Peppers: Dude of the Day

We must have been watching two different players. I just called him Ova Eze. He sure had a knack for making himself big trying to come through a gap and always in anything but a fundamentally sound fb position. Don't know if our lber coaching was bad then, atthough I knew that shelf needed replenishing at the end of Lloyd's run. Thought after Harris far outplayed his rating we'd do well there. I know, and this is the only one I can remember, we even went the juco route with one that played 7 man h.s. ball. He did help the team's GPA.

It's strange after years, and I know we're not the only school to go through it, you get great play from a certain position, then nada for years. Thinking it's turning back in our favor though.

Obi had a decent year that seemed like he could potentially be a great LB but he regressed from his decent year.

than our '97 team, but that year blessed us, of course, with the greatest defender in M history, and reduced the field for the opposing offense to such a degree it made the entire defense appear significantly better than their parts would indicate. It was a perfect blend of lber speed on the inside, size and strength on the outside and a DL, anchored by Steele with Ray acting in a similar manner on the back end to give us a very, very difficult team to score on.

While '06 was the greatest collection of defensive talent I've seen in any given season, with a front seven considered, almost without argument, the best front seven in cfb. With that said, I think we do possess talent equal to, or greater, than the '06 unit based on the number of individual proven Dudes. We have, imo and without Gary lining up, a DL equal to the '06 unit. We have two players who are probably in the top two or three at their position in Wormley and Glasgow and if Mone's injury was the reason for Glasgow becoming a starter, Mone has to be considered potentially great as well. Taco is no slouch and when Rashan enters the starting lineup, the assumption would be an even higher rated DL, correct? It's a good starting point.

Now the only thing I know about the backers is they will be involved in a lot of blitzes and disguised coverages and I have been mulling this over for a few weeks. We finished no. 5 in defense last season, despite losing two key pieces on the DL, a line given credit for limiting exploitation of our weakness, lack of speed by two heady, tough nosed football players.

This is what has been running through my mind. Is the loss of our weakest defensive link really a loss or an opportunity for improvement by replacing them with players who have been around the program long enough to develop the necessary strength, inarguably quicker and faster, and among the group is one of the most gifted and best defensive players in the nation?  Add in the Brown factor who is going to use them in ways we've never seen and the fact that one of those was unblockable last season when the offense knew where he would be. They are far less experienced. That's a given. But also, to a man, they are also much better athletes and that DL that protected that group last season is one year more experienced, has more depth and will be joined by a young man who many experts feel could be among the best to ever play that position.

Now let's take a look at that defensive backfield. We have a returning AA, truly one of the best in the nation. His counterpart, by the end of the season, had improved to the point many were saying he's really not that far behind Lewis. Stribling? Hell Brown called him Dude. Further need not be said. That fourth piece is experienced and good. They will press like Brown and Harbaugh like, but they will also be part of some of Brown's exotic schemes, designed to drive the QB nuts, and if you take the talent at BC and finish no. 1 in the nation, I would say chances are there are more than a few nut house qbs running around the e. coast this season. 

So I will concede that '06 was good. I will also concede that OSU put a lot of points up on them, as did USC in the second half. But obviously, based on the above, only parts of which are conjecture, I cannot concede they will not be as good as '06.

It's Barcalounger versus Lazy-boy

Obviously you have better access than most. All I can go on is what I read from those like you. What did you really feel, even though he named them his leader? I was just going off the recap that I read, and I do realize the slant is sometimes altered to give M a more favorable look.

Yet he told Sam Webb he thought about committing but didn't think it would be wise to since he still was going to visit those other schools. If he did in fact say Iowa was still his leader, I would take that with a grain of salt. I really think Michigan has a fantastic shot here.

Up your butt and around the corner.

No, really.

It's where all the shit flows to when you flush your toilet.