Schnellenberger Going In To Win

[LongJim]

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Confidence High as Owls Prepare for *HATED BIG 12 TEAM*

As FAU prepares for its first real game since the New Orleans Bowl last Dec. 21, confidence is high that the Owls can go into Austin and give the *HATED BIG 12 TEAM* a tough game - not just on the scoreboard but in the trenches.

Coach Howard Schnellenberger is firm in his belief that the FAU defense, which often won the turnover battles last season, is even better and meaner in 2008.

Schnellenberger believes that a mean, tough defense can stifle a *HATED BIG 12 TEAM* offense that thrives on athleticism, not physicality. While it may be hard to fathom that a Sun Belt team is scheming to overpower a team from the BIG XII, that is the game plan Schnellenberger is sticking to - at least out loud.

"Once we step out on the field with *HATED BIG 12 TEAM*, the only ones who can help us is ourselves. *HATED BIG 12 TEAM* always has a very polished team that has great talent, but they aren’t tough, they aren’t a physically tough team."

FAU returns eight starters on defense, and Schnellenberger is counting on them as well as four experienced backups moving into starting roles to lay the wood on the *HATED BIG 12 TEAM* receivers.

"My defense will get to a point where they will be mean, nasty and ornery bastards and that’s what you need for *HATED BIG 12 TEAM*. *HATED BIG 12 TEAM* will move the ball with tit-for-tat, screens and options, but we’ll make them pay a price whenever they catch one of those dinky passes. We’ll put three hats on them and make them not want to get up, that’s the way to beat *HATED BIG 12 TEAM*."

Sounds like a plan to me.

Posted by Jay Warman at 7:18 PM

[greenminer]

linkage please.

[Eagle1855]

*HATED BIG 12 TEAM* always has a very polished team that has great talent, but they aren’t tough, they aren’t a physically tough team."

I'd hang that quote up in the HATED BIG 12 TEAM locker room if I were coach of said team.

[JesseMartin]

It would be almost as big as App St/Mich if it happened...

[LongJim]

Here you go, Miner...

Link

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

OPPS--- I believe the French swimming team said something similiar..... and lost. He would be better off to not make these comments public... I think the probability of a FAU win just dropped.

Edited August 13, 2008 by SCREAMING EAGLE-66