Michigan State Football: 5 overreactions from loss to Ohio State in Week 11

2. Brian Lewerke has regressed

Just stop it. Brian Lewerke is not regressing based on one performance against an angry defense that gashed the Spartans’ offensive line. The sophomore quarterback was forced into making decisions 1-2 seconds after the ball was snapped, which isn’t enough time to effectively throw the ball.

The Buckeyes were on Lewerke basically as he was saying “hike” and that was one of the main reasons he had the day that he did. He was just 19-for-26 with 131 yards and two interceptions, but his final drive was the best of the game. He was 5-for-5 with 50 yards on that last drive before Messiah deWeaver entered the game.

Lewerke was hit early and often and continued to hang in there even when it was uncomfortable. He made some silly mistakes with his interceptions and over and under-threw receivers all day long, but he had one bad game after looking like an All-Big Ten first-teamer against Northwestern and Penn State.

The young gunslinger is going to learn from the loss and his line will get better as well. This was a bad game, and it happens to the best of quarterbacks. No regression is taking place.