Did Rob Ianello ever play college football?

By the looks of him, I would guess no. It may not seem all that important to those of you who never played, but when I was a player there was just automatically a higher level of respect given to the coaches who you knew had played, and played at a high level. When a guy like Paul Winters yelled at you, you kind of just automatically accepted it because you knew he had been there and done exactly what you were doing, and he had put in the sacrifice. He knew what it was about. I can remember a lot of times when coaches who hadn't played were yelling at guys, there were quite a few "shut the f** up"s being muttered around. That level of respect just wasn't there.

I loved Lee Owens as a coach, but it was an issue for a lot of guys that he had quit his D3 college team as a freshman. How can you, a guy who couldn't even hack it at a D3 school, sit here and tell me to suck it up and work hard and press through the pain when you couldn't do it yourself, was the basic line of thought. That's not to say that a coach can't earn a majority of guys respect even if he didn't play, as I think LO did. But I was just wondering about Rob, since I don't see it anywhere in his bio.

Matt Rodgers Named Starting QB Week 1

Juuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuust messin with ya!

I'm sure some of the "Nicely is a star" people on this board just had a mild heart attack

Seriously though, does anyone know if there was an official announcement? Not that there's really much doubt, just wondering.

NZR: The Boys of Fall

GREAT new song by Kenny Chesney. I had heard the song, but just now watched the official extended video, and man it takes you back and gives you chills. This isn't exactly Zips related, but I know most of our posters played the game at one point or another, so I'd encourage you to watch this video. It'll take ya back. Damn I miss everything about this game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlXDo5WhQXI

Go get him Rob....

http://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/1312...-jarmon-fortson

New DT transfer

http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl...son_oren00.html

Oren Wilson. Started 26 games in the past two seasons for Michigan State, and played in every game as a true freshman, so this will be his redshirt year. Hopefully he can stay motivated and in great shape, and succeed in the classroom in his year off (there's no reason to fail senior classes... he's got to be ok if he's made it this far). Could have a HUGE impact as our 1-Tech next season.