[Postgame Thread] Northwestern Defeats Michigan State 24-21

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Northwestern	3	7	3	11	24
Michigan State	7	7	0	7	21

[u/DoggedStooge]

After decades of seeing fans of other teams say "I don't feel good, but at least we won" after playing us, I get it now.

[u/NamelessFlames → u/DoggedStooge]

they don’t ask you how you got em end of the day

[u/ecolovedavid → u/DoggedStooge]

LMAO this is so so true. 

[u/Woalolol]

Cut my life into pieces

[u/Auferstehen2 → u/Woalolol]

This is a stupid sport

[u/AJB46 → u/Auferstehen2]

Humiliation, no winning

[u/JimTresselAtHyvee → u/AJB46]

Dont give a fuck if I see my coach leaving

[u/roguebananah → u/JimTresselAtHyvee]

Fitz lovers

And boomers

Don’t really understand how bad he is

[u/CrawlerCoolie → u/AJB46]

I really hate this fucking season!

[u/Pharx0h → u/Woalolol]

this is my last resort

[u/motomami24 → u/Pharx0h]

Ayyy samesies if your flares represent the schools you went to

[u/Pharx0h → u/motomami24]

yeah ive attended both

[u/Rohn- → u/Pharx0h]

Nerd!

[u/Pharx0h → u/Rohn-]

shit it do be paying off

[u/MicksMaster → u/Woalolol]

If you don’t like that, you don’t like Fitzball.

[u/BobbysSmile → u/Woalolol]

Man what happened to MSU? I used to love watching you play but its just sad now.

[u/jimmy_three_shoes → u/BobbysSmile]

Mark Dantonio checked out his last couple seasons, and had a bunch of coordinators he just shuffled around so the program stagnated. Decided in February that he was retiring, so they scrambled and hired Mel Tucker. Tucker had one good season, then got fired for masturbating on a call with a vendor. Program scrambled again after firing him for cause and hired Jonathan Smith from Oregon State, who was ass. Fired him and now we have Pat Fitzgerald.

[u/KushDingies → u/jimmy_three_shoes]

And that one good season was basically entirely due to Kenneth Walker. That dude was unbelievable

[u/bluespartan8 → u/KushDingies]

You're underselling the talent on that team. K9 was a massive part of it, no doubt, but our receivers that year were Jayden Reed, Keon Coleman, and Jalen Nailor. No, they're not Jeremiah Smith but K9 plus three nfl-caliber wide receivers (and Connor Hayward) was too much for even Mel Tucker to mess up.

[u/BobbysSmile → u/jimmy_three_shoes]

Damn, insane spiral.

[u/Spartannia → u/BobbysSmile]

I also used to love watching us play lmao

[u/royallex → u/Woalolol]

Feel awful for you guys. Can't imagine having the boosters deciding 2026 Pat Fitzgerald was a good hire (scandals aside)

[u/slyfox1908 → u/royallex]

In fairness, we’re two or three plays away from 4-3 and feeling pretty good. But you can’t deny Fitz is responsible for these games turning out how they have.

[u/royallex → u/slyfox1908]

Referring to the fact that he went 1-8 in conference 3 of his last 4 years at NW

[u/MrRichStarfish]

Smash the ball endlessly into the middle of the line ✅

Come out flat against a HC with a massive axe to grind ✅

Bring no pressure whatsoever to help out your undermanned secondary ✅

Sure seems like Braun/Chip wanted to intentionally lose this game but the team just wouldn’t let them

[u/Training-Skill-868 → u/MrRichStarfish]

very confused how the Oline was getting dominated by MSU's Dline today. We couldnt block to save our lives and had them all over the backfield the entire time. Chiles was running for his life

[u/MrRichStarfish → u/Training-Skill-868]

Because they were shooting gaps and playing aggressive as hell which was to be expected from Fitz who absolutely did not want MSU to get beat up the middle.

We were then very successful by just dumping it off to a RB or hitting a TE.

But instead of just keeping with that and having Chiles throw screens to beat the pressure, Chip kept trying to hammer it through the middle

[u/Careless_Wishter → u/MrRichStarfish]

Oregon lost to Auburn with 1st and goal and arguably the top running back in the country. Guess what plays Chip called... Guess.

