Blue Ribbon Gives the Owls Another Last Place Prediction in SBC
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Blue Ribbon Gives the Owls Another Last Place Prediction in SBC
Blue Ribbon, who has more "traditional" respect says last (9th) for the Owls, with no USA mentioned:
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Here are some quote highlights from the various sections on FAU from Head Coach Carl Pelini and OC Brian Wright:
Pelini…
"There's always excitement when you get hired," Pelini said. "Players are excited about the change and the new direction of the program. It's the staying power that they don't have. They begin to test you – I don't even know if it's conscious – but they don't have the endurance for it that's necessary.
"The feedback is constant. The punishments are constant and current. You've got to let them know that you're going to be there a long time, and if they're going to be part of this program, they're going to abide by our expectations. So, that takes time, to get that message across. But we are, slowly but surely."
"I've always recruited at the junior college level. I probably went a little heavier than I will in other years," Pelini said. "You might take eight or nine your first year just to change the mentality of the team."
"You've got to have great staying power to be a consistent football program. That's just an educational thing I try to hit them with every day in different ways," Pelini said. "You can change an attitude in a day, but it takes time to change a culture. That's what we're trying to do."
Wright…
"Alex (Deleon) really stepped up this spring as a threat in the pass game," Wright said. "He made a couple of incredible plays this spring for our offense, and I look forward to seeing much more out of him."
"We have a lot of work to do with that position," Wright said of the WR battle. "We need to find a guy, or two, that can help us out there. We really came out of the spring without solving that."
"He ran it the best when we were out there, 11 on 11, in live action," Wright said of Wilbert.
There's a BUNCH more to be had, including some decent analysis to boot if you are interested.
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Now we have both.
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But with a 1-11 team and a new, untested coaching staff, we have to prove ourselves which is fine to me, we have to win on the field not the magazines!
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FAU Class of '87
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HootinHollerin said
Helen Keller could've known that we were going to be bad. What I'm trying to say is that it wouldn't have taken much research to find that we were gong to be so horrid. But leaving out USA proves that they probably didn't spend 30 minutes on the SBC
Leaving USA off is another reason to question their credibility for sure.
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Anyway, Blue Ribbon is about as credible as FAU in China. I would much rather be expected to finish last, then to be expected to finish first. I don't like having a target on our backs.
GO OWLS!
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FAU - We got Bowls!
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