Northern Colorado Game

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:56 pm

I forgot about that DD. Wonder if he attended the game, and if so, who he rooted for.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:59 pm

Warthog wrote:I forgot about that DD. Wonder if he attended the game, and if so, who he rooted for.

I thought those that were in chat listening to the women's game said Brandon was at the game in Cancun. Maybe I misunderstood.

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:07 pm

TG1996 wrote:
Warthog wrote:I forgot about that DD. Wonder if he attended the game, and if so, who he rooted for.
I thought those that were in chat listening to the women's game said Brandon was at the game in Cancun. Maybe I misunderstood.

No, they just kept playing Brandon's spot on 88.1, and every time they did, Duke went on a run. The man's just plain bad news

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:53 am

Just read the Blade article on Bland or the Bland article on Bland however you want to slice that one up. Sounds like he had some good PT and was a defensive presence. I like what I saw out of that guy at the USA game and think he can turn in to a DeMar Moore shut down defender.

kollege stewdent · Post by **kollege stewdent** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:53 pm

What I didn’t understand about Bland was he waited on the bench for 8 games to get some good playing time. He finally gets in, does well, then asked the coach to take him out after about 5 minutes because he was tired.
But then the real shocker came when coach put him back in the second half.
If I was DD and a player asked to be taken out after a few minutes of playing, without being hurt, they would not only sit for the rest of the game. But they would not get back in any game for a long time.

Dayons_Den · Post by **Dayons_Den** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:23 pm

kollege stewdent wrote:What I didn’t understand about Bland was he waited on the bench for 8 games to get some good playing time. He finally gets in, does well, then asked the coach to take him out after about 5 minutes because he was tired.
But then the real shocker came when coach put him back in the second half.
If I was DD and a player asked to be taken out after a few minutes of playing, without being hurt, they would not only sit for the rest of the game. But they would not get back in any game for a long time.

Why punish a guy for being honest? Would you rather have him out on the floor knowing he is tired but unable to admit it for fear of being benched?

I understand your point, but who's to say Bland wasn't getting over a cold or something that made him get tired quickly.

Globetrotter · Post by **Globetrotter** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:44 pm

Dayons_Den wrote:
kollege stewdent wrote:What I didn’t understand about Bland was he waited on the bench for 8 games to get some good playing time. He finally gets in, does well, then asked the coach to take him out after about 5 minutes because he was tired.
But then the real shocker came when coach put him back in the second half.
If I was DD and a player asked to be taken out after a few minutes of playing, without being hurt, they would not only sit for the rest of the game. But they would not get back in any game for a long time.
Why punish a guy for being honest? Would you rather have him out on the floor knowing he is tired but unable to admit it for fear of being benched?

I understand your point, but who's to say Bland wasn't getting over a cold or something that made him get tired quickly.

One thing that may have made him tire quickly is that he.....has not played in games. He probably went nuts when he got it and then ran himself dry.

kollege stewdent · Post by **kollege stewdent** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:40 pm

You know you are probably correct. A Div I athlete “running himself dry” in 5 minutes of play. I don’t know what I was thinking. As everyone knows DD doesn’t run his players hard so he most likely was just exhausted.
I hope Nate is okay playing 11 minutes in his first game.

Tricky_Falcon · Post by **Tricky_Falcon** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:43 pm

kollege stewdent wrote:You know you are probably correct. A Div I athlete “running himself dry” in 5 minutes of play. I don’t know what I was thinking. As everyone knows DD doesn’t run his players hard so he most likely was just exhausted.
I hope Nate is okay playing 11 minutes in his first game.