Coach Dantonio: Please start Keith Nichol:

It's not that Ihink Cousins is a bad quarterback, I don't. I think he has the capacity to play real well. I just think we need to try something a little different, and I think that something is Keith Nichol.

I'm going to give you some of my reasons, maybe you want to give me some of yours-either pro or con for starting Nichol in our next big game.

• Nichol executed late in this game against Wisconsin in a way we could have used much earlier in the game.
• Nichol is more mobile, and has the willingness and ability to run the ball. This helps a lot when our offensive line has a leak.
• Nichol overcame a lot of adversity just to get to East Lansing. He got a bunch of criticism when he left for Oklahoma and didn't get a lot of warm fuzzies when he came back. He got to play the part of punching bag all last year while he waited for his eligibility to kick in this year.

I don't care about quarterback controversies, but I would like to see a win next week.

What say you Spartan nation? It's raining buckets here in Kentucky so maybe I'm all wet.

GO GREEN!

Steve, Flatwoods, KY