I'm sure Paul Johnson is

[fieldcorporal]

A fine feller, great coach yadda yadda.

All I can say is good riddance. I hope we never see him or any of his proteges again.

 

[Maroon90]

Emory Ballard hates your post, Podnuh.

 

[Dawg1976]

Minnesota seemed to like him.

 

[Clarence Boddicker]

I get that we were 0-3 against him but consider we played them with Croom and in Mullen's first year when they were cycled up with talent. It still took 4 turnovers for them to beat us in 2009. Then in 2014 we had no defense and really didn't care to be in the Orange Bowl.

 

[Rockydawg]

That triple option would get nowhere with the defense State has this year.

 

[Drebin]

That triple option would get nowhere with the defense State has this year.

Maybe. That offense is designed to level the playing field against more talented defenses...it's why all the academies use it. It's designed to capitalize on what is normally your strength. If we played them, we would have to be much less aggressive and much more disciplined, and we would have to be aware of all the cut blocking at the line.

That said, there's no doubt we have the defense to stop that, but don't think it wouldn't require a tremendous amount of preparation.

 

[RiverCityDawg]

Maybe. That offense is designed to level the playing field against more talented defenses...it's why all the academies use it. It's designed to capitalize on what is normally your strength. If we played them, we would have to be much less aggressive and much more disciplined, and we would have to be aware of all the cut blocking at the line.

That said, there's no doubt we have the defense to stop that, but don't think it wouldn't require a tremendous amount of preparation.

Absolutely right. The 2014 defense was built perfectly to stop the triple option, but because we had no defensive coordinator and thus very poor preparation, we got absolutely torched. The same thing could happen to this year's defense or any other defense if they haven't prepared well.