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In 2007 the cupboard was incredibly bare and remember it was Willingham who talked Justin Tuck out of staying for another year and Tuck was only a fourth round pick. If we would have had Tuck in 2005, we might have been more able to stop Reggie Bush who killed us that game. His offense with Jimmy Clausen was very dynamic. His defense stunk and we lost a lot of momentum from our program due to the incredibly bad 2007 season. A 5 star running back turned out to be a huge disappointment too and I cannot remember his name, James something. I think.