[u/Mr-Cantaloupe → u/Training-Skill-868]

We surprisingly have a good defensive line and a great interior. That’s it though, the rest of our team is MAC level outside of special teams.

[u/majorgeneralporter]

Everyone just look at the box score, look at absolutely nothing about the second half.

[u/DoggedStooge → u/majorgeneralporter]

Don't look at the first half either.

[u/majorgeneralporter → u/DoggedStooge]

In fact, just don't watch any of that game, save your brain cells.

[u/DmitriShostabrovich → u/DoggedStooge]

It’s a good thing this was on Peacock so fewer people were actually watching.

[u/SmellyJellyfish → u/majorgeneralporter]

I looked at the gamecast with about 3 minutes left and thought “huh, looks like MSU is probably gonna kick a last minute field goal to win.” So I was a little surprised to see the final result here lol

[u/Ialwayssleep]

UCLA vs Northwestern would be a pretty funny if it was the last B1G championship game ever.

[u/majorgeneralporter → u/Ialwayssleep]

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[u/baby-alligators]

absolutely bailed out from some horrific playcalling but I’m happy for braun and chiles, love to see the emotion. let’s stop running the same broken plays all game and onto the next one!

[u/Pristine-System255 → u/baby-alligators]

Chip's insistence on running until he could not run at all was frustrating to watch, but happy NU locked in and got the dub

[u/E4439qv5 → u/Pristine-System255]

My turn to say, that's definitely a Chip thing.

It works until it doesn't, it keeps getting called regardless, and then maybe he mixes it up, by the time everyone at every level of football IQ would've done it differently, and thus nobody expects the New Hampshire Inquisition.

[u/winnielikethepooh15 → u/baby-alligators]

Chiles is an absolute baller.

[u/copydex1]

Classic Pat Fitzgerald loss. I've felt this hundreds of times before, MSU fans.

[u/henry_fords_ghost → u/copydex1]

I gotta say I never realized how miserable it is being on the other side of FitzBall

[u/FitzCats]

UNRANK NORTHWESTERN YOU COWARDS

[u/Chicago_Blackhawks → u/FitzCats]

we always play better unranked lmao, it's like clockwork

[u/Kvetch__22 → u/Chicago_Blackhawks]

Going to East Lansing ranked and losing to a bad MSU team is like our signature move but yeah, take us out of the AP.

[u/FitzCats → u/Chicago_Blackhawks]

Exactly, I want no part of playing Rutgers while ranked

[u/majorgeneralporter → u/FitzCats]

PUT US IN TIME OUT

[u/burritoxman]

NEVER IN DOUBT!

^{…was in a lot of doubt}

[u/Dry-Membership3867]

Why did Pat Fitzgerald get another HC job again

[u/JtotheC23 → u/Dry-Membership3867]

I legit think the hazing overshadowed how badly his teams performed in his last few years. If NU didn't screw up by first trying to throw it under the rug for him instead of firing him right away, I highly doubt he would have gotten his wrongful termination lawsuit settled out of court and been able to coach again.

Instead, he somehow benefited from a sexual harassment scandal that happened in his locker room.

[u/1nf1niteCS → u/JtotheC23]

Outside the 2020 season he was horrendous at the end of the NU stint. 7-29 in the 3 other years before he was fired. 14-31 if you include 2020. I think Mike Hankwitz carried his teams defensively.

[u/demo4 → u/JtotheC23]

To me, the hazing scandal getting him canned was probably a blessing in disguise for the program in the long run. He was terrible in the end of his tenure and before that definitely was carried by Hankwitz.

I really don't know what it would have taken results wise to get the university to fire him. He was so tied in that I feel like no one ever talked about the future without him even though his coaching and coordinator hires were bad.

[u/BRDNZBL1 → u/Dry-Membership3867]

We have the worst administration in the country 

[u/adrenah → u/BRDNZBL1]

You don't even have the worst administration in the state.

