Mike Tressel has reached out to Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi and it sounds like Narduzzi is helping him scheme for Iowa. Now I hate Pitt.
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EAST LANSING – Mark Dantonio was sure he and his staff would make a point of reaching out to Pat Narduzzi, their former co-worker, this week in preparation for Iowa.
That has taken place, as co-defensive coordinator Mike Tressel said he knows Dantonio has been in touch with the former MSU defensive coordinator and current Pitt head coach “quite a bit” this week.
“We’ve been in touch with him all year and certainly he’s gonna help us wherever he can,” Tressel said. “But the bottom line is you turn on the film and you see what you’re gonna see.”
Pitt lost to Iowa 27-24 early this season, providing perhaps as good a look as possible for Michigan State as it prepares to face the Hawkeyes in the Big Ten title game on Saturday in Indianapolis.
With Narduzzi at the helm, the Panthers run a similar scheme defensively to MSU, naturally. Tressel said that is what film showed, as Pitt went out and ran the defense the way MSU has done in the past against Iowa. In turn, Iowa also attacked Pitt in the same way it has the Spartans.
“We have a pretty good idea of what they’re gonna do,” Tressel said. “There will be a wrinkle here and there, but we have a pretty good idea of what they’re gonna do. We’re gonna have a wrinkle here or there but they’re gonna have a pretty good idea of what we’re gonna do, so it’s about execution and it’s about good, old-fashioned toughness.”
There was no real revelations from talking to Narduzzi, Tressel said, but he did touch on things he would have done differently if he had the chance to play Iowa again. MSU will get that shot Saturday.
While it is the first meeting between the two schools since 2013, the reality is both teams stick to their guns and who are they are. When Tressel looks at the Iowa, he just sees a unit making more plays, while existing in mostly the same system.
It is that which has made the Iowa offense gain the perception of being more exciting than it years past.
“When you're converting on third downs or making big passes, your offense is more exciting,” Tressel said. “That doesn't mean it's new and different scheme. It means your players are making plays and they're doing that.”
http://michiganstate.247sports.com/...d-idea-of-what-Iowa-will-do-Saturday-41652014
EAST LANSING – Mark Dantonio was sure he and his staff would make a point of reaching out to Pat Narduzzi, their former co-worker, this week in preparation for Iowa.
That has taken place, as co-defensive coordinator Mike Tressel said he knows Dantonio has been in touch with the former MSU defensive coordinator and current Pitt head coach “quite a bit” this week.
“We’ve been in touch with him all year and certainly he’s gonna help us wherever he can,” Tressel said. “But the bottom line is you turn on the film and you see what you’re gonna see.”
Pitt lost to Iowa 27-24 early this season, providing perhaps as good a look as possible for Michigan State as it prepares to face the Hawkeyes in the Big Ten title game on Saturday in Indianapolis.
With Narduzzi at the helm, the Panthers run a similar scheme defensively to MSU, naturally. Tressel said that is what film showed, as Pitt went out and ran the defense the way MSU has done in the past against Iowa. In turn, Iowa also attacked Pitt in the same way it has the Spartans.
“We have a pretty good idea of what they’re gonna do,” Tressel said. “There will be a wrinkle here and there, but we have a pretty good idea of what they’re gonna do. We’re gonna have a wrinkle here or there but they’re gonna have a pretty good idea of what we’re gonna do, so it’s about execution and it’s about good, old-fashioned toughness.”
There was no real revelations from talking to Narduzzi, Tressel said, but he did touch on things he would have done differently if he had the chance to play Iowa again. MSU will get that shot Saturday.
While it is the first meeting between the two schools since 2013, the reality is both teams stick to their guns and who are they are. When Tressel looks at the Iowa, he just sees a unit making more plays, while existing in mostly the same system.
It is that which has made the Iowa offense gain the perception of being more exciting than it years past.
“When you're converting on third downs or making big passes, your offense is more exciting,” Tressel said. “That doesn't mean it's new and different scheme. It means your players are making plays and they're doing that.”
