Coach Rene Portland has been taking some shots lately. She's been getting a lot of criticism from fans who say she didn't get her team ready for UConn.

And the specific criticisms seem like a vehicle for something more general -- like maybe some PSU fans just dislike her the same way the lots of the rest of us do. (Is it still the lesbian thing lingering for them? For me it is.)

Walt Moody, however, feels differently -- today he steps in to defend Rene, the team, and their performance this year.