[NU Sports] Roach

[John Labbe]

Anyone seen anything about Roach's status?

He wasn't actually taken out on a stretcher; he was driven out on the 
cart, but he was sitting up.

Later, he was back out on the field sitting on a table on the sideline 
with his lower leg and foot heavily bandaged.

The defense may have collapsed in the second half, but you can't blame 
it all on them.  The D did a great job to hold a good Spartan offense 
to 3 points in the first half.  The D also had several takeaways that 
led to scores.

After Bacher threw that interception for a touchback in the third 
quarter we didn't have another first down on our final 5 drives.  No 
first downs the entire 4th quarter, and a total of I believe 15 yards 
of offense.  Throw in a couple of first downs, and MSU wouldn't have 
had the ball as much.

The blocked punt was a total mental breakdown.  We let the clock run 
down too far before we snapped it, while the snapper appeared to be 
doing calisthenics in the middle of the field.  Simply get that punt 
off and we probably would have won the game.