2009 Michigan State Spartans

[Jack Lambert]

Here are the real spartans projected to start for Michigan State this year. The Spartans started 7 whites in 2005, 5 in 2006, 8 in 2007 and 10 in 2008. It looks like Michigan State is whitening up again. Former starting LB Adam Decker should see some playing time this year also. It looks like head coach Mark Dantonio knows what he's doing.

Offense

QB Kirk Cousins

FB Andrew Hawken

WR Blair White

TE Charlie Gantt

LT Rocco Cironi

LG Joel Foreman

C Joel Nitchman

RG Brendan Moss


Defense

SLB Eric Gordon

FS Danny FortenerEdited by: Jack Lambert

 

[Deadlift]

Will the White defenders that they've gotten in the last few years EVER START?

I know that they've gotten a couple more White defender commits for the 2010 class, so we'll see....

 

[Deadlift]

A few more athletes that should get playing time:


Garrett Celek

http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/celek_garrett00.html


Tyler Hoover

http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hoover_tyler00.html


Steve Gardiner

http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/gardiner_steve00.html

 

[jaxvid]

Blair White has been starring for Michigan State as their top receiver. Against Northwestern he had two long TD's where he blew by the defenders. In any other universe he would be considered a deep threat. Drew Sharp, a black supremicist sports writer for the Detroit Free Press had this to say about Blair White.

QUESTION: Blair White had his third 100-yard receiving game of the season, finishing with a career-high 12 receptions for 186 yards. Is he the next great Michigan State receiver on a level with Plaxico Burress and Charles Rogers?

ANSWER: White isn't a big-play weapon like Burress or Rogers. He's simply a reliable receiver, especially on third down. He's one of those guys who keeps the first-down chains moving forward, but you cannot place a proper value on that quality. I've maintained since his emergence last year that White has the potential of being a No. 3 or No. 4 receiver in the NFL because coaches can never have enough guys who know how to run precise routes and rarely drop the ball. White could become the Spartans' most valuable player in the second half of the season. (end)

Typical anti-white crap spooned out by sports writers on a never ending basis. Charles Rodgers was a huge bust in the NFL, Burress was okay before screwing his career with the gun bust in NY. I'd wager White is as fast as these guys were. And what difference does it make if he's catching deep balls and blowing by defenses? What does that have to do with running good routes and having reliable hands?

 

[Don Wassall]

Burress ran a 4.59 at the 2000 Combine. How do Iremember this? Because Danny Farmer -- drafted in the 4th round that same year by the Steelers following Burress's selection in the first round -- ran a 4.55.

Farmer was faster than Burress, and had him easily beat in every other conceivable comparison -- he could leap like a kangaroo, had great hands, and was an All-American scholar. He had it all, except for one trait.

Burress on the other hand had laughable leaping ability and timing, bad hands, a low IQ, and a piss poor super-gangsta attitude from Day One. This cretin showed up his first day of training camp, after holding out mind you, delivered by a limo and wearing a full-length fur coat -- in early August heat and humidity. This is your Caste System NFL. Guess which player was cut in training camp and never given a chance in the NFL and which one was given year after year to develop.

I would be very surprised if White isn't similarly hugely gifted over Burress and thug Rogers in the same categories, and likely as fast as well.

For you Danny Farmer fans out there, I wrote a letter to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette re Farmer and Burress on 8/12/00, and it was actually published a few days later, though in an edited form. About half of the below "made the cut." Here it is:

"I was shocked to read Ed Bouchette's story in the August 10th Post-Gazette, which states that Steelers rookie wide receiver Danny Farmer is battling Courtney Hawkins for the sixth and final spot at that position.

"Apparently the Steelers are plagued with the same political correctness as Bouchette, who never fails to mention his opinion that Farmer is 'slow,' as well as adhering to the time-honored dictum that white wide receivers must only be compared to other white wide receivers, never to any black ones.

"The fact is, Farmer is faster than Plaxico Burress (4.55 in the 40 for Farmer vs. 4.59 for Burress). He has great leaping ability, as evidenced by his twice being selected a college All-American in volleyball, long arms, great hands, and runs quick, precise routes.

