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(09-10-2020 06:22 PM)rtaylor Wrote:  

(09-10-2020 05:43 PM)UCGrad1992 Wrote:  

(09-10-2020 10:50 AM)stpnum4 Wrote:  

(09-10-2020 10:34 AM)Racinejake Wrote:  Navy football returns to full contact practice after blowout loss to BYU:

"We're probably the cleanest team in the country [for COVID-19]," he (Niumatalolo) said, "but unfortunately we suck at football right now."

https://www.espn.com/college-football/st...t-loss-byu

Coach Niumatalolo comes off as a likable guy. I'm sure he'll get Navy fighting again.

I respect him as a coach but in his effort to "protect his players" from COVID with touch/flag football practices he set his team up to get humilated on national tv because they were nowhere in the ballpark of game conditioned. He probably lucked out that no one on his team got a serious injury as a result.

Those Cadets have a bigger mission then football. Just saying.

It was the coach's decision. His assistants expressed concerns about how this would prepare the team for the season. Do you know of any other FBS programs that prepared for the season in this manner? Army had full contact practices. Do other universities including our own beloved UC not care about player safety? It's football man. That is is the mission of a football team to prepare and compete at the highest level. Again, I respect Coach N but I don't agree with his decision.