Jerry Glanville will be the first to insist he’s not re-inventing the wheel in his return to college football. “I’m not bringing anything back to the game people aren’t already using,” said Glanville, who hasn’t coached in the college ranks since 1973. “Whether I’m coaching defense or the kicking game the way I coach is to try and take opponents totally out of their comfort zone, that there’s no play where they can feel like we aren’t coming after them, like we’re sitting there waiting for them. We don’t sit and play much. We want to be an attacking team on special teams and an attacking team on defense. If we’re not forcing a turnover we’re trying to block a punt.” He may not be bringing any new concepts to college football, but Hawaii players should benefit from his ready encyclopedia of experience and knowledge. Sure, the game has changed since he last
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