I'd... 'WATCH IT' .... .... there, were I you JIM..... OPPMSU... is a Michigan State 'homer' and as such, very frikkin' BIASED!!
oppmsu says: "BC is not happy to be demoted to the Champs Bowl -
My reply:
"if so, only
MORE reason to
'take it out' on hapless MSU"
OPPMSU says: MSU is playing in their first bowl game in 3 years, and they 'want' to be here.
My reply: "Only means they're LESS experienced in bowl games than BC, who has not only gone to 8 straight, but WON them all. As far as MSU wanting....to be here, who doesn't WANT to be here? That just makes them WANNABES, not winners.
Hey...I wanna have all-night, hot passionate sex with Jessica Alba. Good luck on that one huh?
Another point: going into a bowl game, that you "barely made it into" (7-6 record) to start with, with a 'new' head coach is NOT necessarilly an advantage, but might easily be a.... liability, guess we'll find out soon enough though.
OPPMSU 'assumes'.... that BC will come out flat.
"Assumption is the mother of all fruck-ups".
OPPMSU: "Or whether Mich State "defense" clobbers him (Ryan) all day"
May I ask: Which... defense IS that?
The one that's ranked 40th in total defense, to BC's 25th ranking?
Or the 42nd ranked rushing defense to BC's # ONE?
Or possibly it's that 71st ranked MSU "passing efficiency defense" against the 33rd ranked BC one?
Maybe it's the MSU scoring defense, ranked 59th against BC's 29?
"Can Ryan bring them back," you ask:
Who said they would ever be behind? Oh, I believe YOU did....'assuming' a lot again there podna. But for the sake of clarity.......
My reply: remember the VT game hosscollar?
Ryan brought BC back from behind.... with 14 points in less than 4 minutes, at game's end.... shocking the entire national audience, against the nation's 2nd ranked scoring defense, as well as the nation's 4th ranked pass efficiency defense.
So yeah, I'd say offhand he could bring them back, were it found to be necessary.
Granted: MSU has 37 sacks, but then..... BC has 35, no biggie there.
But Hey! LOOKIE HERE >>>>> How about sacks allowed? A GREAT BIG difference here.
BC has only allowed 19 total sacks -- while Mich State has allowed 30 total sacks. WOWSERS!! You didn't bother to mention either of those statistical factoids while praising your big green machine.
Colonel Jim my friend, SOMETIMES.... it pays to evaluate just a little deeper. And always check and see if the guy doing the talking is a 'homer'. Didn't you see the MSU...after the OPPS! (lol) in his username. Put that freakin' Beam bottle down long enough to cipher some things out there podna.