For your Monday morning positive spin. Blake Shapen and Kamario Taylor have a way better opinion of their relationship than I or anyone else on this board see. Both guys know their role and respect one another. Kamario knows he's young and needs time to develop. Shapen knows KT is the future and has the physical tools to be an all time great if given the time to grow.

Shapen showed heart, grit, and resilience. I came on here and doubted him and Lebby openly right after the interception - hitting a month long frustration point as October was just hell. But they saved my ass and gave me a nice night out on the town. $300 to win $500 was pretty solid on the moneyline.

Many of us - myself especially - were in the "here we go again - why don't you just trust the new kid who got us back into the game" mindset. It would have been the easier coaching decision for Lebby. Put KT back in. Say Shapen was still hurt. If we lose - blame the loss on the injury and having to go to a true freshman QB. If we win, future is bright. It would have been a no-lose scenario to do that. Instead Lebby risked it for what he felt was the best chance of winning. Whether you agree with that or not being the best chance - we won. Period.

And how did the locker room respond? They rallied together - the team could have quit on Shapen and questioned a perceived coaching blunder. Instead they won. And Shapen didn't take credit - he gave it directly to the young man who not only held down the fort, but went above and beyond to get us back into the game. That's true leadership. That's a good Starter/Backup relationship between a Senior / Freshman. That's the heart I love to see as an MSU alumnus.

Hail State. Thanks for getting the monkey off the back. Here's hoping the dam breaks open. Let's win out.