u/Byzantine_Merchant

Purely a post for fun.

Personally, I’m probably at about a 7/10 on the excitement scale. I think Fitz had an idea of what he wanted year 1 to look like and an identity that he was trying to establish given that his primary pick ups focused on OL and running the ball. I think that’ll shine through and that with this schedule bowling is at least possible on paper.

My minimum expectation would be to see the team improve week to week and look like they actually want to be on the field during the final weeks. Especially if a bowl is on the line. All in all I can see 5-7 happening that’s about the line for me.

Ceiling would probably be 7-5. I could see us Holding an L vs every ranked team and dropping some leans or toss ups. Or a mix of opponents being worse and better than expected and just trading wins. IE: Washington ends up being meh but Wisconsin ends up being good.

All in all, most of my chips are in the winter portal. At that point, those are your guys, your team is set. Either prove your point in 2027 or get out.

I played the hell out of 25. Barely played 26 beyond a sim dynasty that I got maybe 3 seasons deep into. Wasn’t sure I’d buy 27, glad I did. This has been a lot of fun so far! I like that the recruiting feels harder if you’re at a small school and that the management side is more in depth without being overwhelming. Also love the customization of the experience.

That said I was definitely rusty. Was throwing picks left, right, and center at first haha.

- Will also highlight trench recruiting in general is something that feels up.

- I also feel like we’re better coaching away from a bowl. 2023 we had a couple of winnables and blew them. 2024 same deal. 2025 definitely. I think it’d be harder to go backwards.

- As LOS said, the schedule is doable. Cross ND, UM, and Oregon off. You basically have leans and toss ups. I personally am at 5-7 until I see reason to think otherwise. But if we can steal a Washington or Illinois or even one of the cross offs. Then it’s a totally different season.

It’s sounding like he applied to Virginia Tech, Purdue, and Wisconsin. Dude was jonesing to leave. So to be clear, we fired our previous do nothing front office. Then actively sabotaged and harassed the people that we hired less than two years ago until they fled town. All while they were succeeding in the tasks that we specifically brought them in for.

Most Spartans saw Mike Hart’s little brother comment as a high insult and rallying cry. The BOT saw it as actual words to try to live by and a mentality to embrace.

I guess the moment just got too big for poor little ole MSU.

6’6 and has two years of eligibility left. Given the lack of DL recruiting under Tuck that’s contributed to our problems the last few years, I’d say a functional big boy at this position is a mighty fine pick up for depth purposes.

Do you have a sense of optimism? Feeling lukewarm? Or just looking to get it over with and onto a coaching search?

Yesterday I asked which hot seat coach is most likely to survive. Today I wanted to keep in line with a similar theme but rather than hot seat ask which still relatively new HCs will end up being seeing a lot of success. Be that a natty, playoffs, or moving up to a better job.

Every year it feels like we enter the season with coaches on the hot seat. Which coaches do you feel like will actually turn things around?

Conversely, are there any coaches that are considered safe enough for now that you think will be fired by the end of the year?