No. These ego maniacs are dead serious... They are the reason why the team has performed well.. You can't make this stuff up.
So explain the change in style of play and defensive philosophy. You dont think Golden changed anything?
The biggest adjustment hasn't been on defense. It's been on offense. We have pounded the ball relentlessly, and effectively limiting the exposure of the defense. Can we do that against the better teams though??
Possibly but if you cant tell the defense is completely different in these blowout wins Im not sure what to tell you. I dont think it was the banner but you can be **** sure the heat coming from all angles made a SIGNIFICANT impact on this team. Just win baby
I'm not saying the pressure hasn't had an impact on the team. It has. And IMHO some of that pressure is internal which is a good thing. They need to keep it going. As for different defensive philosophy, they just aren't doing much differently schematically. On the goal line stand that should have been were it not for Hertelou's facemask, on at least one of those plays Perryman was lined up more than 8 yds off the line of scrimmage and came up and dropped the back for no gain. The difference was in how the player read the play, not the scheme there. Not saying the scheme is worth a ****. Just saying I don't see much different schematically. The players are making plays though. My take is it's stupid to run a defense this complex when you have limited practice time to install the **** thing per NCAA rules.
Agreed with the TOP control. But they have changed the D philosophically. We went from passive sit back to attacking. Granted the scheme didn't change, but you can't say they are being passive anymore.

