Golden Nugz for Tuesday, September 8, 2009

by JG2112 on Sep 8, 2009 4:00 AM CDT Comment 6 comments

I promise not to punch you, push a porn-star down, or land on your shoulder. I will say this, rather briefly. By and large, the Big Ten did not impress this weekend (Illinois and Iowa, you are the main culprits). Looking forward, I don't have much confidence in Ohio State beating USC. Frankly, Navy's sophisticated run offense is so unique that I wasn't surprised Ohio State had to play late into that game (and yes, dealing with a triple-option run offense is something Minnesota has to confront on Saturday.)

Let's get on to the Nugz:

(1) We'll probably stick with Rittenberg for a couple links. First off, Lee Campbell was named a Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. Eric Ellestad got special "forces" honors. Kudos.

(2) Here's a writeup by Marcus Fuller which explains that many of the Gophers' offensive problems remain from 2008, which is unbelievably frustrating in the least. This sentence sums up the problem:

Weber used Decker as a decoy when sophomore Brandon Green made the first catch of the late fourth-quarter drive for a 10-yard gain on third and 4.

In my writeup last week on the Syracuse game, I stated a key matchup would be Weber versus his "eye-crush" on Eric Decker. Obviously the two aren't seeing other people. Weber has enough weapons on this team (Stoudermire, Green, Pittman, the RB's, the TE's) that Decker shouldn't be the only guy Weber looks at. The fact that it's happening means one of two things to me: (1) Weber does not fully trust his other options; or (2) Weber does not feel comfortable with this offense at all and simply reverts to what he's known for 3 years.

(3) Read about how Dave Mona helped in the development of TCF Bank Stadium.

(4) Also, remember when the Gophers play The Ohio State University this fall that their starting quarterback supports Michael Vick because "everyone murders." What a goof. He's right at home continuing the good work of Maurice Clarett at tOSU.

(5) Finally, this is a very good spot from which to start your analysis of the Air Force Academy's football team for this Saturday. I will take information liberally from this source later this week when figuring out the keys to victory for the Gophers.

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Since nobody wants to seem to get it right:

Co-Big Ten OPOTW: Darryl Clary, QB, Penn St.
Co-Big Ten OPOTW: Ralph Bolden, RB, Purdue
Big Ten DPOTW: Lee Campbell, LB, Minnesota
Co-Big Ten STPOTW: Eric Ellestad, K, Minnesota
Co-Big Ten STPOTW: Jeremiha Hunter, LB, Iowa

And just a warning, GN: If you put Michigan in your Blogpoll Top 25, I will hunt you down and taunt you mercilessly on Saturday.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Sep 8, 2009 9:40 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I did not include Michigan

what you say here can, and will, be used against you

by GopherNation on Sep 8, 2009 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good.

Maybe I can cheer up a little now. I always get a little cranky when I miss what I think is an easy (-7). Honestly, though, there have to be about 35-40 teams that warrant discussion to be ranked right now, including 3-4 that lost this weekend.

Oh, and Terrelle Pryor is did a fantastic job of proving the old “Big Televen student-athletes are smarter than other student athletes” this weekend. I just felt that deserved to be pointed out.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Sep 8, 2009 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

7 total passing attempts

Only 7 attempted passes by the Air Force quarterback and they still ended up with 72 points. I guess that tells you how bad Nicholls State is.

"they're calling insane hogs???"

by CrowTrobot on Sep 8, 2009 10:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

WSR

Please be sure you spell players’ names right (such as Darryl ClarK) if you’re going to call out other people. And, I’m not sure what I said wrong above – who cares about co-players of the week?

CrowTrobot – Jefferson (Air Force’s QB) only played the first half. I’m not sure the second-half stats. However, I’m still a little concerned, especially after seeing what Navy did to Ohio State running a similar offense.

by JG2112 on Sep 8, 2009 10:59 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Tremendous.

I’ll work on playing typer shark some today to make sure that doesn’t happen again.

It’s a matter of completeness. Calling a guy a POTW when he’s co-POTW is along the lines of somebody claiming to be “Assistant Regional Manager” when he’s the “Assistant to the Regional Manager.” I’m a monster like that.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Sep 8, 2009 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs