rphillips wrote:To be fair, you're taking this out of context. I asked June if it was good to be playing a game so quick to help get over the loss at Tulane. He said yes, but it was unfortunate that they are playing Houston because they'll be throwing it all around with a wide open offense (or something to that affect). It wasn't as if he was saying he wished they had a I-AA team coming up. Just that a short week isn't the best week to play a team like Houston.
Hey! Who said accuracy and perspective are allowed in the midst of a good witch hunt?
rphillips wrote:To be fair, you're taking this out of context. I asked June if it was good to be playing a game so quick to help get over the loss at Tulane. He said yes, but it was unfortunate that they are playing Houston because they'll be throwing it all around with a wide open offense (or something to that affect). It wasn't as if he was saying he wished they had a I-AA team coming up. Just that a short week isn't the best week to play a team like Houston.
I took nothing out of context, Rich. He said it. I heard the whole interview. In my original post on this,I never implied he wished he was playing a I-AA team. Cheers, Rick Atkinson
rphillips wrote:To be fair, you're taking this out of context. I asked June if it was good to be playing a game so quick to help get over the loss at Tulane. He said yes, but it was unfortunate that they are playing Houston because they'll be throwing it all around with a wide open offense (or something to that affect). It wasn't as if he was saying he wished they had a I-AA team coming up. Just that a short week isn't the best week to play a team like Houston.
Rich, you know you can't let something like context get in the way of someone's opinion on here!