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Last Edited: 9/12/2010 2:51:56 PM by Joe McKinley

Last Edited: 9/12/2010 3:30:14 PM by Monroe Slavin

Last Edited: 9/12/2010 4:36:47 PM by John C. Wanamaker

Last Edited: 9/12/2010 7:09:14 PM by Cat4ever

Bobcat Love wrote:

Great conversation going here... 1. Hard not to agree with Burke on strength and conditioning. I never hear any other teams mention cramping, yet it becomes a REAL issue for us 4-5 times per year, generally in big games against MAC West foes. The hard thing about the O-Line and D-Line deficiencies is that those units should be a Solich strength, definitely not a weakness or even a push. The famous Nebraska lines and their Freshman redshirt program are a thing of legend. Just as a misc point, 3 games stand out in my head for line play: - Northwestern in '05...The NWU O-Line absolutely bullied our D-Line in the trenches. Brett Basanez had 15 seconds to throw the ball on numerous occasions. Frankie's first year, so give him a pass there. I noticed a giant on the NWU O-Line that day, Zach Streif, who was just having his way with our guys. He flew under the radar for a while, but you can now find him on the World Champion New Orleans Saints. - Ohio State in '08...both lines absolutely dominate Ohio State for 3 quarters in the horseshoe, and then suddenly break down towards the 4th quarter. Obviously we know the outcome, but point for us that we really did push them around. So much that I remember watching Spielmoron on the TIVO complaining about how bad we were beating that blue ribbon line up. - Temple in '09...we won the game, but I thought our Defensive Line was thoroughly dominated throughout. Maybe a sign of things to come in 2010? Temple averaged about 7-7.5 ypc on a LOT of carries. Every snap they were just blowing us off the ball by 3 and 4 yards at a clip, so even if the runs were no gains in reality, the back already had 3 or 4 yards in his pocket. Again, just some miscellaneous I was thinking about....but Burke has a point and I've always agreed with him that we really need to examine our strength and conditioning routine when it comes to football. We just have weird issue after weird issue crop up. Always injuries, cramps, etc. 2. I'm not sure anyone mentioned the altercation in section 102 (I'm guessing) last night. Multiple law enforcement officials called to the scene. 8 cops for a 3 person verbal altercation. The light skinned  African American Security official who works basketball games in the winter tossed an OU fan and a Toledo fan from Peden. The OU fan returned but not sure on the Rocket. Looked like a Toledo guy was sitting in the wrong locale and making some noise, at which point some of our more blue collar fans took exception. Picture can be found HERE. 3. Remind me to stay away from the mashed potatoes this weekend near the Horseshoe. 4. Just to throw some sizzle on the nizzle.....what was the last decent event that UPC brought to Athens? Barenaked Ladies '96?

Last Edited: 9/12/2010 11:34:41 PM by bobcat695