Can we expect you to refer to yourself in the third party in your posts going forward?

Check out Schiano’s first four years at Rutgers.

On December 1, 2000, Schiano accepted the head coaching position at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. In 2001, his first season as head coach, the Scarlet Knights posted a 2–9 record (0–7 in the Big East), followed by a 1–11 mark (0–7 Big East) in 2002. This was followed by a 5–7 record (2–5 Big East) in 2003. In 2004, Schiano took on defensive coordinator responsibilities as well, and the team finished 4–7 (1–5 Big East). Although Schiano was producing solid recruiting classes, especially by Rutgers standards, his 3-24 record in conference games and 4–17 record in road games in those first four years were a cause for concern for some fans.

In the 2006 season, Schiano’s motivational phrase “keep choppin’” became part of the lexicon of college football.

In 11 years, he was 1 game over .500.

Dominick could draft Joe Montana, Walter Payton, Jerry Rice and Ray Lewis every year, it still wouldn’t change.

Not a fan of Matt Barkley at all. It’s easy to be a good QB when you play in a conference with no defense and your players are much more talented than your opponents. Have you seen any successful USC QB’s as of late?

Personally, I think we have enough talent to be pretty good. I think one thing about us is that we have a bunch of pretty good to good players (probably more than most teams), but few (if any) great players. If you look at our drafts over the last few years, we have actually drafted a higher number of quality players than the other teams in our division. However, we don’t have any Jimmy Graham’s, Cam Newton’s, or Julio Jones’s. We just haven’t been able to get that special player that opponents go crazy trying to defend (or stay away from). We need Josh Freeman to be that special player, but it hasn’t worked out that way. If he does, we will be in great shape. If not, we will continue down this road of mediocrity until we find someone special. And I don’t care if Vince Lombardi rises from the grave and coaches us, that is the reality.

True enough. Brad played really well and so did the offense. And super well in that play off run as Hawaiian pointed out. Good Lord we actually had a Super Bowl run! Sounds silly to even say now!

I’m talking about a high octane Brees, Manning, Brady type of thing(as Gene would say)that really attacked and put up big numbers. 4000 passing yards and such.

All our best teams were led by the defense even in McKay era. And Dungy and Jon era too.

Like everyone else I’d love the super bowl offense back…..hell I’m almost longing for Brian Griese and Garcia.

Offense was far from explosive our Super Bowl year. They did play lights out in the playoffs, but throughout the year, they were nothing special. But compared to the last few years, they were the Greatest Show on Turf.