Michigan State Football: 5 overreactions from loss to Notre Dame

3. Brian Lewerke is not the answer

Come on now. This is ridiculous, but it’s a true overreaction that you know people were muttering on Saturday night. The final stat line of Brian Lewerke is somewhat deceiving as he finished with his career-high in passing yards, attempts and completions, but his accuracy was a bit off all night.

Lewerke did finish with 31 completions on an astounding 51 attempts for 340 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He averaged just 6.7 yards per pass attempt, which is on the lower side. What does that tell us? He was able to connect on short passes and check-down routes which made up most of his completions.

The sophomore’s struggles with longer passes is somewhat concerning, but he felt pressure and panicked a little in the pocket. Obviously he doesn’t want to take a sack when he doesn’t need to, but he needs to trust his line a bit more — even if it is young and unproven.

To say Lewerke is not the answer under center is just silly. The second-year quarterback is in his first handful of starts and is getting better and more confident each week. He just started the biggest game of his career and made a couple of big mistakes like any first-year starter would. His mistakes can be corrected — Connor Cook did throw a game-clinching pick against Notre Dame in one of his first starts.