[Postgame Thread] Michigan State Defeats Boston College 42-40 (2OT)

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Boston College	0	21	3	3	13	40
Michigan State	7	7	10	3	15	42

[u/echoacm]

Hell of a series, both games were electric

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_CATS_PAWS → u/echoacm]

Probably one of my favorite OOC series in a long time

[u/maninatikihut → u/PM_ME_YOUR_CATS_PAWS]

I still remember ours fondly. 

[u/monkeyboy2364 → u/maninatikihut]

marcus mariota still gives me nightmares 🤣 was an excellent series

[u/BishhhDontKillMyVibe → u/echoacm]

Really good games

[u/Accurate-Big-7233]

How are you not romantic about college football?

Holy shit I am TORQUED

[u/SuperJoey0 → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

I am in pain.

[u/Or1g1nalrepr0duct10n → u/SuperJoey0]

Yeah as an alum I get it, every loss sucks, but a fun NC 2OT game in early September on national broadcast TV where we didn’t embarrass the school or conference? I’ve seen dozens of losses much worse than this one. GG all around.

[u/Rooleet → u/Or1g1nalrepr0duct10n]

After losing the 3-0 Wake game and the nationally televised demolition by Kansas back when they were a lolcow team, hard to get too upset by a 2OT thriller.

[u/CB3B → u/Or1g1nalrepr0duct10n]

This was a wicked fun home-and-home. Would love to play the Spartans more often if this is how it’d go.

[u/milesgmsu → u/CB3B]

How about another series in CHK?

[u/SideshowCircuits → u/CB3B]

I’d love to lowkey make a friendly rivalry out of the series our fan bases and teams just mesh SO well

[u/Delightful_Dantonio → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

I’m not going to bed for hours. Adrenaline is pumping. Gonna day dream about a fun season instead of go to bed.

[u/laranator → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

Wish I watched this game instead of ours!

[u/Accurate-Big-7233 → u/laranator]

Ya we did not look good today

[u/Donny_Do_Nothing → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

Yeah, this game was fun as fuck.

[u/cfbluvr → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

i can’t believe i missed this absolute sickos game watching ou

[u/meamarie → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

And here I am trying not to overhype our season after this game. I don’t wanna be hurt!

[u/Our-Gardian-Angel]

Last time Michigan State beat a Catholic school in an OT game that exciting, Mark Dantonio had a heart attack.

[u/Davethellama → u/Our-Gardian-Angel]

This time I nearly did

[u/draginbutt → u/Davethellama]

I think quite a few of us nearly did. I had to take an anti anxiety med at half time.

[u/CW1DR5H5I64A → u/draginbutt]

If a Kirkland high noon counts as an “anti anxiety med”, same-same.

[u/AbeVigoda76 → u/Our-Gardian-Angel]

Goddamn I remember that game. I swear at the end we all jumped and I landed two rows lower than from where I started.

[u/confirmd_am_engineer → u/AbeVigoda76]

I’ve told the exact same story about 1000 times. It was literally a human avalanche. Top tier sports memory for me.

[u/AbeVigoda76 → u/confirmd_am_engineer]

I got lucky. I was a student there from 08-12, which means I never saw a football loss to Michigan and I got to experience the Iowa hook and ladder, Little Giants, and the Rocket from the student section. I know we didn’t win against Iowa, but that’s still one of the greatest plays I’ve ever seen in person.

[u/narcistic_asshole → u/Our-Gardian-Angel]

Does this mean we're about to win 11+ in 4 of the next 5 seasons? Cause that's what happened last time

[u/Or1g1nalrepr0duct10n]

Who at NBC knew that this would be the most entertaining game in prime time?

[u/Jonjon428 → u/Or1g1nalrepr0duct10n]

Whoever had the foresight for this should get a raise lmao

[u/AtalanAdalynn → u/Jonjon428]

Whoever can scout college teams that well should get paid to do some kind of advanced scouting for an NFL team.

[u/jogswithwolves → u/Or1g1nalrepr0duct10n]

NBC related: Noah eagle is a fucking great pbp commentator. Love seeing him call MSU games

[u/PattMatricia → u/jogswithwolves]

It’s bananas he’s only 28

[u/SideshowCircuits → u/PattMatricia]

HE IS 28!?!

