UConn Draws Inspiration from Ohio State Football; Boatright: "Why Can't That Be Us?"
Hey, did you know that UConn is banned from postseason play this season?
You're probably about as sick of reading that by now as I am of writing it. Still, I was interested to see if UConn players and coaches draw any inspiration from what the Ohio State football team pulled off this season, despite its postseason bowl ban.
“Yeah, I do," said Ryan Boatright. "I say that all the time. I knew going into the football season, they got banned from the postseason. Then, they came out and had a spectacular year. I was like, ‘Why can’t that be us?’ They made a lot of people mad that they came out and did what they did, went undefeated. Even though we lost one game, we can still have a great and successful season and move on to the next year.”
There are a lot of similarities between the two programs -- from the postseason bans to energetic new coaches at the helm ... heck, even to respective victories over Michigan State! Of course, not everything is a parallel -- different reasons for the postseason bans, different reasons for prior coaches leaving, different sports.
But most of all, it seems UConn has established a sort of "us-against-the-world" attitude this season in that they've got not a whole lot to play for themselves. And that's something they can definitely take from Ohio State's example.
Anyway, here's my story from today's Register.
You're probably about as sick of reading that by now as I am of writing it. Still, I was interested to see if UConn players and coaches draw any inspiration from what the Ohio State football team pulled off this season, despite its postseason bowl ban.
“Yeah, I do," said Ryan Boatright. "I say that all the time. I knew going into the football season, they got banned from the postseason. Then, they came out and had a spectacular year. I was like, ‘Why can’t that be us?’ They made a lot of people mad that they came out and did what they did, went undefeated. Even though we lost one game, we can still have a great and successful season and move on to the next year.”
There are a lot of similarities between the two programs -- from the postseason bans to energetic new coaches at the helm ... heck, even to respective victories over Michigan State! Of course, not everything is a parallel -- different reasons for the postseason bans, different reasons for prior coaches leaving, different sports.
But most of all, it seems UConn has established a sort of "us-against-the-world" attitude this season in that they've got not a whole lot to play for themselves. And that's something they can definitely take from Ohio State's example.
Anyway, here's my story from today's Register.
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