In retrospect, we all should have seen this coming. The signs were all there. We know that MSU has a dominant defense. On offense, the Tulsa game was not good. I was harsher than most following that game. But, the offense was much, much better against Western, and at least in the box score, it was better against Arizona State. Once the initial sting of last week’s lose wore off, I was still pretty guardedly optimistic about the direction of this team.
Many people, myself included, pointed out that the ASU game looked like an anomaly. Sure, MSU put up only 7 points, but you change the outcome slightly of one of out of 10-12 different plays, MSU wins that game.