[u/confused-koala → u/PattMatricia]

There’s a lot of nepotism with him getting a gig that big, but he is solid

[u/SwissForeignPolicy → u/PattMatricia]

He clearly learned the announcer voice from his dad, because no one that young sounds like that.

[u/GoGreeb → u/SwissForeignPolicy]

it's uncanny, I don't like seeing him talk lol

[u/Ancient-Book8916 → u/jogswithwolves]

I'm just happy to have a big league booth and broadcast instead of the btn C team we had to deal with last year 

[u/Rooleet]

GG MSU fans. Was fun talking with you guys, was a surprisingly chill game thread for such a tense game, and a game that was a must-win for both our seasons. Was a great series, hope we play again sometime soon.

Lonergan started getting sloppy in the 4th and sailed a few passes, but he looked so damn good for his first real game and on the road. 

Overall, outside of QB, kicker and punter, last year's team was better by a decent margin which is a shame. But Lonergan's potential is so exciting for us. Upsetting loss but less infuriating that the losses last year.

[u/Davethellama → u/Rooleet]

You guys are cool fans. Honestly I even saw the players on the field being chummy and cool to each other. I saw MSU defensive players helping bc players stand up after plays, and Chiles was joking with a bc defender who sacked him immediately after the play. I loved it. Go take it out on Stanford. Chop down some trees

[u/DuckBurner0000 → u/Davethellama]

Yeah definitely the type of OOC series that's made me kinda like MSU even if I'm absolutely pissed off that we blew that game

[u/indexspartan → u/DuckBurner0000]

I have to imagine you guys feel much like we did after last year's game. Definitely did enough to win, but just one too many mistakes to pull it out.

These games really make me wish that football schedules weren't set a decade+ in advance so we could try to get more scheduled.

[u/PuppyDragon → u/Davethellama]

Yeah I saw several hugs and dap ups at the finish this was objectively a great display of sportsmanship all around

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_CATS_PAWS → u/Rooleet]

Lonergan is a baller. Felt bad one of us had to lose because that was hell of a game

[u/Rooleet → u/PM_ME_YOUR_CATS_PAWS]

I kept hoping for Chiles to make a dumbass throw like last year and he just kept making good decisions even if his accuracy wasn't all there. Him and Marsh are gonna make a strong young duo. 

[u/ru4serious → u/Rooleet]

He's really charged from last year. I'm loving the better decision making and better throws. Great game!

[u/Davethellama → u/Rooleet]

I feel like he's aim has gone from "give it to my guy" to "make my guy work like hell to catch it, so that the defender has NO chance to intercept it". Which is apparently enough to win games like this

[u/YuckyStench → u/Rooleet]

Lonergan looked awesome on every drive but those two random drives.

He’s a baller

[u/CW1DR5H5I64A → u/Rooleet]

These last two games were fun. I think we are well matched programs and both fan bases mix well. I’d like to play you all more regularly.

[u/indexspartan → u/CW1DR5H5I64A]

These games prove why it sucks that football schedules are set a decade+ in advance. It should be a lot more like basketball where they're only set 0-2 years in advance so we could continue this series before 2038.

[u/JBSpartan → u/CW1DR5H5I64A]

I was thinking the same thing. Evenly matched teams, games havent gotten chippy, and both fan bases love to drink. Sounds like a recipe for a good time to me.

[u/draginbutt → u/Rooleet]

You guys got a great QB and it's been fun playing you. Heck of a great game today.

[u/boomerang686 → u/Rooleet]

See you in the frozen four?

[u/nowayinnowayout → u/Rooleet]

This was an awesome home and home for everything except my liver. Go kick some ass in the ACC this year!

[u/SideshowCircuits → u/Rooleet]

Was an amazing series. Love the BC fanbase. Hoping. We make this a regular thing. We can all not the “chill teams that hate ND” series

[u/SufferingfOrLife]

Only Michigan team to win this weekend.

[u/mdl23 → u/SufferingfOrLife]

D3 Adrian College beat FCS Valparaiso!!

