The below segment was taken from Ricardo Cooney's article....
Proper perspective
While many were surprised when 5th-year senior linebacker Darien Harris was named one of MSU's three captains, he provided further proof earlier this week as to why his teammates bestowed him with such an honor.
Darien Harris
After the team's message from defensive line coach Ron Burton, a former d-line coach at the Air Force Academy for 10 seasons, Harris was not just focused on the fundamentals of playing against the Falcons' triple-option offense. He wanted to make sure the proper respect was being paid to the Spartans' noontime opponent on Saturday.
"We have a tremendous respect for those guys and what they do, and what they go through in defending our country,'' Harris said. "Just getting a little insight from Coach Burton as to how their daily lives go, we know they're not going to be intimidated by anybody because football (for them) is, ultimately just a game.
"Yes, it's something to take very seriously but when they're going through their training and they ultimately get out there into the real world, into the war zone, it's life or death out there. So, a 75,00-seat stadium is not going to intimidate them, the No. 4 team in the country is not going to intimidate them and they're going to play us extremely hard.''
Proper perspective
While many were surprised when 5th-year senior linebacker Darien Harris was named one of MSU's three captains, he provided further proof earlier this week as to why his teammates bestowed him with such an honor.
Darien Harris
After the team's message from defensive line coach Ron Burton, a former d-line coach at the Air Force Academy for 10 seasons, Harris was not just focused on the fundamentals of playing against the Falcons' triple-option offense. He wanted to make sure the proper respect was being paid to the Spartans' noontime opponent on Saturday.
"We have a tremendous respect for those guys and what they do, and what they go through in defending our country,'' Harris said. "Just getting a little insight from Coach Burton as to how their daily lives go, we know they're not going to be intimidated by anybody because football (for them) is, ultimately just a game.
"Yes, it's something to take very seriously but when they're going through their training and they ultimately get out there into the real world, into the war zone, it's life or death out there. So, a 75,00-seat stadium is not going to intimidate them, the No. 4 team in the country is not going to intimidate them and they're going to play us extremely hard.''
