I have had the opportunity to visit with him at little league baseballs games over the last two summers. His son and my nephew are the same age and are getting to be good friends. He always makes time to speak about football at games and just life in general. Last week he said that he is working this team harder than he has worked a team in a long time...if ever. The schedule has a lot to do with it.
Navin,
Last summer I asked him about the condition of the players from the past regime. He wouldn't badmouth anyone. He stressed not making bowl games is so massive to the decline of a program. So to answer your question, I did get the sense that the strength program was as bad as it was, but he would come out and say it. He's a class guy. I saw him a day after Foley was let go. He said he is one of the best he's been around but the business they are in isn't nice to people.
All true, but you dropped every ball I threw to you - Killed my night!
So "Connecticut"...
There was beer??
I had a similar experience as others posted earlier. A few quick observations in no particular order:
Kudos to the athletic marketing department for putting together and executing well on a great event. They've come a long ways from a few years ago.
The Burton complex is very impressive!
The players were amazing in the way they interacted with the fans - especially the children. It was a great reminder that these players are student athletes (young adults) and not paid professionals. It's easy to forget this fact with college football becoming such a large business. There is a reason why we should cheer loudly for the players when they run out of the tunnel and leave the field at every game. No booing these fine young men!
Food, games, atmosphere were good. Nice touch handing out complimentary tickets to the home opener on the way out.
I hope they do this again next year and more importantly I hope they signed up some new season ticket holders.
Oh yeah - Erika Wachter's dress