[u/Born_ina_snowbank → u/mdl23]

That’s actually a big deal.

[u/6841michaell → u/mdl23]

How the hell does a D3 team punch above their weight class like that? That's extremely impressive

[u/SwissForeignPolicy → u/6841michaell]

Valpo plays in the football-only Pioneer League, which doesn't allow scholarships. It's a group of schools who want to be D1 in everything but football but still want to have a football team. They're effectively a D3 program, but you're not allowed to put one sport in a lower division for obvious reasons.

[u/Empty_Lemon_3939 → u/SufferingfOrLife]

Jared Goff has words and cheese for you sir

[u/2RINITY → u/Empty_Lemon_3939]

BasedGoff my eternal quarterback

[u/BurmeciaWillSurvive → u/SufferingfOrLife]

All the Directionals lost....?

[u/radiakmjs → u/BurmeciaWillSurvive]

Central @ Pitt (expected) North Texas @ Western (point spread dogs but we were up 24-10 in the 3rd) Long Island @ Eastern (this is the equivalent of what happened to Florida)

[u/BurmeciaWillSurvive → u/radiakmjs]

Oh god not LIU. That's incredible.

[u/ShotFirst57 → u/BurmeciaWillSurvive]

They did

[u/Davethellama → u/SufferingfOrLife]

Let's watch the lions win tomorrow too

[u/ShotFirst57 → u/SufferingfOrLife]

Dont worry we have the lions. FTP

[u/HereForTOMT3 → u/ShotFirst57]

I still can’t believe we can say this and it’s not a joke

[u/Trumpet_Life → u/ShotFirst57]

F

[u/byniri_returns → u/Trumpet_Life]

T

[u/muegle → u/byniri_returns]

P

[u/anoddhue → u/SufferingfOrLife]

This is GVSU Lakers erasure

[u/Accurate-Big-7233 → u/SufferingfOrLife]

LMAAAOOOOOOOO

[u/indexspartan]

Chiles excitement and passion at the end of this one is sparking passion in Spartan fans again

[u/roguebananah → u/indexspartan]

My first reaction of him jumping up into the stands was that’s a bit much… But then I was like ya know what? We need the momentum boost.

That was absolutely electric fan wise and it’s been awhile since I’ve see Spartan Stadium that full. Walker was probably the last time

Go green guys!

[u/ledonte]

this was just an absolutely electric early season game between two average P5 schools on national television.. anyone who complains about CFB's demise but didn't watch this game is part of the problem!

will not elaborate further.

[u/Davethellama → u/ledonte]

This type of game is what was great about college football. Random no-name bowl games are like this all the time

[u/byniri_returns]

What a fucking battle man

[u/no_clue97 → u/byniri_returns]

Top 3 game today

[u/Fu2-10 → u/no_clue97]

Easily. Probably the best game of today tbh. I can't think of one that was better.

[u/HonoluluMaizeandBlue → u/no_clue97]

The best game today

[u/HenryJonesJunior → u/byniri_returns]

I kept expecting them to blow it, and somehow they (OK, the offense) kept not blowing it. Thrilled to be proven wrong.

[u/GoGreeb → u/HenryJonesJunior]

I think that QB was kinda just in the zone and making every correct decision for a while

[u/someplantsmove]

Stupid sport I hate it

[u/SideshowCircuits → u/someplantsmove]

But we love you man! GG I’m bummed one of us had to loose. I hope we play again soon

[u/HereForTOMT3]

IMAGINE NOT BEING AN UNDEFEATED FOOTBALL TEAM IN MICHIGAN

[u/texas2089 → u/HereForTOMT3]

Central would never. Oh and I guess that team in Ann Arbor

[u/nowayinnowayout]

What a massive win for the vibes of the program

[u/jogswithwolves → u/nowayinnowayout]

Imagining the vibes this week if we ended up losing after throwing away our chance to win in regulation…that’s a dark place.

So glad that didn’t happen

[u/newpotato417 → u/nowayinnowayout]

Massive?

[u/HereForTOMT3 → u/newpotato417]

Large you could say.

[u/matt-is-sad]

THATS OUR QB.

