The reality of our program is clear (long)

Firstly, part of me is laughing at everyone who thought we would roll MSU bc they are MSU. Everyone here kept bitching about the experts saying MSU would be legit and a dark horse. They looked very solid last night and we honestly had no business coming that close to a win. Is it truly so impossible for a coach in his 5th yr with a senior QB and great defensive line to beat us just because they always lose to us?

We have to realize that we cannot believe what our coaches tell the media. This is one of our worst O lines, and there is weakness in the middle of our D. Why is everyone so shocked that these problems that were apparent in game one are still ongoing? I had hoped we would shore them up by now as well, but this was the game that tells us what we really have. We are at best an 8-9 win team, but could easily be worse.

I'd like to believe that we could be like other young teams that compete for titles, but this team has crucial deficiencies that will prevent it. One of those is poor game planning and coaching adjustments. I won't go into those details, as everyone knows what I mean with that.

At this point the only thing we should be doing is getting the young guys experience. There is zero doubt we have a nucleus of talent that can compete for titles in the future. We are going to lose games all year, so at least let's lose with young guys getting reps.

Our inability to identify and keep/develop talent on both lines has caught up to us.
Harris can split time w Jennings, but Harris needs to get 80-90% of the snaps moving forward--even if he makes bad decisions and looks lost. Fournette, Williams and Hilliard need to play over Magee who has not looked as good as them. We need to let younger offensive lineman get PT as well, bc we lose a lot on the line next yr.

Welter should only provide rest for beckwith (or anyone else), and Adams on field over Martin.

This season will be a complete waste otherwise.
The sky isn't falling on our program bc we lost to a good team. The sky is falling if the coaches don't realize how poorly they have prepared this team after the way we got dominated.

I'd be interested in hearing what you guys think about accepting this as a rebuilding year. I don't like it one bit myself, but how many losses will you be ok with if the staff drastically changes their approach?

I'm ok w 5 losses if the young guys play. I'm not ok with any more losses if we trot out Jennings and try to run the ball out of 1 WR sets.