Dr. Blitz making presence felt with Defense

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Harbaugh told reporters that Brown "was peeling the paint off" the walls of a meeting room at the practice site and called him "a ball of fire" during drills. The coach nicknamed "Dr. Blitz" goes after his players as surely as his players will go after opponents. "I'm a big pressure guy," Brown said in an interview with MGoBlue.com. "That's my shtick. We'll play about four different coverages. We'll do a good job of trying to disguise what those are. But whatever we play in our base (defenses), we'll play in our pressures. That lends to the learning for the guys. "Once they learn the coverages, they're going to fit into the blitzes." When his nickname was mentioned, Brown laughed and said it began when he was the defensive coordinator for the University of Massachusetts during its 1998 Division I-AA national championship season. "That's when the nickname Dr. Blitz became prominent," said Brown, 60. "When you play defense, you've got a choice. You will either feel pressure or you apply it. I'd rather apply it -- period, exclamation point."

FauxMo

March 2nd, 2016 at 11:58 AM ^

I was never a high-level football player (played in high school only), but I would imagine that as a defensive player, it would be freaking sweet to basically blitz on every play.

MeanJoe07

March 2nd, 2016 at 12:11 PM ^

In my head I imagine a rainbow scaled dragon like elephant flying from volcano to valcano spewing rainbow pickle lava into the earths crust which trickles down to the core heats up and then erupts in skittle flavored pickles and flourescent pickle juice lava. The local monkey population disapproves of this process.

mGrowOld

March 2nd, 2016 at 12:52 PM ^

My love for Durkin came to an abrupt halt after the OSU game when we decided to run a defense we hadnt run all year designed to stop something that was unlikely to hurt us (Bartlett) and ignored their #1 weapon in Elliot.  And anybody with half a brain KNEW the Buckeyes were going to feature the Hell out of EE after they basically ignored him the week before against MSU.

If you've ever worked with somebody who's decided to leave the company but hasnt gone yet you'll understand why "short-timers" are almost always shown the door once they give notice.  The quality of their work generally goes straight into the toilet.

Like Durkin's did.

BayWolves

March 2nd, 2016 at 2:48 PM ^

Amen, bruh. Durkin just punked out of that game instead of coaching like a real man and dedicated coach would do. While I am glad he got an HC gig and is now realizing a dream, I hope we absolutely annihilate Maryland every year because of his OSU fail. Let's chain whip that fucker.



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LSAClassOf2000

March 2nd, 2016 at 1:30 PM ^

Just to be clear on this matter, and as a point of trivia for the blog perhaps, it is widely thought that due to some of the chemicals present in the koala's main staple, the taste of koala meat is decidedly unpleasant and its odor rather pungent. However, I assume that if you were clever with the marinade, the broth or spices, you might be able to make it work somehow. 

MeanJoe07

March 2nd, 2016 at 2:19 PM ^

Fuck you guys, I'm delicious.  I'm an acquired taste as most of you know.  My meat is very supple and juicy.  By me . . . I mean koalas in general.  I've eaten a few of my own after battle, albeit raw.  The marination process should breakdown most of the toxins for you guys though. I have marinated a pound of shit into a steak. It can be done.  I can send you my shit steak recipe if you'd like.  It's been featured on the Food Network.

MarqueeView

March 2nd, 2016 at 12:27 PM ^

Is it even necessary or a good idea for this team to blitz so much? Bring Peppers every once in a while, sure, but other than that drop everyone into coverage and let the d-line do its thing.



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