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Ron Dayne is hungry… for a winning football team

May 24, 2007 Batman, Gary Kubiak, Preview, RB free-for-all, The Schaub Experiment

I love this.

Apparently, Ron “Why, Yes, I’ll Have Another Pie” Dayne was so inspired by his “strong season” in 2006 (Yahoo!’s words, not mine) that he is motivated to really prove that he can be a good NFL running back.

Great plan, Ronnie–get inspired after your team signs Batman to be the bona fide RB1 (and the year after the team gives you an outside shot at being the man, I might add). That’s like David Carr coming out next week and saying he’s inspired to become a real leader in Houston.

All kidding aside, I suppose it’s good that Dayne feels this way. This attitude is definitely in keeping with the overall positive atmosphere that has, thus far, accompanied the Matt Schaub era.

‘I’m out here having fun and just trying to get better,’ Dayne said. ‘I’m glad we got Ahman and I think we’ve got a good-looking team.’

Despite his struggles, the NCAA’s career leading rusher said he never lost confidence and was excited to contribute last season. He hopes for continued success this year and that his work can help the team succeed as well.

‘I don’t really set goals for myself,’ he said. ‘I just want to do better than I did last year and help the team win. That’s all I want to do. Win more games.’

Whether Dayne can actually turn into the back that people expected out of Wisconsin is unlikey, but at least comments like this illustrate that he knows what his role with this team will be. That’s good, because Kubes made it perfectly clear that Green is the starter, with Dayne getting some change-of-pace carries.

[T]hat’s a great 1-2 punch, because they’re different type of players. When Ahman comes out of a game, to have a big guy like Ronny come in is a nice complement.

You know… even though “Thunder and Lightning” was a huge bust in NY, “Batman and Rubenesque” might just work in Houston.

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In somewhat related news, I have been invited to blog over at Texanstalk.com. The co-authors there seem like a fantastic group and I look forward to working with them over the coming months. I am still working out the kinks of using their posting interface, so you might have to bear with some visually unappealing entries for a few days, but I should be running at full power soon enough.

Fear not, though, loyal readers. (All nine of you.) This version of DGDB&D will stay up and running, with updates and new posts coming as frequently as they have so far. I will just be writing over there as well. There will be some overlap (simulposting!), but there will also be some original content at my new address that you won’t find here. So, I invite you to check both blogs from time to time.

We now resume your regularly scheduled blog, already in progress.