Ok, I'm not a State fan and it's understandable that State fans feel nothing about this game going into it. At 3-4 the season is clearly upsetting and a visit to 2-5 Northwestern is merely a blip on the college football radar. Having lost 4 in a row, basketball season is coming and the focus, wisely, has shifted.

But someone has to talk about this game still. The future of the program is in the balance here. It seemed clear coming into the game that John L. has to go at the end of the year.

But I'm checking out this game and I see tons on mental mistakes and I see 17-3 early in the 2nd quarter. What is going on? Even as a Michigan fan, and taking into consideration that the team has no faith in JLS and several players are banged up, is there not more pride than this? How can this team be content with this type of performance? Can Spartan fans have any confidence that your fairly nice recruiting class will stay intact?