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How To Save Penn State's 2007 Season | 10 comments (10 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Big Ten (#6)
by IUfan62 on Tue Sep 25 2007 at 10:51 PM EST

Since I am a Big Ten guy myself, I feel like I can add soemthing to this debate. Cernig, I don't see how you can say that the Big Ten will always be gritty run-first offensively. Offensive philosophies change all the time. You can't just accept the fact that we are a run-first conference focused on defense. If the Big Ten wants to be a power conference, it must adjust its philosophies which it has already begun to do. My Hoosiers run the spread offense and Kellen Lewis threw the 50 times last saturday. You may enjoy living in the past, but the fact of the matter is that the Big Ten can't just stay with it's old philosophies "because that's what the Big Ten is." It must evolve inorder to succeed against other power conferences and I believe, that's what it will do.

I love spread offences (#7)
by alexferguson60 on Wed Sep 26 2007 at 10:47 AM EST

I'm a big fan of the spread offence rather than the PSU's offence. It depends on how quick your QB is out of the pocket. That's where PSU profited with Michael Robinson....

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i never once said i liked that style of play (#8)
by cernig on Wed Sep 26 2007 at 12:07 PM EST

all i was saying is that is the big ten all all big ten followers know it. and until someone like a michigan or osu or wiscy, not a hoosier (sorry but you have basketball) does it consitently it will never catch on in the conference. if one of those teams do use it consitently then the conference may improve dramatically like, as much as i hate to say it, the pac-10 has.

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That's where I disagree... (#9)
by IUfan62 on Wed Sep 26 2007 at 3:29 PM EST

Yes of course the powerhouses of the Big Ten are Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin and Penn State, but that doesn't mean that they need to change inorder for the Big Ten to change. I think it will actually happen the opposite. When my Hoosiers and Illinois start beating these powerhouses, it may convince some of the teams to change thus creating change in the Big Ten as a whole. I'm not saying they will all adopt the spread offense but I wouldn't be suprised if the spread started influencing other Big Ten offenses. And if you haven't seen IU play, I suggest you take a look. We have 2 big time playmakers in Kellen Lewis and James Hardy.

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: i have heard about them (#10)
by cernig on Wed Sep 26 2007 at 5:38 PM EST

hopefully the dont give us too much trouble when we play the hoosiers later on!

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