[u/meatballcake87 → u/adrenah]

The general public voting for your School’s board and it’s consequences for public Michigan universities

[u/CrawlerCoolie → u/Dry-Membership3867]

Never understood his hype.

[u/Rigatoknee → u/CrawlerCoolie]

Fitz deserves credit for making a lot of a little at NU. But by 2019, it was clear that the sport had started to pass him by offensively. The university cost themselves millions by firing him for hazing when they should’ve fired him for going 4-20 in his final two seasons.

[u/ldwr011 → u/CrawlerCoolie]

Well he did a TV interview and while holding a binder said that he "earned a PhD in NIL and the portal."

I guess that was enough for the people in charge.

[u/BursleyBaits → u/CrawlerCoolie]

he was really doing a great job in Evanston for quite some time, tbf, the hype was warranted in the mid-2010s or so. but that was a while ago now

[u/LastWordsWereHuzzah → u/CrawlerCoolie]

He was always a CEO style coach, never a master tactician. And he started making very dumb CEO decisions and stopped making good ones.

[u/majorgeneralporter]

For those who missed the post game interview, this was also apparently Chiles' first game since his grandfather passed, I can only imagine the emotion he must have been feeling today.

[u/Chicago_Blackhawks → u/majorgeneralporter]

tons of family in the crowd too. that last drive was absolutely baller

[u/ddottay]

Maybe the Fitzgerald cult at Northwestern will finally see they got better with him gone

[u/toledosurprised → u/ddottay]

insane that people still haven’t realized that firing that narcissist saved the program

[u/Jonjon428]

Pat Fitzgerald revenge game: unsuccessful

[u/GrandOcelot → u/Jonjon428]

Aidan Chiles revenge game: successful

[u/SK4NKHVNT42]

That fake punt was still really dumb though

[u/PiningForAnApple]

terrible playcalling on our last drive. NU was always going to get it back with over a minute, which means they have were probably gonna tie the game up even if we hit our FG. It was dumb to play the timer that early. Fitz should've called a pass play. NU knew he was too stupid to try anything but run there. 

[u/TelltaleHead]

Michigan State this is going to be the first of a lot of losses in Fitz's tenure where you will be asking yourself "How the fuck did we manage to lose that game?" 

Best of luck. Fitz had gotten extremely complacent and stubborn by the end of his tenure here and that doesn't seem to have changed. 

Re: Northwestern that was the first time all season where I thought the coaches mismanaged the game but, it all worked out 

[u/Mr-Cantaloupe → u/TelltaleHead]

This loss sucks, but I don’t blame Fitz’ coaching on that final drive. Most coaches would opt to run the ball instead of going for a first down on a passing play which also stops the clock. Alessio was missing throws all game.

You take the points & the lead, and hope your defense can at least put up a fight. It obviously went terribly wrong, but we just didn’t execute

[u/TelltaleHead → u/Mr-Cantaloupe]

I'm not saying he made a mistake. I'm saying a hallmark of his tenure at Northwestern was losses where things would just go wrong in ways that were often seemed inexplicable 

[u/JtotheC23 → u/TelltaleHead]

It's their 2nd loss like that. They lost to us in OT last week

[u/HalfABrainCell55 → u/JtotheC23]

I mean in fairness we were down 17-0 almost immediately. More of a “how the fuck did we manage to make that a game” rather than OP’s sentiment.

[u/fx-115ESPLUS]

A class Fitz game where he plays to the level of the opponent, then loses. Glad to finally be on the other side of this nonsense.

[u/Chicago_Blackhawks → u/fx-115ESPLUS]

we even tried to outFitz him with the fake punt LOL

[u/Davethellama]

I will never understand what the leadership of MSU's athletic program has been doing for the last 10 years.

Idiotic decision after idiotic decision. Tucker, smith, fitz - all mediocre (at best) head coaches from mediocre (at best) programs. As if our leadership thought it would be easier for them to win here? No $ commitment to recruiting top players. What do you expect? It's like they're aiming for the middle. And then miss.

The new AD emailed the entire fanbase a few weeks ago, basically apologizing for the miserable state of the football program.

I want to say I hope things soon change. But "hope" would imply I'm at least a little optimistic that it might happen. I'm not. Gonna go add a backup flair so I can post something positive in r/cfb once in a while.

[u/Inside-Drink-1311 → u/Davethellama]

Fitzgerald was a panic hire as you weren’t going to get one of your top options. You probably would have been better off keeping Smith for another year and just throw away this year and got a head start on this years cycle.

I think he should be one and done but I really don’t think they are going to fire their third coach in four years.

[u/First-Pride-8571 → u/Inside-Drink-1311]

Also probably stings that they could have hired Cignetti, but instead hired Jonathan Smith. And then could have hired Chesney, but instead hired Fitz.

I know it certainly stings that we had that clown Warde hiring first Moore and then Whittingham.

Rare when at least one of Michigan/MSU isn't good, but we are both complete ass. But for the fact that we play each other, I'm not sure that either of us would otherwise win another game this year.

[u/MaximusStirner → u/Davethellama]

To me the big issue is that the failures compounding, I think Fitz is a decent enough HC but he's got 7 years of incompetence before him, I remember when Sparty was almost always ranked and had NFL talent.

[u/Wampus_Cat_ → u/MaximusStirner]

Can we interest Sparty in a slightly used Whittingham and Jason Beck?

[u/Hour_Health_4593 → u/MaximusStirner]

The issue is they turned down Bob Chesney to hire Fitzgerald, a guy shrouded in controversy, historical mediocrity, and zero experience coaching in the NIL era

[u/wolverine237 → u/Davethellama]

The thing about Fitzgerald is that he had clearly and obviously lost it at Northwestern in his last several seasons. He was already in fire the coordinators to save yourself mode before the investigation and his firing. Honestly, I don't think he goes out that way if he is still successful at NU.

I think it's a situation very similar to the one in Michigan where everyone thought you were getting the version of the guy from a decade or 15 years ago and you're not, we are not.

[u/HistoricalYogurt5085 → u/Davethellama]

People like to think of Fitz through his "up" years and blame the down years for Northwest's academic standards. I thought he would have more success with resources, but wasn't sure how well he would adapt to NIL....

[u/SJCitizen → u/Davethellama]

This undersells Smith at Oregon State. They were in the gutter when he got there and it was a legitimately impressive squad by the time he left. They were still a P5 team at the time too.

[u/Borkleton → u/Davethellama]

Well part of the reason is the constant turnover of ADs and a general lack money or willingness to spend money where it matters instead of shit coaches that cost us even more money that could go towards obtaining talent, solid coaches that can leverage said talent, and keeping that talent. But State is such a shit show program that we aren’t even appealing to talented coaches and players we need.

[u/Oatmeal_Packet]

Oh my god

[u/AjaxuallyBall]

Snatched defeat from the jaws of victory

[u/Powerful_Hall → u/AjaxuallyBall]

Welcome to FitzMagic

[u/Hanul14]

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory for Michigan State

[u/Powerful_Hall]

Matthew Smith literally single-handedly saving David Braun from an incredibly embarrassing loss

[u/GrandOcelot]

CARDIAC CATS GIVING HEART ATTACKS ACROSS THE NATION

[u/MssrSqueezy]

MSU fans get ready for Fitz to say "we need to execute better" after every game

[u/TheHotGates → u/MssrSqueezy]

He was a garbage coach at northwestern at the end crazyyyyyy shit to hire him 3 years removed from the game

[u/Other-Chemical-6393]

MSU fans live in hell

[u/teslaabr → u/Other-Chemical-6393]

Yeah, I’m here. I stopped putting my happiness in the hands of the abilities of 18-22(+ however much eligibility there is these days) yr olds, a while ago so that helps but still not great. 🤪

[u/OnyxNateZ]

Fitzgerald revenge game denied

[u/Pharx0h]

I definitely didn't lose faith nor hope at any point of the game at all for sure

[u/dlm]

I’m tired, boss

[u/Milton__Obote]

Bailed out of the worlds dumbest fake punt I’ll take it

[u/iustusflorebit]

I still don’t know if we’re actually good 

[u/secondphase → u/iustusflorebit]

Well you certainly cant tell from THAT game.

