Illinitalk: Thoughts on MSU

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Thoughts on MSU

A couple thoughts on last night:

Did I hear Erin Andrews right during the first half when she said Brian Randle told her the Purdue loss was so bad and Weber screamed so loud that he finally decided he had to come back and play? Perhaps this came across wrong but it struck me as odd...as if Randle's return to the line-up depended on getting thrashed by the coach rather than being healthy.
Agree with Alma Mater below...the Worldwide Leader's ratings had to be dropping like a rock (except in Champaign and East Lansing) with the poor offensive play in the first half. It was ugly. And that's fine...except when you have to play a completely different style once the NCAA tournament roles around.
More evidence of just how slow and griding the game was: Steve Lavin was diagramming the officials' spacing on the court on the telestrator because there weren't any good plays of note to talk about.
Finally, Izzo remains a class act. Gotta love the following quote on Chester from Tupper's blog today:

“He showed me more guts than anyone I’ve seen since Mateen Cleaves,” Izzo said of his former point guard, the heart and soul of a team that led the Spartans to the 2000 national championship. “Everyone knows he’s hurt. Watching him before the game, he could hardly walk.

“I told him at our place he’s the toughest player in the league. I told him that again tonight. It was a gutsy effort.”

# posted by Chief : 8:18 AM

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