Firsh's impression of this season
“It’s everything we thought it was going to be,” he said. “This is the Big Ten; this is different, and the guys are big, and the players look the part. They’re born and raised to play in the Big Ten, and that’s what it used to be. The Wisconsin offensive line, the Iowa offensive line, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, that’s what it’s been about, the size of those groups.”
“I would also say the mentality of the Big Ten. There’s a mindset of how you play football. There’s a mindset of defense, the running game, there’s a mindset of the physicality of the game. Coach [Kirk] Ferentz has recruited to that team for 26 years and has built that team exactly how he wants it to look, do to exactly what he wants them to do at exactly the right moment. That’s how he feeds them, that’s how they work out in the weight room, how they are in the training room, they probably haven’t changed their practice times in 25 years.”
