Michigan State Football: 5 overreactions from loss to Notre Dame

It’s overreaction Monday as fans are beginning to voice their outrageous opinions following Michigan State football’s loss to Notre Dame.

Now that Michigan State football fans have been through the denial phase of the losing process, it’s time to overreact. Everyone’s favorite time of the week is overreaction Monday as fans usually say outrageous things regarding the future, and present state, of their favorite teams.

It’s been a rough couple of days for fans, coaches and players who were expecting a better showing on Saturday night — so basically everyone. The Spartans beat themselves with three big turnovers which led to three Notre Dame touchdowns and how many scores did they lose by? That’s right, three.

There’s plenty of room for improvement and Michigan State’s season is far from over, no matter what the doomsday fans tell you. This is a learning experience for the young team, but that hasn’t stopped fans and media members from overreacting.

Let’s take a look at the five biggest overreactions from the Spartans’ Week 4 loss to the Fighting Irish.

5. Defensive line can’t generate pass rush

The defensive line didn’t record a single sack — Chris Frey did from the linebacker position — so many would be led to believe this group can’t generate much of a pass rush. However, that’s not exactly the case.

It’s already been established this offseason that the defensive line is young and inexperienced. The group lost a plethora of contributors from last year’s team — and the 2016 Spartans finished with only 11 sacks. Through three games, the Spartans have six sacks as a team, but it’s clear that the defensive line is growing together.

Despite not recording a sack, the line helped record three quarterback hurries in just 19 pass plays. Brandon Wimbush got the ball out almost instantly after the snap, so there was no time for a pass rush to develop. Don’t sleep on this growing and improving defensive line.