Once my mother-in-law came just to stay a couple nights,
And decided she would stay the rest of her life.
I watch my little children play some board game in the kitchen,
And I sit and pray they never feel my strife.
But then my partner called to say the pension funds were gone.
He'd made some bad investments, now the accounts are overdrawn,
and I took a walk!
So this week's blog will be a little different for a couple reasons. One is that I'm flyin solo as the Professor is occupied with other Professorly duties, and two is that we have a song for the recap, which you may have noticed. I expected to have to use this one after a loss, and I'm glad Bama was our first loss. I was only able to watch the first quarter of the MSU/Alabama game, and honestly that was probably a good thing for my sanity. Reading comments and reviews it sounds like MSU didn't bring it's A game... or B game, or C game... The Bulldogs turned in a crap performance, and it's a testament to what Dan Mullen has done with this program in a few short years that a majority of our fans are disappointed that we didn't play better against the number one team in the nation.
In addition to that, I wasn't able to watch any other games due to travelling this past weekend, so I'm going to forego the usual recaps of individual games this time around. Don't take this as sour grapes, though. I said in my post last week that I believed in our team, and that has not changed. I still believe in MSU and this football program, and I still believe in our players and coaches. Very few, if any, programs in the modern era can go from where we were as a program 4 years ago to beating the number one team in the nation in that length of time. I am disappointed that we weren't more competitive but I still believe we will have a very good season. For the record, like I said last week two of the most important keys to winning this game were penalties and turnovers. We took two costly penalties in the first quarter, and did not win the turnover battle.
At the beginning of the year, if you had asked me what I thought our record would be at season's end, I would have told you that I expected losses to LSU and Bama as practically a given. That hasn't changed. Those programs are much more stacked with athletes at every position, and recruiting that kind of depth takes time and continued success. There is a good chance MSU could finish anywhere between 8-4 and 10-2 this season, and that is a successful season. String 4-5 of those together and recruits will take notice. Do it for 8-10 and you'll be competing with the big boys. We just have to keep our heads up and keep on grindin...
Sorry for all of you expecting a detailed rundown of the weekend's action, but life and work kinda got in the way this week. The weekend preview is still coming, though, so be sure to check back here Friday afternoon to see a preview of the MSU/Texas A&M game and the rest the SEC has to offer! Have a great week!
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