If Avery could see what he could be. Has the tools and we need him out there more than he is.
I'm hoping we would have still won even if they decided to run the ball more."They did absolutely nothing special," Brohm said of the Illini's defense. "They played us quarters coverage on first and second down and cover 2 (on long distances). Really, the same things that Iowa was in – 'you’re going to have to run the ball to beat us.'
https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/2019/10/26/illinois-dominates-purdue-football-24-6/4086697002/
I was watching a documentary recently on Jefferson Davis and there was an interesting quote from one of the featured historians about the turning of the tide in the Civil War being directly related to the personalities and the leadership qualities of the two heads of state, Lincoln and Davis. The quote was loosely this "Abraham Lincoln wanted to win. Jefferson Davis wanted to be right".
Jeff Brohm didn't want to win Saturday, he wanted to be right. He wanted to be right about what it means to be an offensive guru leading and calling an unstoppable offensive unit in today's college football. It cost his team a chance to compete for a W. If on a rain soaked day the opposing defense is daring you to run the football you put your ego aside, recognize that being the smartest man in the room with the most creative offense in the conference is less important than winning and just, you know, run the damn football.
Unfortunately for us, old veterans like Mark Dantonio and Kirk Ferentz won't do this.
"They did absolutely nothing special," Brohm said of the Illini's defense. "They played us quarters coverage on first and second down and cover 2 (on long distances). Really, the same things that Iowa was in – 'you’re going to have to run the ball to beat us.'
https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/2019/10/26/illinois-dominates-purdue-football-24-6/4086697002/
I was watching a documentary recently on Jefferson Davis and there was an interesting quote from one of the featured historians about the turning of the tide in the Civil War being directly related to the personalities and the leadership qualities of the two heads of state, Lincoln and Davis. The quote was loosely this "Abraham Lincoln wanted to win. Jefferson Davis wanted to be right".
Jeff Brohm didn't want to win Saturday, he wanted to be right. He wanted to be right about what it means to be an offensive guru leading and calling an unstoppable offensive unit in today's college football. It cost his team a chance to compete for a W. If on a rain soaked day the opposing defense is daring you to run the football you put your ego aside, recognize that being the smartest man in the room with the most creative offense in the conference is less important than winning and just, you know, run the damn football.
Unfortunately for us, old veterans like Mark Dantonio and Kirk Ferentz won't do this.
I'm hoping we would have still won even if they decided to run the ball more.
Yes but they also won't rip open the playbook and will die a slow death if they're behind multiple scores...