some good news
OK So in light of today's bad news, I stumbled upon a nice quote concerning Barwis and Craig Roh.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-Barwis/91463420731
Doree Fox Senesac Per Craig Roh: "And it's safe to say that Roh has become a disciple of Coach Mike Barwis. It's ridiculous, today I squatted 455 lbs. for 6 reps. I power cleaned 315 for 8 reps. Coming in, I was not doing that. I've always been strong overall, but the gains are ridiculous. Barwis is a genius. He is making me and the rest of the team ridiculously strong"
Here's hoping the D line with Roh will compensate for the paper thin secondary.
August 11th, 2010 at 3:23 PM ^
and madness is often straddled.
August 11th, 2010 at 3:29 PM ^
power cleaned 8 times.
August 11th, 2010 at 3:24 PM ^
How about a Hello Tony Posada Post?
August 11th, 2010 at 3:40 PM ^
and can he play cornerback?
August 11th, 2010 at 3:41 PM ^
I don't think she'll be cleared to play
August 11th, 2010 at 4:09 PM ^
I am getting a bit sick of Barwis fluff. Granted, there is clearly a large correlation between physical fitness and ability to dominate on the gridiron, but at this point I don't really give a rat's behind how much Craig Roh can squat, how quickly JT Floyd can shuttle, or how many Boeing Dreamliners Mike Martin can pull using only his teeth and an exercise band.
I just want to know if they can play football!!!!!!
August 11th, 2010 at 5:01 PM ^
On a certain level I understand, but hey, this was the only positive bit of news (everyone is getting stronger) I've seen. When coming from the player's mouths themselves I think it is more notable.
August 11th, 2010 at 5:15 PM ^
it definitely isn't a bad thing that people are getting stronger.
My main point, I suppose, is just that for two years now we have had people jizzing their pants about what a dramatic effect Barwis is having on the program, and we just haven't seen it on the field. I don't recall the team looking any stronger in the second half of games than the first. It is at best a mixed bag...positive (ND, MSU) and negative (Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin, PSU).
Now it could be that the team would be even worse off without Barwis, and that instead of a 5 win team we would have been a 3 win team, but who knows. I don't dislike Barwis, I am just frustrated and would like to see the obvious physical gains translate to the field.
August 11th, 2010 at 8:27 PM ^
Brandon Graham?
August 12th, 2010 at 2:41 AM ^
Too late for me to try figuring out why the goddam embed isn't working.