USF Makes Lame Excuses For Not Throwing The Ball More Against UConn
by Jamie DeVriend on Oct 16, 2011 12:41 PM EDT
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PrintAs if USF's refusal to throw the ball more against UConn wasn't bad enough, you're not going to believe some of the reasons that Skip Holtz, Todd Fitch, and B.J. Daniels gave reporters after the game for why they didn't throw the ball more. These are all from Greg Auman's latest blog post:
Skip Holtz:
"You just don't have the humidity up here in the air. B.J. was having a hard time holding onto the ball, complaining about it being really slick," coach Skip Holtz said after his team passed for only 164 yards. "One ball went out of the back. You could see he kept coming over to the sidelines, spraying his hands with water to try to keep them moist so he could grip the ball. He just missed a couple of balls."
Your trainers didn't have any moisturizer or lotion with them? You couldn't go to a CVS or something and get some? I have dry skin and Texas has much less humidity than Connecticut. One dollop of Curel rubbed into my hands and I'm fine for the rest of the day. Water doesn't help.
And the humidity ranged between 41% and 55% during the game, according to a weather station near Rentschler Field. Not as humid as Florida, but hardly desert-like.
B.J. Daniels:
"It's cold. The ball's a little bit harder, your hands a little rougher," he said. "Just trying to keep my hands warm in the second half, and it definitely helped."
Kickoff temperature: 62 degrees according to the same station. That's not even close to cold. And it was colder than that during the bowl game last year when Daniels played really well. Lame, soft excuse.
Todd Fitch:
"The wind was part of the deal, the weather conditions," Fitch said. "Early in the game, we had to figure out what we could or couldn't throw. We hit some third downs, but we didn't make the plays we needed to in the passing game. ... We didn't make the plays obviously to keep drives alive."
YOU THREW EIGHT PASSES IN THE FIRST HALF. And several of those were quick screens that are basically running plays. How can you claim you had to figure out what you could throw when you didn't really try? Oh, and once you figured out what you could throw on that first drive in the third quarter, you didn't come back to any of it. Plus Daniels has a cannon for an arm, I'm fairly sure he can cut through a stiff breeze on medium-length passes.
Pathetic.
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And one other thing...
…YOU’RE IN THE FREAKING BIG EAST CONFERENCE WHERE EVERY OTHER TEAM IN THE LEAGUE IS A COLD WEATHER SITE.
Somebody in USF Athletics needs to come up with a plan to combat these dastardly 62-degree days with average humidity and moderate breezes.
Though this apparent need for careful climate control would explain our success in the Carrier Dome.
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Cue the Prop Department
So, there comes a time in every season where a team must reach down deep within themselves… and pull out a hackneyed motivational object to be the blue-collar metaphorical representation of how they will approach the rest of the season. Any suggestions? At the rate, I’m thinking shovels and lunch pails won’t do the trick…
by Julmiste4Heisman on Oct 16, 2011 2:01 PM EDT reply actions
Please. Just admit you blew it
I hate the half ass excuses. Geraldine McCoy thinks you are reaching at this point.
I don't know.
I always have trouble throwing the ball with dry hands. That’s what I tell the other guys when I get picked off in a Saturday morning touch-football game, anyway. Also, I have trouble with wet hands, depending on how the weather is.
Go Bulls!
Tessie! Good news: NO ONE has to watch John Lackey pitch in the postseason this year.
Uh-huh
Didn’t you figure out that the 20 runs up the middle were not working? How about the running the same option three times, or refusing to pass in the red zone?
I guess that first drive of the 3rd quarter didn’t happen then, because Daniels wasn’t perfect on that series. Guess we can’t continue doing something that works. And Jeez guys, on that last drive lets just run the ball when we get on their side of the field, because that will work.
Side note, Mike Lanaris can’t shed blockers when they get up to the second level. He really shouldn’t have to, but he can’t disengage.
This is a fireable offense.
I don't always think of epic collapses, but when I do, I prefer the 2011 Red Sox and Braves. Stay salty my friends.
We should have won Saturday, but I think cold weather has made a difference. Even the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their recent golden era struggled in cold temperatures. Too bad we can’t play our conference mates earlier in the year.
I am also confused, how a freezing cold West Virginia is such a better long-term fit with the balmy southeast than a Tampa team. WVU could spoil an SEC team’s run for a national title on the basis of weather alone.
by Green Bull on Oct 17, 2011 5:16 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Our recent losses to the less talented Pitt and UConn could easily happen to a team like UF, with WVU joining the SEC.
by Green Bull on Oct 17, 2011 5:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
It does, in fact, get cold at some of the SEC sites.
I was once at an LSU game where the mercury dropped to a Stygian 68 degrees!
It was barbaric. We may have resorted to cannibalism somewhat early, however.
STR 11 DEX 14 CON 10 INT 16 WIS 14 CHA 16
by delicious.crab on Oct 18, 2011 12:35 PM EDT reply actions
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