Articles from August 27, 2007:
Five to mull asks five questions regarding the defense. Anyone who says they have an answer is lying. And only five? There is more than that.
Speaking of, Defensive Coordinator Everett Whithers is featured in this article Hot seat, meet cool customer. He has a young group to work with and I am a little concerned that when the defense looked good during fall practice it was more because the offense was not hitting on all cylinders. I hope I am wrong. Regardless, I want to see how the players respond to a coach with NFL experience:
Withers left the NFL to become the Gophers defensive coordinator because he saw potential, not the past.
Besides, Withers said he is too consumed with the present to get sidetracked by anything else. He has installed an entirely new defense, one that is based on multiple schemes and an aggressive, attacking mentality. He wants to strike first, not engage in rope-a-dope defense.
Chip Scoggins from the Star Tribune has been writing an occasional blog post as well as his daily beat of Gopher football. I like his blog posts better.
From It’s game week:
To me, this is the best time of the college football season. Even better than bowl week.
Everyone is undefeated and has high hopes. Even the bad teams think they have a chance to be good. That’s what makes this week special for this college football fan.
I call it a tie between the excitement of the first week (games are not usually that good) and Bowl Week.
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