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ScarletJocko

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Sparber spent 1 year in Harrisonburg as LB coach. Other than that, he has been a GA or analyst his entire career outside of his 1 year in Piscataway. He is back to being an analyst down at TA&M. That kind of resume somehow lands you a co-DC role here
 
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jsol_05

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koleszar said:
I stayed up to watch. Cal’s defense looked like Rutgers D. They couldn’t even slow the run and it was pitch and catch with no one within 5 yds of the recievers.
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UMASS Stats: 397 TY, 197 passing, 200 rushing,21 first downs and 4/11 on 3rd down conversion.

UCLA Stats: 461 TY, 184 passing, 277 rushing, 20 first downs and 6/11 3rd down conversion .
You sure you weren't watching a tape of our game.
 
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koleszar said:
I stayed up to watch. Cal’s defense looked like Rutgers D. They couldn’t even slow the run and it was pitch and catch with no one within 5 yds of the recievers.
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They were way better than Rutgers D. And their Onwas light years better. Cal would smoke us.
 
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NickRU714

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ScarletJocko said:
Sparber spent 1 year in Harrisonburg as LB coach. Other than that, he has been a GA or analyst his entire career outside of his 1 year in Piscataway. He is back to being an analyst down at TA&M. That kind of resume somehow lands you a co-DC role here
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And a 3 year contract that was bought out after 1 year
 
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Caliknight

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ScarletJocko said:
Sparber spent 1 year in Harrisonburg as LB coach. Other than that, he has been a GA or analyst his entire career outside of his 1 year in Piscataway. He is back to being an analyst down at TA&M. That kind of resume somehow lands you a co-DC role here
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No one wants to work for Schiano. He’s a losing coach, has no juice, and his methods are far outdated. Combine that with the fact he’s a control freak and over paying for some analyst level talent is what you get.
 
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kupuna133

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ScarletJocko said:
Sparber spent 1 year in Harrisonburg as LB coach. Other than that, he has been a GA or analyst his entire career outside of his 1 year in Piscataway. He is back to being an analyst down at TA&M. That kind of resume somehow lands you a co-DC role here
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And you left out that it took Greg over 2 months to entice him to come. And pay him more than 5 times what he was making at JMU.
 
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Bueller

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Caliknight said:
No one wants to work for Schiano. He’s a losing coach, has no juice, and his methods are far outdated. Combine that with the fact he’s a control freak and over paying for some analyst level talent is what you get.
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In this weeks game overview Richie and Co mention GS wasn't worried about playing a team with a HC who worked at Rutgers and knows them well. Asked about changing-up for Harasymiak they quoted GS saying "We're not in the business of tricking people." That's 70s-90s football right there. Fullbacks, arm pads, dive plays and bloody noses.

GS still believes in the old "If you execute you win." Maybe Ohio St can do that but RU can't. The spreads and RPOs, the LBs running 4.4s, the zone blocking. the year round coaching with terabytes of video and coaches working for many teams and sharing can make "just executing" a dangerous perspective. IF GS was a general in Civil War or a Japanese general he would have the troops charging into the machine guns. RU runs a screen in red zone and Ohio St has 4 defenders there before the ball. Yet you see it over and over an opposing teams mention it. The spreads neutralized Greg's aggressive, blitzing defenses (a reason RU could never neat WV) that were supposed to get the ball to safe offenses. He still tries to run the same offense (works good between the 20s but then zip)
 
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bigmatt718

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Bueller said:
In this weeks game overview Richie and Co mentions GS wasn't worried about playing a team with a HD who worked at Rutgers and knows them week. Asked about changing-up for Harasymiak they quoted GS saying "We're not in the business of tricking people." That's 70s-90s football right there. Fullbacks, arm pads, dive plays and bloody noses.

GS still believes in the old "If you execute you win." Maybe Ohio St can do that but RU can't. The spreads and RPOs, the LBs running 4.4s, the zone blocking. the year round coaching with terabytes of video and coaches working for many teams and sharing make "just executing" a dangerous perspective. RU runs a screen in red zone and Ohio St has 4 defenders there before the ball. Yet you see it over and over an opposing teams mention it. The spreads neutralized Greg's aggressive, blitzing defenses (a reason RU could never neat WV) that were supposed to get the ball to safe offenses. He still tries to run the same offense (works good between the 20s but then zip)
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Schiano is a freaking dinosaur. The next time that man shows innovation will be his first. Zinn needs to send him to Shady Acres Retirement Home the bye week after Cignetti teabags him on HC.
 
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Caliknight

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Bueller said:
In this weeks game overview Richie and Co mentions GS wasn't worried about playing a team with a HD who worked at Rutgers and knows them week. Asked about changing-up for Harasymiak they quoted GS saying "We're not in the business of tricking people." That's 70s-90s football right there. Fullbacks, arm pads, dive plays and bloody noses.

GS still believes in the old "If you execute you win." Maybe Ohio St can do that but RU can't. The spreads and RPOs, the LBs running 4.4s, the zone blocking. the year round coaching with terabytes of video and coaches working for many teams and sharing make "just executing" a dangerous perspective. RU runs a screen in red zone and Ohio St has 4 defenders there before the ball. Yet you see it over and over an opposing teams mention it. The spreads neutralized Greg's aggressive, blitzing defenses (a reason RU could never neat WV) that were supposed to get the ball to safe offenses. He still tries to run the same offense (works good between the 20s but then zip)
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Did he really say that? Once a meathead always a meathead.
 
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seansherm

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Chesney may be my first call, UCLA ad may be worse run than RU's over the years, maybe we could lure him out of there before he's too comfortable.
 
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