Look, we can argue all day about whether calling timeouts with a minute to go in the first half and throwing for another score - the way Greg Schiano did in the Scarlet Knights' 63-14 obliteration of Louisville - is appropriate. (apparently, Schiano doesn't have a big problem with it, as he did something very similar to Norfolk State last year)
What I found hilarious, though, was Schiano's non-conciliatory halftime interview with Erin Andrews, where he stoically said that his team is "trying to get better" and essentially will stop destroying Louisville when he feels like it. Contrast that with Steve Kragthorpe's halftime comments, which consisted of calling Schiano a "class act" and saying that he wished he had a great offense that could score 49 points in a half.
Is it any wonder why one coach was able to pull his team out of the muck of a 1-5 start, and the other has completely lost his team after a 5-2 start?
And as an aside, I find it funny that Louisville defensive coordinator Ron English supposedly had words with the Rutgers head coach at halftime. Unlike his boss, English had the stones to actually express his displeasure with Schiano's act. However, he would have been better served expending energy on constructing a defensive plan that didn't involve receivers getting 10 yards behind his secondary.
UPDATE: Apparently Louisville AD Tom Jurich doesn't like all the negativity surrounding Krags while preaching that it's important to stay the course.
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