was a HUGE factor....This concerned me the most as soon as I realized ths schedule...In the pros, coaches always talk about how much they HATE having a bye week after a winning streak..And imagine having one game in over a month, including, what, 4 consecutive saturdays without playing ? Thats virtually unheard of in the regular season...Kind of reminds me of the weird break we ended up having after 9-11...And we know how that turned out...
Again, not making excuses, but I have a feeling we'd have seen a different team even a week ago. Thats just too much time - you get out of game shape, and out of rhythm IMO, amoung other intangibles. I hope we never see scheduling like this again...
I still hope the staff evaluates what they are doing with the team during such breaks (ie like before a bowl) and re-assesses what they are doing.
Again, not making excuses, but I have a feeling we'd have seen a different team even a week ago. Thats just too much time - you get out of game shape, and out of rhythm IMO, amoung other intangibles. I hope we never see scheduling like this again...
I still hope the staff evaluates what they are doing with the team during such breaks (ie like before a bowl) and re-assesses what they are doing.