Spartan Football Spring Showcase

Spartan QB, Alessio Milivojevic throws just out of reach of a defender on Spring Showcase day. | Steve Neumann MSU Football had its final spring practice today and opened it up to the public. Even though I stayed up way too late watching Coachella Livestream, I still was undeterred by the cold, rain and my three year old who did not want her hair brushed this morning.

I was curious to see what things were looking like and my family managed to accompany me so here are a few takeaways I noticed. It was a no tackling, keep everyone healthy demonstration and that makes it difficult to really see strength and weaknesses in the trenches. Obviously we all know the trenches were torturous to watch last year, but it did seem Alessio had some time to make plays and did a nice job of stepping up in the pocket and checking down.

It is pretty obvious that McCray is the WR1 and he and Alessio seem to have some chemistry and that will only further develop. Alessio did have a back to back play sequence that we as Spartan fans have to hope gets cleaned up. He had a beautiful play where he stayed in the pocket stepped down out of the pressure and found an open receiver down the middle.

Unfortunately, it was followed by an ugly interception that Grose read all the way and took it with ease. That back and forth play will make it tough for fans but the good news is this is spring. The pocket passing mixed with the ability to scramble are a positive sign and the accuracy seems closer than what we were getting with Chiles.