[NU Sports] Defense

[Dennis W. Brandt]

<I'd really like to see some  "adjustments" in the D coaching staff.

I'd really like to see some TALENT on defense, especially the defensive 
line, a typically weak part of the team, Luis Castillo notwithstanding. 
What we need is a ROW of guys who are quick, athletic, can bench 450 lbs or 
more (all of Utah's starting linebackers did last season), have a motor, and 
can pull a 3.0+ gradepoint.  You know, the kind Michigan and Ohio State get 
year in and year out minus the gradepoint.  Look at our currently listed 
crop of recruits.  Last I looked, there was nary a four or five-star among 
them and not that many threes.  Yes, the highly touted sometimes don't work 
out, and lesser rated guys occasionally spring from nowhere (thank you, Pat 
Fitzgerald), but until we can recruit one or two top athletes every season, 
we're a .500 team, sometimes a bit better, sometimes a bit worse - maybe a 
lot worse with injuries.  Penn State is now getting four and five-star guys 
in droves, and you DO pass your classes for JoePa or it's see ya.