[u/WestCoastToGoldCoast → u/iustusflorebit]

I would say that the outcome of PSU/UM should provide some clarity, but if anything, it might just muddy the waters even more.

[u/ldwr011]

This week on MSU Football, watch us snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

[u/rixybaby]

I dont deserve this

[u/rockstaraimz]

That 4th quarter was brutal but I'll take it.

[u/GreatestWhiteShark]

THE CARDIAC CATS GROWLOWLOWL AGAIN

[u/roshambo11]

Fitz almost got out-fitzed by the least Fitz team we’ve ever had

[u/TheMusketDood]

Another pathetic choke job. 2-10 incoming. Fold the program.

[u/jerkytoucan]

Chiles can act however he wanted after that clutch drive but he has a lot of hate for MSU given how turbo dogshit he was when he played for us

[u/PiningForAnApple → u/jerkytoucan]

Watching him today he still has a lot of the same issues he had at msu. Honestly switch the quarterbacks the result would be no different. 

[u/KushDingies]

Never any doubt

Win your clunkers

(unrank us)

[u/TrashyTuber]

what in the fuck did I just witness

[u/nocertaintyattached → u/TrashyTuber]

The unscripted drama of human competition

[u/BrumDawgMillionare]

It was a game — that is for sure

[u/hillko00]

Jesus christ I'm gonna have a heart attack

[u/Pharx0h]

I dont know what I just watched

[u/Lavalamp171]

How foolish of me to think this team could bring me joy.

[u/Pharx0h]

I honestly cannot believe we won the game

[u/UnluckySuggestion309]

That is exactly how I thought that was going to end.

[u/FitzCats]

Fitz got Fitz’d

[u/Midnightstimepasser]

10 years ago, this loss would have killed me. I just don't care anymore. Thanks for ruining college football you greedy fucks.

[u/B_I_LL]

classic Fitz game

[u/secondphase]

Is there a voluntary death penalty option?

[u/LGNDKILLA]

The fake punt was still absolutely insane, MSU is just that awful

[u/TheHotGates]

Defeated with Dignity TM

[u/DeliveryBetter8567]

Everyone talking about Fitz when our QB fucking blows

[u/Mr-Cantaloupe → u/DeliveryBetter8567]

Missed three wide open touchdowns, wide open. And two of them were absolutely inexcusable.

[u/rosh200]

Same shit, different week

[u/Rigatoknee]

Cardiac cats strike again!

[u/samhasreturned]

One of the games of football I've seen 

[u/JohnnyBoyTrojan]

Just when I thought the program couldn’t take a greater turn for the worse, Fitz proves me wrong

[u/MssrSqueezy]

So Fitz is right where he left off at the start of this decade, glad he's not our problem anymore

[u/StallsAndCamps → u/MssrSqueezy]

Yeah David Braun might legit get them to the playoffs

[u/GoGreeb → u/MssrSqueezy]

Bro y'all almost lost to our 2nd string defense, getting lucky to recover both fumbles. I think Fitz did an incredible job today. 

[u/BuzzKillington77 → u/GoGreeb]

Once this exact game happens for you 5 more times you’ll start to question him lol

[u/KushDingies → u/MssrSqueezy]

Nah, his 21 and 22 teams were completely uncompetitive. During those seasons I would’ve been so happy to just have a close game against a good team

[u/MrJusticeDouglas]

How are NU fans feeling??

[u/LastWordsWereHuzzah → u/MrJusticeDouglas]

The Chiles and Fitz factors meant this would always be a wild one, I just didn't expect it to be this stupid.

[u/BullshitSloth → u/LastWordsWereHuzzah]

And the last 3 minutes were very, very stupid.

[u/nocertaintyattached → u/MrJusticeDouglas]

A conference win is always sweet, no matter how gotten

[u/IPreferBagels2 → u/nocertaintyattached]

Especially on the road

[u/rockstaraimz → u/MrJusticeDouglas]

A W is a W, but I'm not feeling great about it.

[u/hesperoyucca → u/rockstaraimz]

I felt bad initially, but then thought to myself about how rare it is to see such an ugly crazy game, and then appreciated it. Definitely an Alonzo Mourning GIF kind of game.

