Why the Hype on MSU Defense

[boogerlovejoy]

ND shut their O down after they got ahead by 3 td's...They could have had a lot more yards, but didn't bother...

Total defense is yards. Michigan's O didn't get any credit last year for yards and there D doesn't get credit for that either. Its all about scoring. Other than ND, who moved the football at will against them, they've faced some really bad offenses. Some say that their offenses are statistically bad because MSU dominated them...thing is, their D did the same thing to OH as Toledo and Miami Fla did. Miami Fla is less than impressive.

Does this mean, I'm guaranteeing victory? Nope, just that I'm not buying into this MSU D being super, totally awesome brah like I keeping hearing from MSU fan.

Ask Denard what he thinks??

 

[dannydiggler]

Put that defense against any of the 1890-2004 Michigan offenses.. You aren't as great as you think. Michigan is what we expected. A 7 win team with a decimating previous coach who didn't understand the B1G. Michigan will be fine. Have fun recruiting Mac players for the rest of Hoke's tenure.

 

[lostleader]

Hoke still wins the recruiting battle.

Dantonio is right, the times are changing. He will eat his words, Pride comes before the fall.

 

[tigers99888]

In Theory RR could have worked had he recruited elite level 5 star skill players from the south like Urban Meyer did, but he didn't.. Also the Spread coaches who were successful, always recruited pro style linemen and converted them to zone blocking.. And they ran a pro defense with legit NFL caliber linemen and linebackers.. RR did none of this and got players who were not talented enough for the B1G..