"Despite being a walk-on hewas the first freshman ever to lead UCLA in receiving, and is that school's all-time leading in receiving yardage. For his career, this 'slow' receiver averaged 19.0 yards per catch and was the biggest playmaker on a potent and explosive UCLA offensive machine.

"Before his senior season at UCLA, Farmer was the subject of a flattering portrayal in Sports Illustrated. In that article, his college quarterback, Cade McNown, said that even after playing in various college all-star games that featured such players as Peerless Price and Torry Holt, he considered Farmer the best receiver he had ever thrown to.

"Farmer was widely predicted to be drafted in the late first round or early in the second round. However, an injury in his senior year dropped his stock. Still, draft experts thought he would go before the Steelers got him as a steal in the fourth round.

"The Steelers should be developing Danny Farmer to be one of their top three wideouts. If his options for this season are, as Bouchette writes, to either be cut or languish on the bench as the sixth receiver behind such mediocrities as Malcolm Johnson, Bobby Shaw and Courtney Hawkins, I hope the Steelers cut him, so that a competent organization picks him up and develops his considerable talent."

 

[Colonel_Reb]

Michigan State's bowl hopes might be in jeopardy.



LANSING, Mich. -- A campus fight involving Michigan State football
players and fraternity members could affect the Spartans' bowl
destination.

Alamo Bowl officials said Friday they are monitoring
fallout from the Nov. 22 incident that has led to the dismissal of two
Michigan State players and the suspension of eight others for a
violation of team rules. No charges have been filed, but police are
still investigating the fight at a campus residence hall.

Rick
Hill, the Alamo Bowl's vice president of marketing, said the incident
is one of several factors that will be discussed before selections are
announced Sunday. Hill said it's not clear how much weight the
selection committee will give to the incident.

"There's all kind of variables that could happen and the
incident at Michigan State is one," Hill said. "We'll just let it
develop out and get all of the information we can and present it to our
selection committee on Sunday, along with other factors."

Michigan State officials are keeping both the Alamo and Insight bowls updated.

"[Athletic
Director] Mark Hollis has kept the executive directors of both bowls
fully apprised and has been frequently and openly talking with them
about our process," said Terry Denbow, a spokesman for the university
in East Lansing. "I think they have full confidence in our process and
in any decisions that could emanate from it."

The Alamo Bowl
could be looking at either Michigan State or Minnesota -- both 6-6 --
as its Big Ten representative. The other team in the Alamo Bowl will
come from the Big 12.

How well fans of particular Big Ten team
would travel to the Jan. 2 game in San Antonio is an important
consideration for the bowl committee.

The Insight Bowl in Tempe,
Ariz., selects a Big Ten team after the Alamo Bowl has made a
selection. The Alamo Bowl has higher team payouts and better television
exposure.

Karl Price of Louisville, Ky., national president of
Iota Phi Theta fraternity, said the dispute started with a run-in
between a few football players and members of the fraternity at an East
Lansing nightclub on Nov. 21.

One night later, Michigan State
held its annual football awards banquet. Roughly 90 minutes after it
ended, a group of players allegedly went across the street to Rather
Hall, where the fraternity was wrapping up a potluck dinner in the dorm
lounge.

Versions of what happened next vary. Some have said 15 or
more people -- some wearing ski masks -- got involved in a large but
brief fight. Others say there were no ski masks and that most in
attendance were just bystanders.

Campus police have not said if
any injuries resulted from the altercation. Iota Phi Theta said one of
its members was treated at a hospital.

Michigan State has not provided details about the level of involvement players may have had in the incident.

Coach Mark Dantonio dismissed running back Glenn Winston
and defensive back Roderick Jenrette from the team a few days after the
incident. Both were out of the lineup with season-ending injuries.

Eight
other players were suspended pending the outcome of the police
investigation, which is expected to conclude next week. Among the
players are three starters: defensive back Chris L. Rucker and
receivers B.J. Cunningham and Mark Dell.

It's not known if the players might be reinstated for a bowl game.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4714613

 

[GreatLakeState]

Max Bullough (Hank's grandson) may start at MLB as a true freshman.

 

[Jack Lambert]

Here are some changes to Sparty's starters.

Pickelman doesn't start anymore

Brendan Moss starts at RG.

Expect Pickelmen, LB Adam Decker, and DE Tyler Hoover to get playing time.