scooter1369
HTTR Forever.
How many carries will Wolfe get once NIU is down by 5 touchdowns?
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Of course he didn't play good defense's, we are NIU. That ain't his fault. Do you think you would have shut down Michael Turner also?
Let's have some fun with Pittman and Wolfe common opponents.
Miami:
Pittman- 14 carries, 100 yards, 0 touchdowns
Wolfe- 31 carries, 197 yards, 2 tds
Northwestern:
Pittman- 18 carries, 132 yards, 1 td
Wolfe- 34 carries, 245 yards, 3 rds
Michigan:
Pittman- 23 carries, 85 yards, 1 td
Wolfe- 17 carries, 148 yards, 1 td
Totals:
Pittman- 55 carries, 317 yards, 2 tds
Wolfe- 82 carries, 590 yards, 6 tds
YPC:
Pittman- 5.7
Wolfe: 7.1
Mind that Wolfe has a bullseye on his back every game and is our #1, meanwhile Pittman was your #4 option. In common opponetns, Wolfe was better in every single category then Pittman was.
Those are some pretty intense numbers for a #4 option.
wow, he owned pittman as the only bit of offense, while pittman was a 4th option on offense. awesome congrats. lets throw a party as he racks up the rest of his yards (since i was talking about wolfe's season as a whole) against east bumblefuck U.G-FORCE said:Cool.
Wolfe owned Pittman in common opponents, so Pittman is no good either.
So either you were being sarcastic here or you think Wolfe will run for 2.5 YPC.
How is that respect?
Shouldn't that Connecticut mercy rule come into play about now?
Yes, an experienced D-Line and some senior LBs.
NIU has scored their share of upsets, but the 2006 squad won't be near as strong as some of the previous teams since 2003. On offense, NIU loses their star WR, Sam Hurd, and their #2 WR, Shatone Powers. The best returning WR, 3rd on the team in receptions and yards is Britt Davis, who began 2005 as the 3rd string QB. NIU also loses four senior starters on the O-Line. That leaves one returning T on the O-Line to block for Wolfe, Doug Free, who is comparitively light at 276 lbs. Free is an outstanding player, and was considered their best pro prospect last season, but he can't make up for the loss of the rest of the line and the top two receivers on the outside.
Our DEs face tougher competition in practice.
Garrett Wolfe is a great RB, and Phil Horvath is a pretty good QB too, but there is no longer any experienced depth. NIU's #2 and #3 RBs, Adrian Davis and AJ Harris, have also graduated. They accounted for 30% of the teams' total carries in 2005. Subtract Wolfe's carries and Horvath's scrambles/sacks, and the back up RB stable is 70% of the rushing offense. Up and down the offensive depth chart, there appears to be nothing but a whole lot of Sophs to fill a ton of important roles.
Look, Michigan's defense has been nothing short of a train wreck that last several years -- we all know this. UM started a pretty green (and very bad) defense against a highly skilled NIU offense loaded with seniors last season. Garrett Wolfe busted loose and ripped off 175 yards against the Wolverines in the Big House. The result? UM coasted to a 33 - 17 win.
I have a great deal of respect for what Joe Novak has done with the NIU program. Taking his NIU squad to Tuscaloosa and beating Bama; getting Maryland to go to DeKalb and beating them; or going to Madison and very nearly upsetting an excellent Wisconsin team were all amazing accomplishments ... but this ain't 2003.
In any other year I'd be mildly concerned about a quality mid-major like NIU stealing an upset, but this year, heck no. 2006 OSU v 2006 NIU won't even be close.
methomps asked if the Connecticut wuss-out rule should apply - I thought G-FORCE had gone fetal right about when he said the above. Oh and G-F - Breaston, Ginn - no its not a fair comparison in real game play. Teddy has more talent and sheer drama wrapped up in one of his prime games than Breaston may display in several. Teddy is a force of nature, and we may not see someone that good in Buckeye garb again for a long, long while. BTW, did you catch the ND game last year? Lack of speed for all but one of the ND DBs resulted in huge plays again and again for the Buckeyes - through the air, and on the ground. If your confessional assessment of NIU's lack of defensive speed is true I'd be very worried about this game getting well out of hand.G-FORCE said:I agree it would be a bad plan to drop seven constantly, but we are going to have to find a way to cover Ginn. Our safties (Utch and Reiter) are more run guys and lack ideal speed. Our starting corners (Hansbros they are twins) really don't have alot of speed either. The only thing I can see us doing is maybe using Sophmore CB Bradley Pruitt and have him trying to cover Ginn (not 1 on 1 ovbiously). If I remember right we did a pretty good job against Breaston last year, and I know he isn't as good as Ginn but it is the best comparison i had.
As if every other team NIU has played the last two seasons has not tried to concentrate on Garrett Wolfe anyway!"Respect" in sports is such a miscarried concept.
You can respect the hell out of a player and he could still not do jack shit. I respect Wolfe - I think he's a quality back. He's gonna have the worst game of his career in Columbus though.
Actually, Jim Tressel and Jim Heacock are probably respecting the hell out of your boy as we speak. They're gonna respect him enough that they're gonna concentrate on making him a non-factor. And at the end of the game, they're gonna pay respect to the great job their defensed did in shutting him down.
Do you know who Larry Johnson is? He plays big boy football on Sundays now. That season where he ran for over 2000 yards - the Buckeyes respectfully held him to 66 yards on 16 carries. It's a different year now, but it's gonna be the same story.
As if every other team NIU has played the last two seasons has not tried to concentrate on Garrett Wolfe anyway!
Look how well that has worked, over 3,200 yards in only 20 career games (or 160 ypg. rushing/game)!