55.480 --> 00:34:02.160 day. You'll take all day. I like that. Give me give me 457 00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:07.639 goggles Bearringer. You know ten out of ten times? All right, Jay, 458 00:34:07.679 --> 00:34:10.440 you we're gonna move over to the ms U offense. We're gonna help 459 00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:16.280 you out here. Thank you. Go to the offense Michigan State. Obviously 460 00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:21.800 we got Payton Thorn. When you look at the defense for Maryland, there 461 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:27.599 is some room to throw the ball around. They're not far away from Michigan 462 00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:30.679 State defensively as far as the defensive secondary is concerned, giving up about two 463 00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:35.840 hundred and sixty yards through the air per game. Yeah, definitely. You 464 00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:39.079 know you talk about room to throw the football. What I'm excited about? 465 00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:45.840 All right, there's room to run the football. All right. I gotta 466 00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:51.719 get there. Yeah, I think the running back before we before we go 467 00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:57.840 there, this you hear it here. This is the week that the return 468 00:34:58.159 --> 00:35:01.360 of the Killer Bees are gonna be. Michigan State will be able to run 469 00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:05.199 the ball this week, and you know what that's gonna that's gonna be able 470 00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:08.280 to keep Maryland's high power offense off the field, give the defensive break, 471 00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:14.400 and more importantly, that's gonna open up the pass game for Peyton Thorn. 472 00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:16.679 This is the week, I'm telling you, Spartan Nation, this is the 473 00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:22.079 week that Michigan State's offense is gonna come alive. The run game is there. 474 00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:25.800 Michigan State will be able to run the football this week. I think 475 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:31.000 that's one of the weak spots in Maryland's defense. Instead, run is stopping 476 00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:37.199 the run game. I mean, let's talk about we got to get our 477 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:40.480 running backs out in space, right. We need to put some we gotta 478 00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:46.239 get some screens. We gotta successfully get those where we're keeping the defense guessing 479 00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:52.760 multiple types of things that our offense is doing. Now, one thing I 480 00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:57.679 want as a defensive guy in our offense on the opposive side is man, 481 00:35:58.039 --> 00:36:01.280 let loose. Let it go, man, like l I g at Craig 482 00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:06.159 Off of Friday, Right, let it go. I'm about to say, 483 00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:10.039 like Frozen, because you know we got we're watching Disney, so but just 484 00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:15.639 air it out and just have fun. Man, bring that fun back where 485 00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:19.559 like, even if we don't get the first down, even if we don't 486 00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:23.000 get the long home run, at least we're targeting it. At least we're 487 00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:28.480 being aggressive because the passiveness, man, is just that what eats us alive, 488 00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:32.679 like spartanation, I think is seeing like we are just we're not having 489 00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:37.280 a DNA. We're second guessing what we should do. Just go out like 490 00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:42.400 I saw Jay you bring the pen in Like that's when you know it's like 491 00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:49.920 nation aggressively man, Like, go out there and just let's play ball. 492 00:36:50.039 --> 00:36:52.440 Man, that's what we came in to do. Let's go at it. 493 00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:55.119 But before you play ball, you got to run the football the root. 494 00:36:55.360 --> 00:37:01.480 Yeah, it's not right. When breaking down the film, they're saying that 495 00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:07.400 there's holes there. Yes, this isn't a full offensive line issue at all. 496 00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:09.800 This is what you've been talking about. Running backs got to get their 497 00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:14.360 foot down and get north and south and get through the holes. Guys aren't 498 00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:16.920 hitting the hole right now. Is this why you are feeling a little bullish 499 00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:20.760 on the run game this week? Do you think they're gonna hit the hole? 500 00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:23.320 Yeah? I think they will because I think it's been you know, 501 00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:30.760 four weeks now of getting used to their offensive line and running running game is 502 00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:36.199 especially for a running back. It's all on feel and vision. You got 503 00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:38.400 to be able to feel it, you know, ride the wave, the 504 00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:43.599 cutback. You don't make the cutback, you feel the cutback. That's what 505 00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:46.280 it is. And I think these running backs are gonna have to are starting 506 00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:51.079 to get that groove. And I think now that they know, Hey, 507 00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:55.119 the last two weeks what we did wasn't working. So what are we gonna 508 00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:58.480 do. We're gonna put our foot down, We're gonna have a feel for 509 00:37:58.559 --> 00:38:01.880 the game. We're gonna take what's there and then once we get to the 510 00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:07.119 second we let our athletic abilities take over from there. But at the very 511 00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:10.320 get go. You gotta go off. What's the feel of the game is 512 00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:15.519 and what's given to you offensively? And I think this is the week. 513 00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:21.840 This is the week. The Killer Bees returned with a sprinkles of Elijah Collins 514 00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:28.000 being that being that speak him up, Speak them up, Yeah, put 515 00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:36.000 to in. I'm telling you, this is the this is Elijah Collins. 516 00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:40.159 He's that X factor in the backfield. He's the X factor. And guys, 517 00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:44.519 you know, we've got to talk about the elephant of the room, 518 00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:47.199 Like, how concerned are you right now? With Michigan State football as it 519 00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:55.679 stands. Oh my guys, another one, another one. Look straight, 520 00:38:55.800 --> 00:39:05.039 I'm not I'm not concerned because I know with with this adversity, it's it's 521 00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:08.079 building stronger bonds, right Like, we're gonna have to take these these losses 522 00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:13.559 like men, and we've got to respond like giants. Right we gotta go 523 00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:16.960 against against all odds. Man like. I think it's like that one. 524 00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:32.360 I didn't like that one. I didn't know for sure. I mean everyone 525 00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:39.000 wants to Like everyone around talks, feedbacks happening on social and everyone thinks they 526 00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:43.400 have the answer. No one knows, but the people in that room, 527 00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:46.119 man like, we don't even know. But from playing, we speak from 528 00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:51.679 our experience and we know we've all went through those pits and those deep falls 529 00:39:52.159 --> 00:39:55.320 of a season. So it's all about bringing fun back into this game. 530 00:39:55.800 --> 00:40:00.000 It's all about taking the pressure off. We have nothing to lose at this 531 00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:06.199 point. So let's go and let's get this dub and let's play spartan football. 532 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:09.880 Say you, same question to you, how concerned are you with miss 533 00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:13.800 State football as it stands? You know what, I am not, I'm 534 00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:16.920 not concerned. I think we have the right leadership, uh in Coach Tucker. 535 00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:21.159 You know, if there's anyone that that can, you know, turn 536 00:40:21.280 --> 00:40:25.559 this program motivate these guys, it's it's him. He's I love the fact 537 00:40:25.599 --> 00:40:30.440 that he's taking the brunt of the criticism, he's putting it upon himself. 538 00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:36.159 That's a true leader. That's a selfless leader right there. But I think 539 00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:38.679 I'm not concerned also too, because I think we have the right guys in 540 00:40:38.760 --> 00:40:44.920 the locker room. These players are They're the ones that are walking through campus. 541 00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:49.239 We we forget about this. We just see what happens on Saturday and 542 00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:53.639 we go back home as fans. These players have to go to class with 543 00:40:53.760 --> 00:41:00.119 their peers, they have to be sitting next to someone in class read in 544 00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:06.639 the state news with them being dogged in the state news, you know, 545 00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:12.360 And that comes to mindset where enough is enough, you know, And I 546 00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:15.360 think we've reached that point. I think this week was a great week of 547 00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:17.760 practice. We saw on the you know, spartan football Instagram, to lock 548 00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:22.840 the gates, keep lock out, lock out the outside noise, lock out 549 00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:27.480 the attention from coming in there, and let's focus on football. Let's get 550 00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:30.800 back to basics and focus on football. The players. As much as you 551 00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:35.239 say you don't want to block the noise, they hear the noise, and 552 00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:37.559 I want them to hear the noise. Like I said, that's that's gonna 553 00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:40.960 build. Put that chip on their shoulders and they're gonna go. So I'm 554 00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:45.599 that concern. I still think there's a lot there's a lot of football ahead 555 00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:47.880 of us, and there's a lot of our goals that we can still accomplish, 556 00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:52.599 you know, as Spartans. So I'm I'm I'm confident in the Spartans. 557 00:41:53.719 --> 00:41:55.480 Yeah, you know, I agree with you guys. You know, 558 00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:59.639 I think that you know, the talk of you know, we got to 559 00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:02.079 this guy or bench this guy. I think it's crazy. I think what 560 00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:06.400 mel Tucker has done. You know, people are criticizing him because of the 561 00:42:06.480 --> 00:42:12.039 extension. I think you pay a guy like mel Tucker to do and deal 562 00:42:12.159 --> 00:42:17.400 with this moment. You know, Michigan State has not had a great run 563 00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:22.519 of talent over the past four or five years. It's just recently beginning to 564 00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:27.679 replenish the coffers, if you will. If you look at, you know, 565 00:42:27.920 --> 00:42:30.920 the stat that was floated around on the internet the last couple of days 566 00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:37.719 that Michigan State has had fifty five transfers leave. Only five of those fifty 567 00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:43.960 five have gone to Power five schools, So there's a major exodus of talent, 568 00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:50.280 and then the new input of talent needs experience. He struck gold with 569 00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:52.920 Kenneth Walker, the third. We all know that he was one of the 570 00:42:52.920 --> 00:42:55.719 hardest workers he's ever put on the Green and White. It's the best player 571 00:42:55.760 --> 00:43:00.239 on the team and the most humble. You just don't find guys like that 572 00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:04.920 growing on trees and not just walking around. So it's very difficult to find 573 00:43:04.960 --> 00:43:06.840 a guy like that. And he covered up a lot of the stakes. 