Welcome to the Friday Feedback. Say, Bob Huggins has a great way to start your day.
But he made it known the practice facility is kind of a sore subject with him.
“I’m out getting money for the practice facility and the way I count, we’re at about $22 and a half million,†he said, noting that $25 million is the high end.
“None of the people making these decisions ever goes out and raises any money,†he stated. “But still no earth has turned.
“The reality is, we’ve done an unbelievably wonderful job with football, and they deserve everything they’ve gotten. But the Coliseum hasn’t changed since 1970. It’s the same as it was when I went in there (as a player) in 1975,†he said, although noting that the locker rooms were renovated under John Beilein.
“We’re not very fan friendly,†he added.
“We don’t move very damn fast. To get something done, it’s always painstaking. But we’re going to get it done. I promise you that. We’re going to make it fun. And the most fun will come in watching us beat those people who have beaten us all these years.â€
Speaking of innovations at the football stadium, note to the guy who runs the video replay board: It’s wise not to give the opponent a second and third look at a play it wasn’t going to challenge before getting the second and third look. Late in the first quarter against Cincinnati, the Bearcats were driving to the end zone and a 17-0 lead when Mardy Gilyard caught and fumbled a pass. WVU recovered and seemed to have dodged a big-time scare.
Well, that is until the replay board showed the play twice and from an in-tight view. It was obvious Gilyard never had the ball and Cincinnati Coach Brian Kelly was several yards off the sideline on the field getting a good look. Convinced he could overturn the play, he begged the officials to review it. The pass was ruled incomplete and the Bearcats kicked a field goal a few moments later for a 13-0 lead.
Meanwhile, WVU’s offense could have hurried onto the field a whole lot little quicker and simply run a play rather than standing around and looking to the sideline and giving Kelley plenty of time to see the replay.
Hindsight is 20-20 … but so, too, is that video board.
Onto the Feedback. As always, comments appear as posted. In other words, keep your head on a swivel (My bad, I spent a little too much time on special teams solutions this week).
thacker said:
16 seconds. Can a team drop below 119th in kick return coverage? It is one damn sure way to get your offense onto the field.
Technically, yes. Western Kentucky is a provisional Division I-A member, meaning it’s making the move from Division I-AA. As such, it can’t count as a Division I-A member in statistics. However, the Hilltoppers are playing five Sun Belt Conference games this season and become full-time members next season, when they’ll be the 120th team. Right now, they’re No. 94 in kickoff return defense.
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