r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • 3h 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/Davethellama Michigan State Spartans 3h ago

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.

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u/MaximusStirner Michigan Wolverines • Cornell Big Red 2h 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 2h ago

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

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u/Hour_Health_4593 Nebraska Cornhuskers 2h 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/Puzzleheaded-Cut3144 Northwestern Wildcats 1h 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.