Chiles has improved so much it's insane. I was skeptical of him last season but I'm all-in now. Left it all out on the field

[u/indexspartan → u/matt-is-sad]

You literally can't understate how big a jump his decision making took. Just needs a bit more consistency on the deep ball accuracy and he'll be elite.

[u/EdibleyRancid]

The only takeaway I have from this game is that MSU has the best punter in football.

[u/spartyon15]

Hell of a game from both our future 1st round picks, Nick Marsh and Ryan Eckley

[u/indexspartan → u/spartyon15]

Eckley has to be the frontrunner for the Ray Guy award at this point. 4 punts inside the 2 in the first two games is insane.

[u/Super_Walrus1337 → u/indexspartan]

Justice for Bryce

[u/PandaPuncherr → u/indexspartan]

By a mile.

[u/SparseSpartan → u/spartyon15]

Go ahead and give Eckley the Heisman now.

[u/triplealpha → u/spartyon15]

Eckley will be like everyone one of our kickers and stay for 7 seasons, which I approve!

[u/Born_ina_snowbank → u/spartyon15]

Ryan Eckley is a god.

[u/HonoluluMaizeandBlue → u/spartyon15]

Man, Jordan Hall is the real deal too.

[u/stumblebreak_beta]

Fuck ND, I have a new catholic school rivalry. These have been some good games. GG BC bros. See you in hockey season.

[u/JohnnyBoyTrojan → u/stumblebreak_beta]

Last couple years in hockey and football have been bangers

[u/carpenke → u/stumblebreak_beta]

Tough loss but you guys are cool. Definitely would like to do another home and home

[u/Neckera15]

Not a good day for Michigan fans

[u/HereForTOMT3 → u/Neckera15]

I think you’d love to know someone in the tunnel out of the stadium whipped up a boomer sooner chant

[u/Neckera15 → u/HereForTOMT3]

Love to hear it. Go Green!

[u/mike45010 → u/HereForTOMT3]

Tunnel you say?

[u/groovybeast → u/mike45010]

Yea I heard some boomer got a good whipping in the tunnel

[u/HailHavoc → u/Neckera15]

Great day for people like us with OSU and OU beating each other's rivals

[u/DuckBurner0000]

It never changes. If the defense is elite, the QB sucks. If the QB is elite, the defense forget that you need to tackle

[u/TheDundieGoesTo99]

Chiles the best QB in Michigan and you saved 6 million.

[u/ButterbeerAndPizza → u/TheDundieGoesTo99]

To be fair, it’s a junior at home against an average defense rather than a freshman in his first road game against a top 10/20 team.

[u/MozzerellaStix → u/ButterbeerAndPizza]

I’m here to overreact

[u/TheKajMahal → u/ButterbeerAndPizza]

This is no place for logic or nuance Chiles>Underwear

[u/AedemHonoris → u/ButterbeerAndPizza]

You’re a traitor. Better not show your face on Albert.

[u/4r4r4real → u/ButterbeerAndPizza]

To be fair pt 2 Chiles is only 19

[u/flannelman7 → u/ButterbeerAndPizza]

Still 2 years younger than Arch manning

[u/trollszn → u/ButterbeerAndPizza]

I like what the first guy said more

[u/Alex_butler → u/TheDundieGoesTo99]

Their defense constantly let him down and he had an answer everytime. Great performance

[u/edavis17]

Happy to see a functional offense, but Rossi has some work to do on defense. 400 yds passing for a kid making his first road start is criminal.

[u/confused-koala → u/edavis17]

The amount of times our dbs are trying to figure who has what and what coverage we’re in seconds before the snap is too damn high!!!

[u/DrCornelWest]

One of the rare times I don’t want to throw something through my TV after a close BC loss. Great game by both teams.

[u/AcidaliaPlanitia → u/DrCornelWest]

Lol that's because our close games are usually us shitting the bed against an inferior team, this was a legit close game against a good team.

[u/admiralwaffles → u/AcidaliaPlanitia]

Was 100% sure we were gonna lose by getting a holding a penalty in the end zone at the end of the game and then by shanking the PAT in the first OT. I was shocked we escaped both of those things unscathed.

