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Because that other team is not allowed to prepare for the same amount of time.......what a crock of ****.
You know what is funny and ironic. I have learned that Petersen doesn't do any team specific work until the week of the game. All the extra time is spent on improving fundamental football skills. Nothing related to the opponent starts until the week of the game. Meanwhile, college football fans think every moment is spent in game specific preparation. It simply isn't true.
Maybe we win because of better fundamental skills....like open field tackling, blocking, etc. and a willingness to play disciplined, team football. Starts to makes sense when you think about it....doesn't it?
Hopefully, with the new approach to a playoff if Boise put themselves into position they will have the opportunity to have their fate determined on the field....which is all we really ask.
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BSUFAN9999 said...
We used to take walk-ons that would earn scholarships. Brontzman who actually had a phenomenal career except for a couple of ill-time misses fit that category. He is #1 or #2 in career points scored. But he missed a couple of field goals in the game we lost to TCU in the Poinsettia Bowl as well as the Nevada kicks.
We spent a scholarship last year on a kicker, but he redshirted when he apparently didn't beat two walk-ons for the job.
We spent another scholarship on a punter/kicker this year and told him to arrive in the summer ready to compete for the job.
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We lost a lot of talented seniors who won more games than any team in the modern era football, but the question of returning starters isn't as black and white as some of you make it out to be. If you go in thinking we lost 18 starters, you will be sorely mistaken.
Since someone is saying we only have 4 returning starters, here are 5 examples off the top of my head for why that statistic doesn't tell the whole story:
Dan Paul was the starting FB in 2010. He had a groin injury for which he missed the 1st part of last season and was then held out as a medical redshirt for the rest of the year. Is he a returning starter or not? He is a beast - 260 lbs and the strongest player on the team. I imagine he will be picking up a double team on Gholston a good part of the night. He is a senior and not inexperienced by any interpretation.
DJ Harper was the starter in 2009 (over Doug Martin) until Harper went down with a torn ACL. Doug Martin who became a 1st round draft pick won the job last year. Harper is a 6th year senior. Harper ran right past the Va Tech defense as a back-up two years ago. You want to call him inexperienced?
Matt Paradis played center for 2/3s of the season last year. Our starting center last year had bad knees and just wasn't' feeling up to playing. He retired at the end of the year and is now a Graduate Assistant in CA. Paradis played the majority of the season at center. Paradis is one of players you don't qualify as returning.
Lee Hightower was called into duty as a true freshman early in the season when Gavis and Taylor (our starting CBs who both return) went down with injuries. Hightower really impressed and started 1/2 of the season and is expected to start at free safety this year.
Jeremy Ioane had to fill in as starter in the 1st 3 games (including Georgia) at safety because Cedric Febis was ineligible due to some benefits Febis received from his host family with whom he stayed when he was in high school. Ioane is expected to start at strong safety but is not a returning starter per the definition
Last year, White, Brown and Simmons split snaps pretty evenly at nickel backer. White graduated. Brown and Simmons return with more than 1/2 the snaps.
Virtually every player on the travel roster has a specific role for which he will see the field. Petersen excels at assessing players and find a way to use his individual skills to our team's advantage. It comes from having to do more with less early in his career when he didn't have the same quality of players. The players back then were more one dimensional and Petersen had to manage the chess board to put his one dimensional players in the situations in which he wanted them.
We platooned everyone except Kellen Moore last year. Overall, the younger guys have had a lot of snaps and have showed great promise.
Where do we have questions?
QB where we don't know which one yet but we are choosing between a California 1st team red shirt senior and a Elite 11 Florida 8A player of the year.
Kicker where we just can't find consistency
DE where we will be counting on some newcomers to make key contributions
Safety where we will be talented but young.
Otherwise, we feel pretty good about our team.
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W @OSU (6-6) - we crushed Toledo who just lost to OSU at OSU W Michigan (10-2) - Michigan ducked us in the Sugar Bowl. Delaney knew we would crush them ? Wisconsin (10-2) - Great team ? @Nebraska (9-3) W - Minnesota (3-9) W @Iowa (7-5) W - Indiana (1-11) W @Northwestern (6-6)
But I am sure many in this group will expect us to to lose to all of them.
