[NU Sports] Moe Schwartz, where art thou?

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D played "with heart" but gave up 500+ yards against an inexperienced,  
mediocre PSU quarterback.  Can you imagine what UM or OSU would do against  the 
spirited Cat defense?  And, with just two starters back from last year,  the PSU 
defense stops the Cats. They don't use excuses and moan about rebuilding  in 
Happy Valley.  They just reload.  Yes, MSU is a troubled program,  but I think 
we have reason to be equally disappointed so far with a Cat team  that should 
have offered much more than we have seen.   To those who dream  about 2007 or 
2008, how can you be so certain when a team loaded with returning  starters 
has played so poorly?  It's so easy to live in the future, but I  expected more 
this season, especially with a supposedly dominant offensive  line and one of 
the best running backs in the country. 
 
 In a message dated 10/1/2006 6:44:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
tbng at comcast.net writes:

The NU  defense played with heart, and I can firmly state that there is  
improvement over last season.  We got little in the way of pass rush,  but 
the Cats D played well enough to win until they flat ran out of  gas.  That 
said, I'm not sure there were as good defensively as the  Penn State offense 
was weak at quarterback.

But oh!  Our  offense.  Or shall I say "inoffense?"   There is nothing wrong  
with it that wouldn't be substantially cured by sneaking Brett Basanez  back 
in as a freshman and calling him Moe Schwartz.  (Non one would  ever know. 
Right?)  Tyrell Sutton is now a wasted resource because we  cannot pass the 
ball even a little bit.  We're neither talented  enough for a run only 
offense nor does the spread lend itself to  that.  Nonetheless, we'd better 
try.  Poor Andrew Brewer looked  wide-eyed lost out there against one of the 
best defenses in the Big 10,  and it won't get much easier against Wisconsin. 
I expected a drop-off this  season at quarterback, just not a plunge into the 
Grand Canyon.  

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