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Message: [QUOTE="ruthetiger, post: 33136, member: 1183"] You know, I brought this up on the RU premium forum, and I mentioned Wiscy and their OL. For years, even when they were mediocre, they were able to overpower, even some of the best teams they lined up against. When I watched what they did to a physically tough Nebraska team, I really couldn't believe what I was watching. By the middle of the 3rd qt, even though it didn't look like it, Nebraska's front 7 just plain Q-U-I-T! But As I watched the game, it dawned on me, that too many coaches, year in and year out, don't place an emphasis on recruiting quality OL big riggers with attitude. Wiscy's emphasis has always been to recruit in the trenches first, and then everything will work itself out in the end. We all saw the results on national tv. FWIW, The past few recruiting seasons, NJ has had some really great skill position athletes, but not a lot of grunts in the trenches. This season and the next few, the NE will have a multitude of tench guys to go along with the skill guys. For some reason, Ru has a lot of the skill guys but not the trench guys on the OL side. Schiano, has been able to recruit some very good DL guys, and take it fwiw, the OL is pretty young (aside from 1 or 2 spots). Most of the OL is either true frosh or sophs, so I feel your pain guys. But it seems to me that you guys have a real decent OL, that is really going to improve with a taskmaster like Marrone. And seriously, from what I saw, they're developing his mentality. I was also particularly impressed with the support that the OL gave Bailey, despite the production, that fumble was the game. That was some support they gave their teammate. Now that was sportsmanship. I could see that he felt down, but that young man did what he could to keep his team in the game. S#$T happens. As much as I would like to say that I enjoyed the game, I would be lying! I have never seen SU play so poorly, and really I am ashamed that our guys played just as poorly. I was seriously looking forward to a very entertaining game, that would have been a defensive struggle. I know that some people don't want to see this, and would love to be rid of this series, but I seriously hope that that these 2 institutions, maintain some level of playing every year, when you guys go. I've been waiting to see games llike these between RU and SU, for a long time. In an area like this (the NE), it is very necessary. [/QUOTE]

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