I think some of us need to realize that this is a new era of college football that is morphing more into the NFL model than the old college model we are used to. MSU has the old college model nailed down. Bobby has positioned the Griz for the new NIL/NFL model. Let's see where this goes for this year.
How much of what Cignetti has done happens without Mark Cuban?
Yet Illinois State runs a similar scheme with 3 DL with their hands in the dirt. Yes, they have 4 LBs and we have 3 with a hybrid LB/S. Last I checked, Illinois State's defense put their offense and, more specifically, their special teams in a position to win the natty. It's not the scheme, it's the size of the players in the scheme. We need more DL guys who are 290 - 310 with the same level of quickness or quicker.
Thanks for posting this Brint! Sorry about your Packers in the devastating loss last night. You have not had a good football year.I had a buddy connect me with the Joe Pomp pod, which was tough for me at first as a GFP'er to see a 10 or 12 minute episode and think you can really get much out of it. However, his pod is great for a quick hit on something, and the one he did the other day was on the value of Curt Cignetti to Indiana.
It's a paid subscription on his substack: https://huddleup.substack.com/p/curt-cignetti-is-the-most-valuable
He summarizes it well in a long tweet:
You can also search "Joe Pomp Podcast" in any podcast app and it'll pop up and that's free to listen to
It boils down to this, like it or not;
1. Football and football SUCCESS is the front door to introducing college to prospective student
2. A visible, connected, and engaged football coach brings in higher dollar donors.
3. Football success = more out of state applicants = incredible growth in tuition dollars
4. Growth in attendance / tuition dollars = more money for research, academics, and programs.
George Dennison was a Montana boy through and through. He had deep connections to the state and everyone knew his name. How many people outside of Missoula and the Montana community know Seth's name by heart?
Seth’s Name, by Heart? I think Ann Wilson was lead vocals on that one…I kid.
He is also following Royce Engstrom who set the bar low and Bodnar has exceeded that bar.
I won’t argue with your post or contention. I agree. ISU had the personnel to compete. The Griz did not both on the d line and in the secondary. Yeah, secondary had some bad luck and injuries. Every team has to deal with that. Get more dudes and get bigger dudes. One thing I will argue with is the base being a 3/3/5. It shouldn’t be and they tried different schemes during the second Griz/Cat game. To your point, it doesn’t matter cause they don’t have the dudes. Portal so far doesn’t look like anything is going to change. I hope I am wrong and they have some big DT’s waiting in the wings. Bobby thinks speed wins against size apparently. It doesn’t if the record books are correct. He is getting his ass handed to him by the team across the divide. Adapt or lose. It really is that simple. It’s on the head coach. The players do the best they can with the scheme they operate within. I remember talking with a DE who played under Stitt who had just graduated. He was simply perplexed with Hauck’s defensive philosophy. Was Stitt a genius or good coach? You can argue that all day long. Hauck’s in the same boat now. Playing field has been leveled. The players are his recruits. Scheme is his. Staff is all his. Results worse than Hauck 1.0 when he had some advantages.
The university consistently dropped enrollment with Royce Engstrom and had negative press. The university has gained enrollment without negative press with Bodnar. That is what I was referring to rather than their personalities.
Smaller guys can defeat power running teams but they have to have long arms and an exceptionally explosive first step and be able to rip or violently explode their hands into the OL to get them off balance so the OL can't get their mitts on 'em and hold 'em.
Do the guys on the Griz have long arms and an exceptionally explosive first step in your opinion?
Back-to-back dumb-ass posts. We'll done.
