(07-05-2017 07:39 AM)djtothemoney Wrote: My wife is getting very concerned at my obsession with pictures of 18-22 year old men.
Seeing how some of these players looked in January, I am not surprised at all why we couldn't finish games.
Yep.. In 2016:
UC led Houston 16-12 after three quarters. Coogs dominate 4th quarter and win 40-16.
UC trails USF 24-20 at halftime. UC fails to do anything in the second half and loses 45-20.
UC led UConn 9-7 at halftime. Lose game 20-9 after failing to do anything in the second half.
UC trailed Temple 17-13 at Half. Failed to do anything in second half and lost 34-13.
UC trailed BYU 10-3 at Half. BYU run game just absolutely ran over us in second half and offense failed to do anything in second half losing 20-3.
UC trailed UCF 10-3 at Half. Again, nothing in second half on offense and UCF wins 24-3.
UC up on Tulsa 24-14 at half. Lose in OT to Golden Hurricanes.
All those games were within reach at halftime or later. In all cases are guys were cooked in the later stanzas. We can go back to prior years (specifically BYU and Houston in 2015) to see similar results. Looking back at the Dantonio, Kelly and Jones years, one of the things I was always proud of was how our teams were better conditioned than the opposition. You think our win over Pitt in 2009 had nothing to do with us having a little more juice than the Panthers in the second half?
What the coaches are doing now are going to help turn several L's into W's next year alone. If we get a bit more out of offense than we expect we might even be a contender.