I was at CF Saturday….and still don’t know quite what to make of it all.
First….I am totally in Coach D’s corner….and think that his “Talent Cookie Jar”, which he inherited from TOB did not even have a single crumb. That is NOT disparaging to the players that returned. I think that they ALL have worked hard, but we did not have the quality and the quantity that we SHOULD have had.
Having said that, ODU should NOT have been that formidable…Remember that ODU v UNC last year was the game that UNC had an 80 (?) pt lead going into Qtr 4. THEN, the ODU and UNC coaches cut the Qtr to 10 minutes and the ref’s ASSUMED that they wanted a running clock….and it did not stop. This is what I remember….and have read. ODU finally got 20 on the board….but UNC took a Delay penalty rather than run in a sure score.
Therefore, we SHOULD have been a bit more “superior”. The black uni’s were cool….but they did not seem to make the ODU cower much during the first quarter.
Coach D was straight with the fans, again. I like that….and hope that the team is buying into his system and that our talent will keep improving.
I ALSO liked the fact that entire team streamed along the wall and “high fived” the fans (mostly students) after the game. The LAST person in that line was a short haired guy in a red shirt and black cap. Really cool that he understands our passion.
Hope that next week is a bit better….GO PACK…
