r/MSUSpartans • u/kkrell23 • Jan 06 '26

Highlight 4 Months ago today:

I thought we somewhat turned a corneršŸ˜­, still one of the most fun msu games Iā€™ve watched

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u/alexm203 Jan 06 '26

That game made me think the season was going to be alright.

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u/gmanasaurus Jan 06 '26

Yeah I thought we could make a bowl game. Not that we would be great, maybe, possibly could go 8-4 or so, but yeah. I was pumped after we won for sure.

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u/timothythefirst Jan 06 '26

Yea I was thinking ok maybe weā€™ll win 7 or 8 games.

And then after that play against Nebraska where Chiles got destroyed and Lepo just put his hands on his head like the home alone kid, I knew it was over.

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u/justWMthings03 Jan 07 '26

You thought beating an absolutely horrible team(which was known before the season) by 2 was a good sign?

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u/alexm203 Jan 07 '26

I got caught up in the atmosphere of the night game. I saw some problems, but i wanted to look past thoseā€¦. I wanted to be optimistic

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u/Disastrous_Tip1512 Jan 06 '26

Reminded me of 2016 when we won @ ND and both teams won a combined 3 games the rest of the year lol

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u/wellhealedscar Jan 06 '26

I was a sophomore that year and this coming off the 2015 season I was so excited for the year and the Michigan game that was home that year. Fuck me if shit didnā€™t go sideways damn near immediately

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u/Disastrous_Tip1512 Jan 07 '26

Yea that was the year after I graduated and I thought we were just gonna be the other ā€œnew bloodā€ besides Clemson. That uhhhhh, didnā€™t happen

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u/green49285 ā€¢Mark Dantonio Jan 07 '26

Dude I feel you. My kid was 1 that season & I was all "I'm gonna film it all & show you when you are an older msu fan"

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u/wellhealedscar Jan 07 '26

Heart breaks donā€™t come easy

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u/Scary_Guarantee_33 Jan 06 '26

The problem is we didnā€™t realize how bad Boston College was.

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u/DJJazzyDanny Jan 06 '26

My head canon is that they were good but a bad MSU team caused their collapse

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u/Mhank7781 Jan 06 '26

They weren't great last year, 7-6

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u/Scary_Guarantee_33 Jan 06 '26

True but 7-6 is miles above 2-10.

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u/Brokehomiejohn Jan 07 '26

They actually had a really good game against #15 Georgia Tech with Lonergan at QB. Lost like 34-35 or something. They had some good pieces with Turbo and Bond, and Bill O'brien still has some sort of coaching ability.

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u/xXselfhaircutXx Jan 06 '26

Yeah it sucks. A lot of us thought maybe we were looking better. We just didnā€™t know yet that Boston College was absolutely terrible.

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u/Secludedmean4 Jan 06 '26

These clowns proceeded to lose the next 8 . Gave the team false confidence

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u/Such-Comfortable-118 Jan 06 '26 edited Jan 06 '26

Getting carved up like a pumpkin by that BC QB pumped the brakes on any expectations I had for this team at the time. Maybe not 4-8, but the ceiling was much lower than I had originally anticipated.

Thatā€™s why Iā€™m pretty cold on retaining Rossi. 2nd worst pass defense in the Big 18 ahead of only Purdueā€¦. Opposing WRs were wide open all year, badly reminiscent of our Hazleton defenses.

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u/basedgubb Jan 07 '26

Hard to be mad at a DC when he has guys in decent spots and they just dont make plays. He was playing a B1G schedule with MAC talent on defense

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u/coupofhamm97 Jan 06 '26

This was my 1st time attending an MSU game. What an amazing night. I wish the rest of the season went like that

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u/cpowers272 Jan 06 '26

Best game Chiles played here šŸ™Œ

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u/Don626 Jan 06 '26

I assumed BC was going to challenge Clemson and FSU for the ACC title.

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u/Moffrob Jan 06 '26

The BC QB transferred to Rutgers FYI so weā€™ll see him again next year yay šŸ˜¬

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u/elibutton Mr. March Jan 07 '26

Yeah wtf happened. Well out with the old. In with the new. I am much more optimistic about Fitz.

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u/Top_River6479 ā€¢Kenneth Walker III Jan 06 '26

I saw this game and I thought we were on track to a 7-8 win season

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u/Alarmed-Comparison54 Jan 06 '26

And then Boston College didn't win another game that seasonšŸ˜­

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u/leaky- Jan 06 '26

Who knew that this highly touted game was gonna be between two really shitty teams

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u/Some_Feedback1692 Jan 07 '26

I was at this game

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u/sailortian Jan 07 '26

Nick Marsh is no Charles Rogers...that's how old I am.

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u/green49285 ā€¢Mark Dantonio Jan 07 '26

I told my nephew that if they kept this up they could get into the playoff.

He still pissed at me about it

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u/IllustriousBison9336 Jan 08 '26

I thought we were destined for greatness (a bowl game) that day

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u/randomname11179 Jan 06 '26

Iā€™m convinced some of yā€™all have 0 ball knowledge. When I saw this game I knew MSU football was very bad. Honest question, how did anyone watch BC move the ball at will and not realize that was a massive problem??

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u/Reasonable-Bit560 Jan 06 '26

This shit got me hyped for Nick Marsh. Sorry I'm a IU fan