Probably, Tommy?

I don’t know how AP Sports Columnist Jim Litke snuck this gem by me since I was pulling for Edgerrin in Super Bowl XLIII, but combine the 168 hours of week-long coverage the world managed prior to the big game with the bottle of rut-gut I had for lunch, and maybe I shouldn’t be surprised.



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Speaking of “brother can you spare a dime”, somebody please hand Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo some sense. On the No. 5 Spartans’ third loss of the Big Ten season at the hands of the Boilermakers: “Does Purdue deserve credit? Probably. Are we to blame? Probably.”
Probably, Tommy?

Purdue didn’t have the most stellar offensive game either, not even managing half their shots on the night. Though the highlight reel will show Robbie Hummel coming back from the stress fracture in his back, he did only go 3-9 from the floor in 25 minutes of work.

How’s about instead of probably—as in there’s a likelihood for the grounds of believing—we’ll just go ahead a say definitively Purdue’s defense stifled the Spartans, holding them to a season-low 32.7 percent shooting from the floor and only 54 points—the second time this season they’ve been held under 60. But don’t worry East Lansing, you’re in good company: Only three squads have managed 60 points on Keady Court this season, and six teams couldn't even reach 50.

And before everyone gets up in arms, I get what Izzo’s trying to say: Was the Boiler D (10 steals, 8 blocks) great or was Michigan State having an off night? That must be the reason the ‘ol ball coach is unable to praise a defense which held his leading scorer (and turn-over artist with six), Kalin Lucus, to a horrendous 2-11 from the floor. But look at the big picture; how’d your boy eek out 14 points on such an poor night? Maybe by knocking down a not-so-off-night 10 of 12 in six trips to the charity stripe?
Probably.