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We lost a lot of talented seniors who won more games than any team in the modern era football, but the question of returning starters isn't as black and white as some of you make it out to be. If you go in thinking we lost 18 starters, you will be sorely mistaken.
Since someone is saying we only have 4 returning starters, here are 5 examples off the top of my head for why that statistic doesn't tell the whole story:
Dan Paul was the starting FB in 2010. He had a groin injury for which he missed the 1st part of last season and was then held out as a medical redshirt for the rest of the year. Is he a returning starter or not? He is a beast - 260 lbs and the strongest player on the team. I imagine he will be picking up a double team on Gholston a good part of the night. He is a senior and not inexperienced by any interpretation.
DJ Harper was the starter in 2009 (over Doug Martin) until Harper went down with a torn ACL. Doug Martin who became a 1st round draft pick won the job last year. Harper is a 6th year senior. Harper ran right past the Va Tech defense as a back-up two years ago. You want to call him inexperienced?
Matt Paradis played center for 2/3s of the season last year. Our starting center last year had bad knees and just wasn't' feeling up to playing. He retired at the end of the year and is now a Graduate Assistant in CA. Paradis played the majority of the season at center. Paradis is one of players you don't qualify as returning.
Lee Hightower was called into duty as a true freshman early in the season when Gavis and Taylor (our starting CBs who both return) went down with injuries. Hightower really impressed and started 1/2 of the season and is expected to start at free safety this year.
Jeremy Ioane had to fill in as starter in the 1st 3 games (including Georgia) at safety because Cedric Febis was ineligible due to some benefits Febis received from his host family with whom he stayed when he was in high school. Ioane is expected to start at strong safety but is not a returning starter per the definition
Last year, White, Brown and Simmons split snaps pretty evenly at nickel backer. White graduated. Brown and Simmons return with more than 1/2 the snaps.
Virtually every player on the travel roster has a specific role for which he will see the field. Petersen excels at assessing players and find a way to use his individual skills to our team's advantage. It comes from having to do more with less early in his career when he didn't have the same quality of players. The players back then were more one dimensional and Petersen had to manage the chess board to put his one dimensional players in the situations in which he wanted them.
We platooned everyone except Kellen Moore last year. Overall, the younger guys have had a lot of snaps and have showed great promise.
Where do we have questions?
QB where we don't know which one yet but we are choosing between a California 1st team red shirt senior and a Elite 11 Florida 8A player of the year.
Kicker where we just can't find consistency
DE where we will be counting on some newcomers to make key contributions
Safety where we will be talented but young.
Otherwise, we feel pretty good about our team.
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I expect MSU to win. They should be favored with the defense they have returning. It should be awesome. But I wouldn't be shocked if BSU surprised. The wild card is Petersen. I expect him to have a plan.
For example, we have a screen play that can be run 3 different ways (right, left, middle) depending on how the defense reacts. And I imagine there are double moves from there. With the anticipated pressure from your DLine I imagine we will see a lot of screens....that is how teams handled our pressure last year.
Yes, I am coming with my 12 year old son. I ordered my tickets this week and will be sitting in the BSU section....so I am expecting really bad seats. I usually watch my BSU games on TV so this will be new for me.
dear god NO...NOT A DOUBLE MOVE?!?!??!
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BSUFAN - I really don't understand why some posters are acting like jackasses, but I guess that's the nature of tRCMB. I pretty much just have to say I understand both sides of the story. You guys feel confident because of your success against great programs like Georgia, Oklahoma, VaTech, etc. MSU fans feel confident because our defense will be experienced and honestly pretty badass. I don't buy this bravado from our fans, especially because I feel like I'm hearing the exact same stuff I heard before the Notre Dame game last year and we got our behinds whipped. Personally, I can't remember the last time I was as excited about a non-conference game as I am now. Of course, that has to do with it being a night game, before a nationally-televised audience, with as good of a defense and team as we are expecting. But it also has a ton to do with our opponent, which is a testament to where you guys are as a program. I really respect you guys and again, can't wait for the game. Hopefully you and your son are shown a good time and are treated well in EL (as long as you aren't an obnoxious jackass, you'll be invited into tailgates for copious amount of food and beer).
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