Michigan State picked up its first win of the Pat Fitzgerald era on Friday night, improving to 1-0 for the sixth straight season, but this win felt a little different than most from the Jonathan Smith era.
The Spartans had an identity on the ground, Alessio Milivojevic was making solid throws all night long, there weren’t a ton of mistakes, and Michigan State’s offensive line really held up when it needed to. Yes, even when one offensive lineman was losing his lunch all over the field.
In a now-viral moment, first-year Spartan Robert Wright Jr. was in for the two-point conversion after Michigan State’s fourth-quarter go-ahead touchdown and he threw up all over a Toledo defender.
Michigan State’s Rod Bullard Jr. would go on to make an incredible catch on a near-perfect pass from Milivojevic but Wright’s viral moment went unnoticed at first.
Until the replays caught everything.
Avert your eyes if you have a weak stomach.
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Nerves were clearly at an all-time high for Wright Jr. despite looking so calm, cool, and collected before the snap. Michigan State needed to secure the two-point conversion to take a touchdown lead over Toledo with under eight minutes to play and the big offensive lineman couldn’t hold his nerves down and they all came rushing out in liquid (and some solid) form.
This happens more than you’d think during games, but rarely is it this visible from a sky cam. You don’t often see a player throwing up in the middle of a play while engaged with a defender.
That Toledo defender probably regrets engaging with the Georgia Southern transfer on that play.
Michigan State’s offensive line left a lot to be desired
We heard throughout fall camp that the offensive line was going to be one of the most improved position groups on the team but that didn’t look to be the case on Friday.
Maybe I’m being a little too harsh on the Spartan offensive line, but there weren’t a ton of running lanes for Cam Edwards and Milivojevic did have a decent amount of time to throw, but he was still sacked three times and the Rockets finished with five tackles for loss.
There’s no reason that a talented back like Edwards should carry the ball 27 times and still fail to reach 100 yards against a MAC opponent.
Nick Tabacca at least knows what needs to be worked on and I’m going to just cough this up to first-game jitters and give the Spartans the benefit of the doubt.
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