Offensive Coordinator

by PSUfooball13 on Jan 15, 2008 10:29 PM EST

Today Norm Chow got fired as the offensive coordinator from the Tennessee Titans. Remember Chow was the coordinator for USC and he helped develop a lot of NFL talent there. I haven't heard a single thing and I don't have any inside sources, so don't get your hopes up, but with the possibility of Galan Hall retiring, I think this guy would be a great addition to our coaching staff. We need someone that will take the offense to the next level, and although he faltered in the NFL I think he could definitely help out Penn State's offense.

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If Hall retires your next OC is....

JayPa

by JGuiher on Jan 16, 2008 8:35 AM EST reply actions

JayPa

I love to read the blogs...and joke along with some of the disgust we all have with personnel...BUT

on this topic...all busting aside, he will never be the OC...E V E R...

Old School... MEETS New School!

by BlueWhiteLife on Jan 16, 2008 3:40 PM EST up reply actions

You're probabaly right

But we must stay ever vigilant. As the Marines say "Complacency Kills". And yes, I am insanely paranoid.

Enter Mr. Clark!

by MarkoMancuso on Jan 16, 2008 3:46 PM EST up reply actions

One a similar note:

I am not so blind/naive to realize that he will most likely still be involved in the coaching system.

I do hope he improves...sooner than later!

Old School... MEETS New School!

by BlueWhiteLife on Jan 17, 2008 9:21 AM EST up reply actions

ugh

please noooooooooooooo

Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

by wookieeman on Jan 16, 2008 9:29 AM EST reply actions

Chow

I wonder what the deal is with Chow. I get the sense he's a saban-like personality that rubs colleagues the wrong way. He's a good coach, tho, and has developed a ridiculous #of Qbs (not including Vince Young the past two years, which hasn't worked)

It sounds like he's headed to oppose Carroll at UCLA: http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/ucla/la-sp-chow16jan16,1,5804183.story?coll=la-headlines-sport s-coll-ucla

by jtothep on Jan 16, 2008 10:33 AM EST reply actions

Spread HD

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/01/17/pennstatespread.ap/index.html

I think this answers the question of who the new, or should I say, only offensive coordinator will be next year.

I love it. This is honestly the first time I can agree with JayPa.

Pat Devlin in '08

by Nick7 on Jan 18, 2008 8:52 AM EST reply actions

spread offense

It is great to see this article, the spread should really make next year fun to watch and hopefully push our offense to the next level.

by PSU86 on Jan 18, 2008 9:07 AM EST up reply actions

Don't tell people

That JayPa will be the next OC. They gave me to me above for that same theory.

by JGuiher on Jan 18, 2008 8:57 AM EST reply actions

If you think about it

Penn State has been running a clunky version of the spread since about 2001, with the exception being the two years with Morelli, and games where Larry Johnson ran for over 200 yards in 2002. The Seneca/Mills team in 2001 started using spread principals against Northwestern to break out of a 0-4 start and almost get to a bowl game.

A second, moderately related point, I don't think that Northwestern gets nearly the credit they deserve in being one of the forerunners of the spread offense. It was Northwestern's offense that PSU "borrowed" heavily from in 2001 to get off the carpet. Although the widely reported trip to Texas before the 2005 season gets much of the credit for the Michael Robinson season.

For the Glory National Champions 1982, 1986, 1994,

by jesse. on Jan 18, 2008 9:38 AM EST reply actions

Northwestern

That's why I get a kick out of reading articles and Michigan blogs about Rich Rodriguez "bringing the spread offense to the Big Ten." Northwestern has been running the spread for over a decade. Indiana and Illinois run it. Michigan State ran it under Smith. Purdue has been running a different version of it ever since Joe Tiller came along. It's not like the Big Ten hasn't seen it before.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

Hail to the Lion!

by BSD on Jan 18, 2008 10:05 AM EST up reply actions

Wait

There are other teams in the Big Ten other than OSU and Michigan? Blasphemy!

JoePa is my hero.

by psuphiman80 on Jan 18, 2008 10:08 AM EST up reply actions

Obviously..........

its a different story when the team running the offense is "out-athleted" and only using it to basically overcome those deficiencies.

As everybody has heard before........SEC Fan was talking about how that "gimmick" wouldn't work in the SEC and obviously with UF scoring 43 points a game this year it has.

What I like about it, and I don't profess to know all the flavors or even the ins and outs of it, is it gives you so many options on 3rd down. When its 3rd and 6 you don't have to hope you hit an out to Williams :) Clark or Devlin can read and go from there.

Eric Watters Atlanta, Ga.

by ech2os on Jan 18, 2008 10:16 AM EST up reply actions

Versatility

I agree 100%. The spread removes predictability from an offense. Something that plagued our offense under #14.

The gimmick worked for Florida because they have SEC speed! haha.

Pat Devlin in '08

by Nick7 on Jan 18, 2008 10:26 AM EST up reply actions

You know

Norm didn't falter in the NFL, he just had an overrated QB named Vince Young. The media loves him and he's as bad as Alex Smith, you could flip a coin for whose worse on what day, but they both are something to laugh at. I can't fault Norm for having to deal with a oversized rb playing qb, throwing a measley 9 tds and 17 ints.... I came to the conclusion the media hypes him, becuase he beat the team(USC) that yr, that they hyped like none other.

Speaking of #14, he hurt his stock(slightly more) at east-west week practice it sounded like. I was doing some reading on draftscout and it said at practice, he shown flashes that when he zipped passes but he could never hit any receivers in the numbers. It went on to say, he held the ball to long as if he was afraid to make a mistake.....

WE ARE, PENN STATE!

by LinebackerU on Jan 20, 2008 1:52 AM EST reply actions

hey

I'm a titans fan and anyone who watched those games would tell you that Chow's playcalling was horrendous. Throwing on 3rd and 4 when your running back is on fire is dumb. (sound familiar?) VY was also hampered by a terrible receiving corps. I can't find the stats on drops but there were some great passes just dropped by TEs and WRs. A nagging hamstring injury didn't help his running confidence either.

The new guy they have coming in helped to make Steve McNair a pretty good quarterback for awhile. Norm wasn't used to having talent that wasn't beyond every other team he played all year. The Titans are going for something familiar and proven to develop Vince Young.

JoePa is my hero.

by psuphiman80 on Jan 20, 2008 10:44 AM EST up reply actions