Dr Z

I want it to hear it from the "horses mouth"

Sure would like to see a quote from JD that says "we are installing a new defense this year"

It's soooooo nice to talk about another defense other than the crappy stack.One thing to keep in mind, most teams that run the 3-4 still run some sort of four man front package also. Even the Steelers.The Steelers are able to stay in the 3-4 and run it as effectively as they do because of their depth at LB.The one thing that does concern me is the ability of the OLBs to learn the scheme. It seems like there is a BIG learning curve. It makes good sense that we brought in a big name linebacker coordinator.At the very least I will know what I'm watching when I watch the defense this year. I didn't evenknow who to blame when I watched the crappy stack. Just looked like a bunch of undersized kids drag tackling7 yards downfield. I never want to hear the terms 'rover' and 'bandit' again. I always wanted to see Jason Taylor play in the 3-4, does he have ANY eligibility left?

When Penn State joined the Big 10 the athletic directors got together to create rivalry matchups. Penn State and other Big 10 teams created special trophies to play for (like our Wagon Wheel game). So, yeah, you can sometimes stoke a rivalry up.So who is PSU's rivals now???? When they used to play Pitt, THAT was a rival.You can make all the crappy trophies you want.Marshall was our best chance at another "Ken+"

I'm with you QZ. I'm still waiting to see something official before I order my tickets though.I think we will have some growing pains with the 3-4, but at least it is a proven defense.My quick observation with the 3-4 is that it takes the majority of OLBs 3 to 4 years to learn the scheme,by that time in college, they are graduating.

THANK YOU! With his resume has got to be able to talk some sense in to somebody on that side of the ball already. PLEASE.

GP1, I'm wondering where you are coming from with this. Have you ever met MW?

Doesn't surprise me. I bet Pernetti will have a great passion for a school that he played for. Hmmmm....

I'd be excited to see a list of candidates if Mack did decide to move on. I would research it if I thought there was a chance of him doing so this year. If Dr P didn't get MW back here to sit down and talk with him about the vacancy, I would be surprised. I want that guys passion and focus in my next AD! Nobody in my time around Zips athletics has understood ZipsNation better.

It might be a tad easier to recruit in the Big Ten (+ PSU) than the MAC. I'm not sure though. I'm going to check a few stats and get back to you. I'll have to check to see how much money Purdue and Indiana put into their program compared to BG and Ken+. Plus, it's sooo hard to get defensive lineman in the MAC you have to play with only three.

I hate to state the obvious, and I know this doesn't help us now, but I am looking forward to seeing Zeke play. Watching Bardo being sideways to the basket most of the night was disturbing. If I were coach, I would demand that he doesn't shoot for the rest of the month, he should only be instructed to box out and rebound. He needs to focus on his job. That was a winnable game. The refs really reduced the enjoyment of college basketball.

I like the Valpo annoucer's observation about Bardo not boxing out.

While I can respect Charlie, I can't stand to watch Miami, it's like watching soccer. No offense soccer fans.Miami and CMU set basketball back 50 years. I hope to gawd we don't play either at the Q.

I'm positive it was the CMU game. The shoes were MUCH more interesting than the game.Every night before I go to bed, I pray that CMU fires Ernie so I never have to watch the likes of that again!

Your thoughts on a new scheme...I'm all for it. Search any number of threads for my thoughts.

"It's gotta be the shoes"

The icing on your "cupcake"...BG beats the Bulls.

Thanks, I always wondered why I couldn't get this to work. First time I opened IE on my computer.

Dorsey looks to be our next great Rover.

Nice work, thanks for the update.

I can only show you what it looks like from the web cams, for those of you that can't load that page, here it is.

I'm interested to hear how you/they would judge immediate results with the hiring of a QB coach?What QB coach in the history of football had immediate results? Can you name five QB coaches w/o looking it up?

We need to focus on the big dance and quit this cupcake talk!

Wow, I thought the "cupcake" thing was kind of fun. What a downer. 37 are you on the NFL rules committee?