r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 7h ago

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Northwestern Defeats Michigan State 24-21

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Northwestern 3 7 3 11 24
Michigan State 7 7 0 7 21
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u/MaximusStirner Michigan Wolverines • Cornell Big Red 6h ago

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.

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u/Wampus_Cat_ Michigan Wolverines • Kentucky Wildcats 6h ago

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

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u/Exact_Tumbleweed2005 2h ago

I mean, thats still an upgrade lol Fitz is a worse version of Wittingham

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u/Hour_Health_4593 Nebraska Cornhuskers 6h ago

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

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u/Exact_Tumbleweed2005 2h ago

Why would Chesney choose MSU over UCLA?

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u/wolverine237 Michigan • Northwestern 1h ago

Money, the historical baseline of both programs, closeness to his previous career stops and recruiting connections

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u/Hour_Health_4593 Nebraska Cornhuskers 1h ago

Not sure how true, but the rumors were MSU turned him down, not the other way around. Then UCLA swooped in a week later and signed him

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u/Puzzleheaded-Cut3144 Northwestern Wildcats 5h ago

And he was 2-20 his last two seasons at NU. He's a great face for the program but he's not a great head coach.