I don't think I have ever seen Middle Tennessee play before, I will make it a point to never watch them in the future. In my opinion, a team conducts themselves in accordance with their coach. I was very UNimpressed with many of the actions of the team, all of which, I think, was a reflection of the coach. My "uneducated" guess, many JC transfers, few graduate, few go to class, and all in all, an unimpressive Athletic Director to allow such a situation to exist.
Impressive to me, the other night, Kansas State. The coach, Bill Snyder, impressive and I think his personality and class showed in the entire makeup of the team, very impressive. I have watched a number of games in the last few days, all impressive until today. Middle Tennessee should hang their heads in shame for allowing such a program to exist. I hope their other sports activities exhibit higher quality athletes than their football team.
There is no place in any form of athletics as Middle Tennessee exhibited today, and, the coach seemed to be supportive of the player as he headed for the locker room. Most coaches might have had a few harsh words for the player. During the game, the Navy quarterback had to get "eye protectors" put in his helmet, some protection for the fingers that were being directed towards his eyes. I wonder which of their coaches taught those to them?
Another LATE HIT penalty on MT, their tactics won't end, hopefully, till the game is over. Spoke too soon, now another penalty, same thing. Maybe the coach was a professional wrestler. .....
"OK, boys, we got beat, pretty bad, but I was proud of you. How many of you managed to poke an eye? Hey, great, you to, you're just supposed to be the punter, well done. Now, this off season, we've got some things to work on. We did not send one Navy player to the hospital, that is not acceptable, and today, we only had 18 unsportsmanlike penalties. That is not acceptable, 25 was our goal. We have to work, too, on getting fingers under those damn eye guards, we'll work on that. Remember, gouging, punching, using the thumbs more effectively, a lot to work on ......... practice this summer boys .....
