Did Michigan State have anything to do with this, then?
Not really. Robinson had open receivers on all of those throws except the Grady slant; that slant was the only throw on which he was pressured, as well.
He just missed.
So he's inaccurate?
Maybe? I pulled those clips above because that's what it's been like when Robinson throws those sorts of passes this year. Against Notre Dame his four downfield INs were:
- an overthrown bomb on third and long,
- a turfed hitch identical to the one he left short of Odoms Saturday,
- a seam to Roundtree he threw accurately but on a line, allowing T'eo to knock it down, and
- a seam on the next play that was well high as he tried to compensate.
Against Indiana it was three overthrown bombs and another hitch in the dirt. That and one overthrown out to Terrance Robinson against UMass were the sum total of his bad passes to date. He hadn't thrown many of the above zingers but he'd had at least a dozen, maybe two. The passes well behind players were unprecedented.
Robinson's early enough in his career that randomness plays a major factor in how his accuracy is perceived. The Michigan State game knocks expectations down several notches but they are still high; I'm willing to wager small amounts of money or pocket lint that MSU is Robinson's worst performance of the year.
A good mix of breakdowns and comedy
