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<blockquote data-quote="BZuppke" data-source="post: 1969586" data-attributes="member: 12358"><p>Well I’ve been watching since the Mike White years. Bret is the best coach we’ve had since him - and his plus 16 (18?) in points v power 5 his first three seasons shows a level of competitiveness we haven’t seen since the 1980s. We lost our last two games by a total of 4 points. </p><p></p><p>Outside tOSU/scUM and to a lesser extent PedU - what do our Big Ten rivals have on us? Minnesota, Wisconsin, Purdue, IU, MSU et al? Nothing. Bret is building something here and it’s simply not showing up in wins and losses yet. </p><p></p><p>My two coaching criticisms are as follows:</p><p></p><p>Offense is too conservative at times. At Iowa we stopped doing what got us the lead and it lost the game for us when we couldn’t sustain a late drive. Today?? Why weren’t we more aggressive and using some of those deep crossing routes earlier that got us 218 yards by CW?</p><p></p><p>Defense - again not aggressive enough. Two sacks today? And we rarely blitz. </p><p></p><p>Finally most of you naysayers predicted 6-6 this year. We’re one game off of that. Stay the course. In Bret I believe.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BZuppke, post: 1969586, member: 12358"] Well I’ve been watching since the Mike White years. Bret is the best coach we’ve had since him - and his plus 16 (18?) in points v power 5 his first three seasons shows a level of competitiveness we haven’t seen since the 1980s. We lost our last two games by a total of 4 points. Outside tOSU/scUM and to a lesser extent PedU - what do our Big Ten rivals have on us? Minnesota, Wisconsin, Purdue, IU, MSU et al? Nothing. Bret is building something here and it’s simply not showing up in wins and losses yet. My two coaching criticisms are as follows: Offense is too conservative at times. At Iowa we stopped doing what got us the lead and it lost the game for us when we couldn’t sustain a late drive. Today?? Why weren’t we more aggressive and using some of those deep crossing routes earlier that got us 218 yards by CW? Defense - again not aggressive enough. Two sacks today? And we rarely blitz. Finally most of you naysayers predicted 6-6 this year. We’re one game off of that. Stay the course. In Bret I believe. [/QUOTE]
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