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on Saturday in East Lansing http://www.authenticsatlantafalcons.com/cheap-andy-levitre-jersey , 26-6. The Buckeyes stayed alive for now in the College Football Playoff race, and both teams continued to play the exact opposite of visually pleasing football. Rather than recap the game chronologically — all you have to know there is MSU hung around until it didn’t — I’ve chronicled the long list of really ugly things that happened during it. Here it is, in no particular order: 1. The ugliest sequence in football history, in which Michigan State took an intentional safety in the THIRD QUARTER, and it actually made sense for a moment, but then the Spartans messed up everything up. It started when the Spartans had fourth-and-10 from their own 1, late in the third. They had their long snapper fire the ball through the end zone on purpose: The Buckeyes were sitting on a 7-6, lead, which grew to 9-6 here. Intentional safeties happen, but they’re almost always in the final seconds of the fourth quarter, when a team’s exclusively trying to kill clock without risking a turnover. So, why now? Likely because Michigan State had been badly backed up for the whole quarter, with these starting positions on their second-half drives up to this point: Their own 5Their own 6 Their own 3Their own 1One of those drives lasted eight plays and 74 yards and led to a field goal. But the other three got snuffed out quickly Black Austin Hooper Jersey , which led to Ohio State getting lots of nice starting field positions. Two of the Buckeyes’ prior three drives started at their 41 and 35. So, all the Spartans wanted to do was change field position. They figured two points were worth not letting the Buckeyes start inside midfield or so. The problem: Michigan State then free-kicked the ball out of bounds.And Ohio State started at the 50 anyway, with two free points the Spartans had given it.But! Ohio State then went three-and-out. What great stop for the MSU defense. But then, Michigan State then got pinned at its own 2 after the subsequent Buckeyes’ punt, 1 yard ahead of where it was when it took the safety.The vicious cycle was merely continuing. And it was about to get worse. And then Michigan State botched a snap on a jet-sweep motion, and Ohio State recovered in the end zone for a touchdown to make it 16-6.It was the ugliest sequence of football I’ve ever watched. But it wasn’t all! 2. This 4-yard Ohio State punt3. A 26-yard Michigan State puntDon’t let the fact that it was 22 yards longer than the above Ohio State punt distract you from the fact that Michigan State had a 26-yard punt.4. This long yet short Michigan State run, which became a 10-yard loss by way of a holding penalty5. This badly missed Ohio State field goal6. A missed 51-yard field goal by Michigan StateJust because it was long doesn’t mean it wasn’t ugly. 7. These Buckeyes trying to down this puntHere, I’m only talking about the second two Buckeyes, who look like they’re trying to put out a fire with their bodies they go after the ball. The guy who kept it out of the end zone did great and was basically the only exception to this game’s constant drabness. 8. The time both teams called two timeouts after third down, just for Michigan State to kick a field goal on fourth-and-1 at Ohio State’s 26At least that one went in. 9. This attempt by players on both teams to catch the ball10. Michigan State backup QB Ricky Lombardi conning Greg Schiano’s defense for 59 rushing yards on two plays, mostly untouched Look at this run ...... and look at this run, too: Haha, those were two parts of the same 47-yarder. Lombardi ran for 12 on the next one http://www.authenticsatlantafalcons.com/cheap-mohamed-sanu-jersey , too.11. Michigan State scoring on a 27-yard wide receiver-pass, only to have it wiped out because this offensive lineman was too far downfieldThis was the beautiful play ...... AND THIS WAS WHY IT DIDN’T COUNT: This was on the next snap after the two long Lombardi runs. 12. MSU QB Brian Lewerke’s whole first halfHe was 8-of-16 for 84 yards, then got benched. 13. Scratch that: Michigan State QBs’ entire day, combinedLewerke and Lombardi combined to go 18-of-48 for 220 yards and one pick.This game merely continued a tradition of the Spartans and Buckeyes playing exceedingly ugly contests that leave almost nobody happy. They’ve been doing this most of the time since 2015, when the Spartans won on a buzzer-beating field goal in Columbus, 17-14, and then Ezekiel Elliott blasted Ohio State’s coaching staff for not giving him the ball in a horrific offensive performance. In 2016, the Spartans won 17-16 in East Lansing against a Spartan squad that’d go on to finish 3-9. Last year was sort of an exception, an Ohio State blowout back at the Horseshoe. And now they’ve resumed this tradition of boringness in classically OSU-MSU fashion. The teams meet again on Oct. 5, 2019, and I absolutely can wait. The football world groaned when the Browns shipped Josh Gordon to the New England Patriots for a fifth-round pick. It felt like another case of the football rich getting richer by adding a talented, yet troubled receiver.When Gordon arrived, there was a bit of a question as to how he would fit into the Patriots’ complex passing game and gel with already established players like Rob Gronkowski and Julian Edelman. The Patriots used a simple Atlanta Falcons Womens T-Shirt , but shockingly rare concept to help Gordon immediately become a weapon for them: they asked him to do what he does best. New England did just that in their 31-17 win over the Green Bay Packers as Gordon reached 130 yards and a touchdown, his second 100-yard game in three weeks.Gordon isn’t a technical route running savant like Antonio Brown, but he is big, fast, and a terror with the ball in his hands. Here are a few plays that show what Gordon does well and how the Patriots find success with him in their game plan.Throw the ball up to Gordon, and let him go get it.There aren’t many cornerbacks who can cover Gordon in one-on-one situations. His explosion off the line is rare for a receiver of his size. Once he gets past the corner covering him, he just needs a chance at the ball in the air to create a big play. Even with the all the games Gordon has missed through his career, he’s still an explosive presence on the field. That shows up on shorter slant routes as well as the longer routes down the field.Get the ball into Gordon’s hands and get out of the wayAgain, Gordon is great at getting off of the line of scrimmage. On this slant route, the Packers cornerback has no chance to catch up Gordon once he releases inside. Gordon breaks inside, accelerates away from the corner, and the ball is delivered inside perfectly for him to pick up yards after the catch.Once Gordon got the ball into his hands, he was able to pick up an extra six yards with the cornerback trailing him Atlanta Falcons Hats , and he even spun his way forward to maximize the amount of yards he was gaining. New England has also allowed Gordon to get yards after the catch on shorter routes where he immediately has room to work. Gordon finds running lanes like a running backOn this play, Gordon is just running a little hitch route. With the way that the Packers coverage unveiled itself, Gordon immediately had about five yards of room to work with and found a nice lane to split the two defenders coming towards him.Gordon accelerated up the field for a first down and almost made a Packers defender miss with a spin move once he got going. There are only a handful of receivers at Gordon’s size who have the vision and the ball-carrying abilities that he has — these are the areas where he wins.Gordon’s spatial awareness also helps him when the ball is in the air and potentially in danger of being intercepted.Gordon creates big plays before catching the ballLike the other plays, Gordon isn’t running a flashy route. The Patriots have him posted as an outside receiver and just run him up the sideline. The Packers have a safety that’s rotating over the top and in position to make a play on the ball. As the ball arrives, so does the safety, but Gordon undercuts the safety before the pass can be intercepted and exploded for the game-sealing 51-yard touchdown. He showed off fantastic awareness to know where he was on the field in relation to where the ball was arriving and where the safety was traveling from.These are the plays that make Gordon a great receiver, and he doesn’t even need to run a complete route tree to be an impact player. The game plan for Gordon is easy: run slants, deep routes, and plays that get him in space immediately — then get the hell out of the way. As usual, the Patriots just know how to put their players in position to succeed and that’s showing with the recent success that Josh Gordon is having.