The State of Michigan State Football: Bye Week!
East Lansing, MI
The Michigan State Spartans came into the season with promises of an improved offense from their head coach Mark Dantonio. He told the fans that one reason for all of the excitement was so many returning starters. But unfortunately for Dantonio, those same players are making the same mistakes. That is on coaching.
The Spartans have now had six players enter the transfer portal, and Spartan Nation is aware of four more seriously considering it.
How bad is the Spartan offense? Just look at where they rank in the Big Ten?
1. 13th out of 14 teams in scoring offense
2. 13th in rushing offense
3. 8th in passing offense
4. 13th in total offense
But the Big Ten is one of the nation’s best conferences. So in fairness, do they look better nationally? I think not.
1. 98th in the nation out of 130 teams in scoring offense
2. 112th in the nation for rushing offense
3. 68th in the nation for passing offense
4. 100th in the nation for total offense
If you are like me, you understand that the numbers don’t lie. The Spartan offense is abysmal. I have maintained that it is NOT on the players. Mark Dantonio and his staff are in year 13. They wanted these players. They are, “Their” guys.
In the above video, Spartan Nation senior writer Jon Schopp joins us to talk about the State of Michigan State football. Let there be no doubt that Spartan Nation owes Mark Dantonio a debt of gratitude for what he has done building MSU football.
But with a 15-16 Big Ten record in the last 31 games, the program has clearly fallen back into mediocrity. That is not acceptable.
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