ChickenMan
September 27th, 2007, 01:01 PM
Some interesting comments from Towson coach Combs on comparing UD to UMASS, which he played he week before UD. He made these to Bruce Dowd who covers CAA football for College Sportingnews (FCS)
Coach Combs had this to say on Monday during the coaches conference call; “. . . you know we played two very good quarterbacks . . . last year Liam Coen was third team and Joe Flacco was right up there and he is an excellent player . . . so it’s tough. Anytime you play a team that is as well balanced as those two teams . . . what’s your poison going to be . . . if you try and load up on the run, they will throw the football. Joe gets rid of the ball so quickly; he is so big [six foot six] and looks over everybody. He is such a threat. Liam Coen is more of a play action guy.”
While that was interesting information, I wasn’t satisfied and decided to put coach Combs on the spot. So, I asked coach Combs to compare the teams. I asked if he would be kind enough not to give me a “pc” answer like “they are both real good” or something like that, and he was kind enough to answer it honestly. This was the actual heart of the question I asked him; “If Delaware and UMass were to play next week on a neutral field, which team do you think would win?” His first response was; “Can I go?”, meaning he would love to see that match-up. His true answer to this question though may actually surprise you. Here is what coach Combs had to say; “ Delaware is very, very good. I mean it is hard between the two because they both have good quarterbacks, they both have good offensive lines, they both have good running backs, they’re both physical defenses, but I would have to go with, my edge to Delaware. . . . I thought they dominated us a little bit more than UMass did . . .I just thought we could move the ball a little better against UMass than Delaware . . . I’ll go with Delaware.” So there you have it, a straight up answer. No dodging the bullet there. Thanks coach for the honest answer.
PS.. this ought to get umassfan going...
Coach Combs had this to say on Monday during the coaches conference call; “. . . you know we played two very good quarterbacks . . . last year Liam Coen was third team and Joe Flacco was right up there and he is an excellent player . . . so it’s tough. Anytime you play a team that is as well balanced as those two teams . . . what’s your poison going to be . . . if you try and load up on the run, they will throw the football. Joe gets rid of the ball so quickly; he is so big [six foot six] and looks over everybody. He is such a threat. Liam Coen is more of a play action guy.”
While that was interesting information, I wasn’t satisfied and decided to put coach Combs on the spot. So, I asked coach Combs to compare the teams. I asked if he would be kind enough not to give me a “pc” answer like “they are both real good” or something like that, and he was kind enough to answer it honestly. This was the actual heart of the question I asked him; “If Delaware and UMass were to play next week on a neutral field, which team do you think would win?” His first response was; “Can I go?”, meaning he would love to see that match-up. His true answer to this question though may actually surprise you. Here is what coach Combs had to say; “ Delaware is very, very good. I mean it is hard between the two because they both have good quarterbacks, they both have good offensive lines, they both have good running backs, they’re both physical defenses, but I would have to go with, my edge to Delaware. . . . I thought they dominated us a little bit more than UMass did . . .I just thought we could move the ball a little better against UMass than Delaware . . . I’ll go with Delaware.” So there you have it, a straight up answer. No dodging the bullet there. Thanks coach for the honest answer.
PS.. this ought to get umassfan going...