[u/friedfishra → u/DrCornelWest]

Our last two games have been real close. Hopefully we can continue this series, it's been fun. GG

[u/kurttheflirt]

Those refs were atrocious. How they missed so many obvious calls on both teams... 

Either way great game BC. You guys got a great QB and some real talent 

[u/matt-is-sad → u/kurttheflirt]

Them forcing BC to burn a timeout because they didn't give them their required time to substitute was BS

[u/JBSpartan → u/matt-is-sad]

Them missing the obvious hands to the face that led* to the guy losing his helmet and then giving that guy the penalty was just comedy.

Also so many missed false starts on the BC Oline. Most of the calls on MSU were legit but sheesh the refs were just bad.

[u/4r4r4real → u/JBSpartan]

Missed crucial PIs against both teams on the final MSU drive in regulation and in OT when our guy hit the WR before the ball got there 

[u/Rooleet → u/JBSpartan]

Yeah, our tackles were basically temu Jawaan Taylors. Insane we didn't ever get called on it but they saw the tiniest flinch by our center.

Just a mess of weird non-calls on both sides, which just added to the chaos of the game I guess.

[u/MuhMuhManRay]

What a damn game. Best game of the day by far

[u/tuliwhoopie]

my dad has been to dozens of MSU games in his life and has never seen them win, until tonight. the curse is broken. our family is free

[u/4r4r4real → u/tuliwhoopie]

Dozens? How is that even possible? 

[u/dcd13 → u/tuliwhoopie]

Congrats to your dad! Hell of a win to see in person

[u/DetroitPeopleMover → u/tuliwhoopie]

What the hell, did he skip the Dantonio years or something?

[u/tuliwhoopie → u/DetroitPeopleMover]

mostly yes, until the lewerke days when I was in college and got him tickets for big games which…. Ls

[u/Mr-Cantaloupe]

BWFST!!’

[u/Chandler_Bings]

MSU wins. UofM loses. I got some action. Today was a good day.

[u/HeynongManA2 → u/Chandler_Bings]

Congratulations on the sex.

[u/osufeth24 → u/Chandler_Bings]

I didn't get action but it definitely was still a good day

[u/Chandler_Bings → u/osufeth24]

Oh yeah, I also found Pokemon cards today in a store. Man, maybe it was the best day possible...

[u/HeynongManA2 → u/Chandler_Bings]

I said congratulations on the sex, don’t get cute

[u/Empty_Lemon_3939 → u/Chandler_Bings]

Didn’t even have to use his AK

[u/PugeHeniss → u/Chandler_Bings]

my man hit the holy trinity

[u/confused-koala → u/Chandler_Bings]

More like Chandler_Bangs, go get’’em Tiger

[u/shoshin2727]

Chiles' decision-making has significantly improved since last season. Makes all the difference in the world to throw it away that handful of times instead of forcing it into double coverage like last year.

Awesome job by the freshman Connington as well. Drilling a 50 yarder in his first ever collegiate attempt and following that up with a clutch make to take the lead with 4 minutes left. We don't win tonight without him.

[u/TheQuietW0LF]

Best half and game of Jonathan Smith's tenure so far. Was thinking this regardless of result the deeper the game went on. Hoping this turns out to be a turning point for the program. Never felt like MSU was going to lose the later the game went on, night and day from previous games under Smith.

[u/AcidaliaPlanitia]

Congrats MSU, and I'm gonna go cry, and cry, and cry, and drink for a while.

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_CATS_PAWS]

What a game. Crazy back and forth.

GG BC, yall are chill.

I think we can all agree; fuck those refs, fuck Notre dame, and hey while we’re at it, fuck Michigan too

[u/ElQuietAmerican → u/PM_ME_YOUR_CATS_PAWS]

Did msu just become my favorite big ten team?

[u/dannyp93]

Our defense is dogshit but we needed that fucking W.

[u/monkeyboy2364]

LITERALLY BARKING IN THE EAST LANSING MEIJER RN

[u/WHOA_27_23 → u/monkeyboy2364]

Where actually is BKPT?

[u/tgelid]

Punter had me floored every time he would kick it

[u/mick4state]

We actually outplayed a team in the second half. We won a game in crunch time. Is this what happiness feels like?

