Toledo, Michigan State and Pat Fitzgerald
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Michigan State, Toledo Rockets and College Football
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If you felt sick to your stomach watching Michigan State football play a tight Week 1 game against Toledo, it's safe to say you weren't alone.
EAST LANSING – After nine months of talking, Michigan State went to work. First-year coach Pat Fitzgerald and the Spartans survived a scare for a 30-20 season-opening win against Toledo on Friday night. Here are quick observations and takeaways from the game:
In a gross scene that unfolded during the fourth quarter Friday night, Michigan State offensive lineman Robert Wright Jr. vomited mid-snap as the Spartans attempted a two-point conversion. As quarterback Alessio Milivojevic dropped back,
Michigan State's Robert Wright Jr. unleashed a vomit-filled two-point conversion block in Pat Fitzgerald's debut win over Toledo Friday night.
He logged the highest offensive grade among the O-linemen at 69.5, primarily from an 85.6 pass-blocking grade. The FCS All-American transfer from North Dakota State is looking like one of the best acquisitions of the offseason early on.
Looking at Michigan State football's projected depth chart heading into Pat Fitzgerald's debut as the Spartans' coach Friday vs. Toledo (8 p.m./FS1).
Before and during a big moment, many performers experience nerves that are sometimes out of control. This is a normal reaction.
Fitzgerald on not reaching the end zone enough and giving up big plays to the Rockets: “Self-inflicted wounds slowed us down and also on the flip side defensively we gave up explosives that we just cannot allow to happen as we move forward.”