And hats off to NU for some legit clutchness from the defense and offense side, closing with a nice drive at the end. The Braun teams seem to have a frequency of clutchness the Fitz teams lacked (not to say the Fitz teams had none; there's the 2018 Holiday Bowl and that come-from-behind win against Nebraska for that one win of that season, of course). Definitely not calling that last drive ugly, cool cat stuff from Chiles, the line, Komolafe, and Wilde.

[u/majorgeneralporter → u/MrJusticeDouglas]

Thank God it's Rutgers next week

[u/AlejaYmir → u/MrJusticeDouglas]

ohio state going to turn us into red mist

[u/Whatsgoodx → u/AlejaYmir]

We played Indiana super tough and they are driving to win the game right now. Defeatist NU fans make me shake my head.

[u/KushDingies → u/Whatsgoodx]

Yeah man. We looked like shit today but it was easily our worst game of the year. We still have a good team.

The concerning thing is that it seems like we get much sloppier on the road. Only 2 game sample size though

[u/B_I_LL → u/KushDingies]

it's tough to say when our only two road games have been Indiana and the Fitz bowl but they definitely haven't inspired confidence in their road performances so far

[u/AdamOnFirst → u/AlejaYmir]

Calm down, we won an ugly Fitz vintage rock fight. We out Fitzed Fitz

[u/Billiam501 → u/MrJusticeDouglas]

Most obvious trap game ever, glad they were able to hang on. A win is a win, and Chiles looked phenomenal, besides taking some dumb sacks

[u/Lukumber → u/MrJusticeDouglas]

Hey hey hey, we retain the NU title from winning our last battle of the NU’s.

That being said, this has to feel good

[u/hesperoyucca]

Whoever had this pegged as a Cardiac Cats win, screw you, but ultimately thank you for manifesting that into existence.

[u/drbiscuit832]

Okay so I originally said 7.5 was disrespectful line for northwestern. Vegas knows more than I do. Go wildcats!

[u/B_I_LL → u/drbiscuit832]

I hate sports betting but if I was placing bets that would have been the easiest under of my entire life lol. I wouldn't expect anything else against Fitz

[u/Firyar]

The beatings will continue until moral improves.

[u/SK4NKHVNT42]

Easy win, never in doubt :)

[u/hesperoyucca]

"One lucky block field goal deserves another" - Shaquille O'Neal, 2004

[u/Tasty_Gift5901]

Anyone got a clip of that blocked field goal?

[u/KushDingies → u/Tasty_Gift5901]

Which one?

[u/hesperoyucca → u/Tasty_Gift5901]

The NU Athletics Youtube account posts some great highlight compilations from the NU side relatively quickly (within a couple of hours after the game, usually) and have done so for a long time, so if you want to avoid Xitter, they'll have a high quality upload in a bit: https://www.youtube.com/@nusports

[u/Zloggt]

Sparty in hell…

[u/sandmansleepy]

As a Michigan State alumnus, I can say that the coach is being paid too much for the honor of killing the program. They aren't even going to fill the stadium with tickets at reasonable prices. We might not win another game this year.

[u/GoGreeb]

Alessio needs to be better, this team put in such an incredible effort and the offense failed them again.

I am stock up again on Fitzgerald. This defensive performance was the best I've seen since 2019.

[u/LastWordsWereHuzzah]

One of Northwestern's great ironies will be that Pat Fitzgerald's last good decision was hiring David Braun.

[u/1nf1niteCS]

Northwestern would of totally blown that game if Fitz was still HC, thankfully he's on the other team and blew it for them

[u/user_8353517 → u/1nf1niteCS]

Explain to me how he blew the game? YOUR coach is the one that called that absolute brain dead fake punt to give us the ball under 3 min on your side of the field in a tie game. Please explain to me how Fitz blew it?

[u/copydex1 → u/user_8353517]

Dude, nobody knows or understands how, but Fitz is always on the losing end of close games that his team lowkey had no business being competitive in anyways.

[u/GreatestWhiteShark → u/copydex1]

This is revisionist history that could only be believed if you enrolled after Covid. He was famous for winning one score games before the wheels fell off (mainly because of recruiting).