574 00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:12.280 Be very honest about that. He covered up of what some players that would 575 00:43:12.320 --> 00:43:15.920 have been a negative play for any mortal human. He made them touchdowns that 576 00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:21.440 just doesn't happen. So now we're dealing with Hey, we've got injuries, 577 00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:24.880 we've got you know, inexperience, and we got guys that got to get 578 00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:28.039 to know one another. Like you said, Jay, you got to get 579 00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:30.280 to feel the cutback. You gotta understand how to get the foot down and 580 00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:34.360 get out north and south. And we're still searching for the dogs. But 581 00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:37.639 in this adverse time, you're gonna search and you're gonna find those dogs because 582 00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:44.199 they're gonna rise up from the ashes like Phoenix. Right. Okay, okay, 583 00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:50.280 another it's time I agree with you, guys man, So look both 584 00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:52.960 of you. It owed us. I'll start with you. Final thoughts for 585 00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:55.239 this week going on the road to Maryland before we put a bow on this. 586 00:43:55.800 --> 00:44:00.679 Yeah, final thought, we can't forget. We need Electric Jayden Reid 587 00:44:00.760 --> 00:44:06.159 back like we need we need that. We need that guy back, and 588 00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:09.840 I know he he is probably disappointed because it kind of set back and getting 589 00:44:09.880 --> 00:44:15.679 that small injury. But like you saw a little glints a little bit last 590 00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:19.400 week when a couple like one touch, But like we need that Peyton Thorn 591 00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:24.159 Jayden red Electric back because that's just going to open up the field gates where 592 00:44:24.159 --> 00:44:29.840 we know Kean Koleman is that guy. He's gonna bring his his A game 593 00:44:29.920 --> 00:44:34.480 every chance he gets. We need we need your boy trade back Mosley and 594 00:44:35.079 --> 00:44:40.840 that committee that we saw summertime leading up to you know, Western Michigan. 595 00:44:42.280 --> 00:44:44.880 We need that, we need that back. And I know coach Hawkings, 596 00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:50.000 Coach Hawkins is getting the boys back and we need that on Saturday afternoon. 597 00:44:51.400 --> 00:44:54.360 Yeah, I totally agree. I think the way that we're gonna get Jayden 598 00:44:54.400 --> 00:44:58.840 Reid back. I think coach Johnson has to do a bunch of different things, 599 00:44:58.880 --> 00:45:02.800 from tunnel screen, from jet sweeps, reversus, open that up, 600 00:45:02.880 --> 00:45:06.679 put the ball in his hands, and what that's gonna do, that's gonna 601 00:45:06.679 --> 00:45:08.840 attract attention. So what Maryland will have to do now is they gonna have 602 00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:12.440 to go, Hey, maybe we've got to bracket coverage this guy. And 603 00:45:12.679 --> 00:45:15.760 you do that. You got Moseley moseying on for a tuddy, all right, 604 00:45:16.360 --> 00:45:21.159 you got Coleman Leon Keon, you know, getting it done. And 605 00:45:21.320 --> 00:45:25.920 don't forget Tuck Baker, Baker touchdown maker. You know in there too. 606 00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:34.760 So I think you know, getting read back, you know, in the 607 00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:37.320 fold of things, getting the ball in his hands, Get the ball out 608 00:45:37.360 --> 00:45:40.199 of Thorn's hand quickly, get it in his playmaker's hands. Because you know, 609 00:45:40.360 --> 00:45:44.719 my grandpa, you always say you never go broke taking a profit. 610 00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:47.360 All right, that's what running backs and you do. You throw a one 611 00:45:47.440 --> 00:45:51.599 yard pass, let your playmakers go. And at the end of the day, 612 00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:54.199 is gonna say Peyton Thorne threw a seventy yard touchdown for really, he 613 00:45:54.360 --> 00:46:00.519 threw a one yard pass that the ball carrier turned for a seventy yard run, 614 00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:02.880 so you know you got to do that. And right now, as 615 00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:09.519 Spartan, since we're all you know, philosopher and and you know there, 616 00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:20.559 you know Sma hasn't lost bring it home. The Spartans haven't lost focus. 617 00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:22.559 But you know, at the end of the day, a lot of the 618 00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:25.559 times you forget the objective is to drain the swamp when you're up to your 619 00:46:25.599 --> 00:46:31.760 button alligators. Oh man, the one line is I mean, just just 620 00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:35.760 don't stop, guys. I mean, look, I'm looking forward to more 621 00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:39.280 of this week. That's the recap of this game. But also we're going 622 00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:45.440 to come to you from the team hotel in Maryland in a few days. 623 00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:50.599 That's going to be an interesting segment that Otis Wiley and Cho Chu will bring 624 00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:53.280 to you guys coming up soon. But that's gonna put a rap on this 625 00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:59.280 version of this as Sparta for Otis Wiley, Jay, you Coperhand, Jason 626 00:46:59.320 --> 00:47:05.039 Strainghorn, have a good night, God bless and go break. May not 627 00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:14.880 my hand not tell my bad. You know how I can tell you man, 628 00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:15.840 I got the sign