Time to start playing like the Blackshirts of old. Time to start reminding yourselves, everyone outside this program, and this state what the Blackshirt tradition is all about.

It's time to begin to wipe clean the images and memories of embarrassing performances forged by a former lame duck Big 10 defensive coordinator.

When the Blackshirts were at their best, every player played the game with a sense of passion, of reckless abandon, always willing to put their body on the line for themselves, the team, and the guy next to them.

They played with a sense of purpose, of knowing that each and every game, they would go on the football field and be the most physical, nasty, tough, dominant group of defenders the opposit...

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