I think we won the breakup and I'm not upset he's gone but I think Northwestern fans have really veered into Making Shit Up Territory.

[u/Rigatoknee → u/user_8353517]

Fitz played it too conservatively for the FG instead of playing for the TD on their final drive. They weren’t going to be able to milk enough time to justify that decision. NU was always going to get the ball back if MSU didn’t get the first down.

[u/1nf1niteCS → u/user_8353517]

Easy, he got the ball in a tie game with 3:30 to go on the NU 28 and ended up with 0 points and still left a minute of game clock up and then let Northwestern march down the field with time to just let 20 seconds burn before the final spike. He always lost these games at NU and it's no difference here. It comes down to the coach.

[u/BRDNZBL1]

Hiring Fitz was always stupid and he’s done nothing to show he has any fucking clue what’s going on. 

[u/Pickle_Toucher95 → u/BRDNZBL1]

Always thought Michigan State could do better. Fitz is not someone who can succeed in the age of NIL

[u/Bokki_64]

Michigan State snatched defeat from the jaws of victory

[u/Gatherer_S_Thompson]

Disappointed for another moral victory, but I was expecting to lose by multiple touchdowns today.

[u/Champion_Krumper]

Don’t worry, it’s all part of the plan

[u/alloythepunny]

I wish I could say that this inspires confidence. I wish I could say that if we get that field goal and maybe don’t call the worst 2 point attempt of all time vs Illinois, we’d be 4-3.

And yet, all I have is pain. This too, shall pass. But for now, pain is all I have, and thus I know I am alive.

Go green.

[u/MrSCR23]

MSU in shambles today

[u/jhp58]

NEVER IN DOUBT

[u/Valiant_Watchguard67]

Well at least the losses are hopeful again.

[u/control_09]

I didn't think it'd be close but damn very disappointing to lose in the last minute.

[u/RedPajama45]

We looked so good for being so bad of a team. I'm only 18% disappointed today.

[u/smallz86]

Yep. That's all I have to say about that

[u/thisismy1stalt]

Lol I have a soft spot for MSU but crazy they lose two heartbreakers to the lads from IL back to back (and at home, lol).

[u/Jake_dasnake3]

sorry MSU bros that fg happened right as I noticed the score and tuned in

[u/Potatooooooooooo88]

Phew!

[u/Raven96706]

Hey MSU should hire the current JMU head coach! Checks Notes Billy Napier… ☠️

[u/Kh3hhdds343]

No coaching staff put more effort into one game than Fitz staff did for this one, except for Golding against LSU.

[u/No-Channel3917]

Congrats to northwestern for winning and possibly become rank 21 now or becoming unranked depending on how the AP wipes their ass during polling

[u/Keyblade_Yoshi]

We went 1-2 vs our former QB’s this year. Beat EMU but lost to Illinois and Northwestern. Good thing we don’t play LSU.

[u/DmitriShostabrovich]

Haha suck it Fitz

[u/FinalFrontier00]

MSU isn’t a very talented team to begin with this year and has been decimated by injuries some to our better players 

I’d expect us to finish with like 3-4 wins it’s gonna be a rough season 

[u/Borkleton → u/FinalFrontier00]

This is our ceiling.

[u/Legalsleazy]

#FitzgeraldOut.

Unacceptable and inexcusable.

[u/Accurate_Ball96]

Well I hope you had fun being ranked Northwestern fans

[u/Puzzleheaded-Cut3144 → u/Accurate_Ball96]

Nah. Not a convincing win at all but a win. More than a few teams above us will actually lose.

[u/toledosurprised]

FUCK YOU PAT FITZGERALD

[u/ElectricalBobcat9690]

The Pat Fitzgerald bowl. Northwestern is looking a lot better since the whole Fitzgerald fiasco. They would’ve eventually fired him for going 2-10 every year anyway.

[u/Apart_Selection7722]

Wow

[u/PugeHeniss]

We should have stuck with Smith another year, fired Rossi and brought in Bray as DC.

[u/byniri_returns]

Legitimately fuck this program