Another game, another impressive way for Jonathan Smith to lose. The second-year Michigan State head coach found a way to blow a 17-7 fourth-quarter lead against an anemic offense, fumbling away a potential first win since mid-September at Iowa, 20-17.
Horrible.
There’s a decent chance that Smith might be one of the worst coaches in the Power Four, and that was accentuated on Saturday afternoon as he watched his team blow a 10-point lead in the second half to lose a heartbreaker as time expired.
It’s common for teams to blow fourth-quarter leads, but when you have a 10-point lead in the final 12 minutes against one of the worst offenses in the Big Ten, you have to come through with a win.