Based on Dak's performance in the first 2 games you can draw only one conclusion

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Originally Posted by Smitty

I don't accept losing winnable games due to effort and coaching

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I certainly question the coaching- especially the usage of personnel. I do not question the effort of our players though.

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Originally Posted by ShotgunDawg

What's funny is that we actually had a real starting NFL fullback on the team last year in Malcolm Johnson and didn't use a FB.

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We don't really use a true FB. We hybrid H-backs that can function as TE's or FB. And Malcolm is a good one.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

I certainly question the coaching- especially the usage of personnel. I do not question the effort of our players though.

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100% talking about the lack of tuck and run on 15's part. Somebody is making that change from last year and logic says it's not Mullen.

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Originally Posted by HoopsDawg

I don't know what game ya'll were watching, but it was pretty apparent to me our only chance to win was to pass the football. Our O-line was getting whipped on running plays. Unless Dan brings back the FB, we are going to struggle running the ball this year.

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I can't understand why more people have not mentioned this. I agree that Shump isn't the answer at RB, but JRob wouldn't have fared much better last night. We were not nearly aggressive enough up front last night to run the ball. I do give them credit for improving the pass blocking in the second half.

Having said all of this, I think our OL got better last night simply by going up against a good defensive front. I hate the loss as much as anyone, but I'm proud of the way we continued to battle and fight the entire game. There was a time in the first qtr some past MSU teams would have packed it in. This team did not.

The black helicopters are strong in this thread.

And in retrospect, we all should have seen this new "pass first/run second" dak coming in June when it was obvious he had dropped 10-15 pounds.

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Originally Posted by confucius say

The black helicopters are strong in this thread.

And in retrospect, we all should have seen this new "pass first/run second" dak coming in June when it was obvious he had dropped 10-15 pounds.

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There is no run 2nd.

Just like there is no real read option as the handoff is guaranteed.

Dusted off the 2012 playbook for this season. Weak and finesse all around.