Defensive Models
Monte Kiffin's defense will be different than Pete Carroll's but it's not something totally unseen. Auburn coach Gene Chizik ran it when he was the defensive coordinator at Texas. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini ran it when he was defensive coordinator at LSU. And Bob Stoops has run it at Oklahoma.
Sounds like Wolf just read Sports Illustrated's college football preview edition.
FROM THE DESK OF RALPH VON ALBERTSON, ESQ.:
To the poster known as “scinsc5”, this letter will serve to respond to your post dated August 18, 2010, in which you attempted to “call me out,” as it were. Do you think that you may ring for Ralph Von Albertson, Esq., as you would for a butler? Do you think that by walking with rhythm, you may summon the Worm? Do you think that I respond to every silly provocation, as if my name was NOBS? That is not how a Stanford man handles his business. Nonetheless, to amuse myself, I will respond.
Let us review your ill-informed post, so that we may all be on the same page: “usc will pound stanford this year without gerhart and luck will be exposed as a fraud. a good college QB, but not quite nfl material. although owen maricic playing both ways will be exciting to watch. should be a nice preview for when the mamba is all over the field winning the heisman in 2013 or 2014 for the trojans.”
Hmm. USC will enjoy the privilege of journeying north to face the men of Stanford on October 9, I believe. By that point, I expect that the novelty of watching Owen Marecic play both ways will have worn off, as USC itself will be fielding a depleted team of players who have no choice but to play multiple positions. If your Trojans’ injuries continue accumulating at their present rate, then, by that date, your Coach Kiffin will be recruiting walk-ons from amongst the dregs of your film school. (Yes, it will be THAT bad). Can a team full of Tarantino-loving marijuana-smokers and nancy-boys beat UCLA at the end of the season? That may very well be the case, but we will all see for ourselves soon enough!
You point out that Stanford will not have Mr. Gerhart this year, but, as I recall, Mr. Gerhart did not step onto the field last year all by himself and thrash your team alone – though perhaps he could have done so, with dispatch! Many of his teammates have returned, and I suspect that when the Trojans slink onto the field, the mere memory of Mr. Gerhart will cause them to soil their own uniforms.
You claim that Mr. Luck “will be exposed as a fraud.” That is bold talk from a Trojan whose team is still struggling to pound maturity into its own baby-faced QB and purported wunderkind. If anyone has been defrauded, it is your Mr. Mustain – when he was told that there would be a true competition at his position! Mr. Neuheisel over in Westwood should come down off his high-horse and offer Mr. Mustain whatever he demands – money, women, fast cars, a yacht if need be. Just “keep it on the down low,” as the urban fellows say.
Lastly, I have no idea who "the mamba" might be. Is Kobe joining your team? Well, you do have scholarships available.
Best regards,
Ralph Von Albertson, Esq., Stanford '95, '99
(dictated but not read)
RVA/vm
Thank you for your wonderful post Ralph. in an effort to elicit more nuggets from you I reply as follows:
I hope for Stanford's sake that Mr. Luck's performance is consistently better than his 10-30 and 12-30 performances in bad losses to Cal and the Beavers.
Stanford lost 4 games with Gerhart and Luck. I don't see it getting any better without Toby.
Thanks again counselor.
And that defense is.....?
What defense are you referring to?
"The first thing we will do is kill the lawyers," says the Barb, but of course this was taken out of context, but we get the point.
The Pac-10 prognosticators picked Oregon and SC to lead the conference, so perhaps they know something we don't
The Barb is more overrated than Andrew Luck's NFL predicted draft position...
I believe Lawyer John meant "the Bard" as in Shakespeare, not "the Barb". Or did he mean Streisand?
yes, I meant the Bard too.
Wolfie is barf-bag full of regurgitated information. All of the interesting inside notes can be found (posted earlier I might add) on other sites (e.g. USC Rips It, Wolfie nearly plagiarized a recent post, LA Times, etc.). The only original material are his snide, one-sided, quips about PC, MG, and his infatuation with barely legal cheerleaders.
Ralph Von Whatever, is a complete tool and a fraud.
Well, it WAS a barb from the Bard, so I got it half right, if that counts for anything, Cafe 84 Pizza
OK sonny, is it at Ralphs, Vons or Albertsons that you bag groceries, sprinkle the veggies and stock the shelves?
Fight On! and come Oct 9, we will destroy them Injuns who hide behind trees!
HAH!!! oh so sugar sweeeeeeet!! The Paralegal trying to show off in front of an actual atty and ends up uttering a malapropism that would have "the Barb" himself chuckling!! what an idiot!!!
i much prefer this Ralphs Vons Albertsons guy!! he sounds like an actual atty...a little verbose, but a huge step up from the resident Paralegal!!
Ralphie, you outta come around more often! before long they will claim you are wolf posting under a nom de plume!!