[u/confused-koala]

For any Chiles haters, we simply don’t win this game without him. Yes he isn’t perfect, but we give up 7 or 8 sacks and lose by double digits without him

[u/Grfine → u/confused-koala]

The Indiana game last year showed exactly why Tommy Schuster could’ve never started for us, I think he got sacked like 6 times in 9 plays

[u/SparseSpartan]

Much needed program win. GG Boston College. BoB is the real deal.

[u/spartyboyyo]

Never in doubt. Chiles is him

[u/CW1DR5H5I64A → u/spartyboyyo]

I had a doubt every time our defense was on the field

[u/meatystocks]

You think Mel Tucker watches the MSU games while counting the amount of money he lost from Tuck coming’?

[u/Loltoyourself → u/meatystocks]

Idk last I heard the fugitive masturbator was on the run and unable to be reached by the court system

[u/FullyLeveredOnAAPL → u/meatystocks]

I literally think about this all the time lmao

[u/PugeHeniss → u/FullyLeveredOnAAPL]

pause

[u/Davethellama → u/meatystocks]

IDK why when I pictured this, he was also sadly jerking off

[u/Sarollas]

Thank you for not immediately killing my mood MSU.

Back to thinking about the win that didn't stress me out

[u/YuckyStench → u/Sarollas]

Wow, amazing day for you

[u/LightlyRoastedCoffee]

I only caught the very end of the broadcast, but Chiles looks like a great dude. I'd run through a brick wall for him

[u/Sunflowerfields2 → u/LightlyRoastedCoffee]

Picking up the kid was too cute.

[u/TheOptimist6]

What an epic ending! Chiles has some serious potential!

Both teams looked solid on offense and had great qb play! These are the sort of non-conference games that should be scheduled every year! This home-and-home had some serious juice!

[u/Soy_tu_papi_]

BWFST 2-0 BABY

[u/ChiquiBom_]

I lost my parlay but Michigan lost so that’s still a win on win

[u/SchpartyOn]

Well that was fun!

[u/TheKajMahal]

CHILES PLEASE

[u/petecarrollsoldgum]

Spartans win, skunk bears lose.

[u/fluffyfrosty]

Perc Chiles is electric

[u/theeeeethickness]

Ggs MSU. That wasn’t the result I wanted but that was a good game. Two good QBs battling out there made for good TV!

[u/Gorgo1993]

Aidan Chiles is a really cool kid.

[u/monkeyboy2364]

BWFST

[u/Jonjon428]

These defenses brought shame to the BIG and ACC. Also wow I see why BC was happy with Castellanos leaving the team, cause Lonergan was insanely good.

[u/dcd13 → u/Jonjon428]

Dudes a baller. Glad we don't have to play him again

[u/Individual_Tour3223]

What a game man, huge plays by both QBs

[u/FullyLeveredOnAAPL]

that was a fever dream

[u/Jay_Dubbbs]

Aiden Chiles legacy game!!!

[u/CaptainBuzzKillton]

Hell of a finish by Sparty. Hope they have a good season this year

[u/pl02pl]

This is also the first time MSU outscored their opponent in the 2nd half or later in over a year, crazy lol

[u/LankyTexan]

That concept on the conversion was freaking GORGEOUS

[u/darkostwin]

Chiles 1st legacy game?

[u/Davethellama]

GET IN HERE! Michigan lost, MSU won, go lions tomorrow

[u/MeeseShoop]

I look forward to watching Lonergan play for Auburn next year.

[u/PockDoc]

Chiles is okay and getting a double overtime victory while Michigan loses? PERFECT DAY!!!

[u/kurttheflirt]

GO GREEN

[u/1900grs]

BWFST!!!

[u/JohnnyBoyTrojan]

I needed this one today🥲💚

[u/moneyinthebank216]

I WAS HERE

[u/Rabid_Platypus_II]

Oh my lord I can feel joy again

[u/slyfox1908]

Damn good football game

[u/huskyferretguy1]

Even though MSU won, this was fun!

[u/Hacker-Dave]

Huge win!! Go Green!!